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Sec 25 T47N, R16W: SW 1/4 <br />The total permit acreage for the New Horizon Mine is 913.92 acres. The SL -18 application requests a <br />partial Phase I bond release on 23.5 acres of a reclaimed overburden stockpile footprint, the footprints <br />of three former topsoil stockpiles, the entire former NE Haul road and the entire former BB Road <br />Detour as indicated on Map 1 of the application. <br />Summary of Bond Releases for the New Horizon Mine <br />SL -01 approved Phase III release of 55.6 acres from the northeast corner of the Mine 1 permit area. The <br />property was to be used Montrose County, the landowner, to expand the adjacent landfill. Release was <br />approved on July 5, 1989. <br />SL -02 granted Phase I, II & III release of an additional 14.2 acres from Mine 1 for expansion of the <br />Montrose County landfill. Release was approved on October 6, 1993. <br />SL -03 approved Phase I bond release for 215.5 acres at Mine 1. The release was granted on December <br />16, 1994. The application also requested Phase II release for portions of Mine 1, but the request was <br />denied due to insufficient revegetation. <br />SL -04 granted Phase I bond release for the remaining 98.6 acres of Mine 1 (the "Rice tract"). Phase I <br />release was also granted for 51.8 acres in the southeastern corner of Mine 2. The release was approved on <br />May 6, 1996. <br />SL -05 granted Phase I bond release for an additional 67.4 acres at Mine 2. The release was approved on <br />January 8, 1998. <br />SL -06 granted Phase I bond release for an additional 43.4 acres at Mine 2. This release was approved on <br />July 23, 1999. <br />SL -07 approved additional bond releases at Mine 1. Included were Phase H release for 67.95 acres; Phase <br />III release for 215.5 acres; and release of 24.06 acres that were undisturbed. The releases were approved <br />on December 21, 2001. <br />SL -08 granted Phase I bond release for an additional 85.64 acres of Mine 2. The release was approved on <br />October 25, 2002. <br />SL -09 granted WFC full bond release for 21 groundwater monitoring wells and 27 exploration boreholes <br />at Mines 1 and 2. The release was approved on July 16, 2007. <br />SL -10 approved Phase I bond release for reclamation of the CCC Ditch temporary irrigation line. The <br />release was approved on October 22, 2007. <br />SL -11 approved Phase I bond release for 116.52 acres and Phase II bond release for 300.04 acres. The <br />release was approved on June 12, 2009. <br />