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New Horizon Mine <br />I. General <br />Elk Ridge Mining and Reclamation LLC., New Horizon Mine, Permit No. C-1981-008, is <br />submitting this application for Phase III performance bond release. New Horizon is requesting <br />that a total of 280.2 acres be Phase III released with this application. The current bond amount <br />for the New Horizon Mine is $5,227,008, and New Horizon Mine currently holds a self -bond in <br />the amount of $5,300,000. With this application, the New Horizon Mine will be requesting <br />relinquishment of 100% of the bond held for these parcels. <br />II. Summary Information <br />A. General Location Description <br />The 280.2 acres requested for Phase III release are located within Montrose County, Colorado, in <br />the following general locations: <br />Township 46 North, Range 16 West of the 6th P.M. <br />NW114, W112 NEI /4, N112 SE14/, NEI /4 NWI /4 of Section <br />Please see Map 1 for exact locations applied for in this application. <br />B. Public Notice <br />Pursuant to the Rules and Regulation of the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Board published <br />August 1980, and pursuant to the Colorado Surface Coal Mining Reclamation Act 34-33-101, et <br />seq., notice is hereby given of the filing of an application for Phase III Bond Release of a portion <br />of the New Horizon Mine site. The application pertains to the New Elk Ridge Mining and <br />Reclamation, LLC, P. O. Box 628, Nucla, Colorado 81424, filed with the Colorado Division of <br />Reclamation, Mining and Safety (CDRMS), Colorado Department of Natural Resources, 1313 <br />Sherman Street, Room 215, Denver, Colorado 80203. The New Horizon Mine is located <br />approximately 2 miles west of Nucla, Colorado. <br />The Phase III bond release areas applied for are irrigated pastures, dryland pastures, and adjacent <br />supporting areas that were reclaimed from 1994 through 2002 and 2015. This area includes <br />approximately 280.2 acres that are shown in detail on Map 1 within the application. The status <br />of the reclaimed areas is consistent with the requirements of the approved reclamation plan <br />which includes achievement of Phase I and Phase II bond release, a minimum of 5 years since <br />the last seeding and rill and gully repair, and the reclamation parcels have met the requirements <br />of the revegetation success criteria for two years. Listed below is a general legal description of <br />this area: <br />NW1 /4, W112 NE1 /4, N112 SE14/, NEI /4 NWI /4 of Section 6, Township 46 North, Range 15 <br />West of the 6` P.M. <br />SL -19 Phase III Bond Release Application Page 1 <br />