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<br /> <br /> <br /> 3 <br /> Introduction <br /> <br /> <br />This document is the decision package prepared by the Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining <br />and Safety for the New Horizon North Mine (C-2010-089). This document includes: 1) the <br />proposed decision to approve the permit renewal application; 2) a summary which includes a <br />history of the review of the permit application, a description of the environment affected by the <br />operation and a description of the mining and reclamation plan; and 3) the written findings of <br />compliance the Division has made as required by the Colorado Surface Coal Mining Reclamation <br />Act. Detailed information concerning the findings of compliance can be found in the Regulations <br />of the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Board for Coal Mining. <br /> <br />The Division received an application for a permit renewal (RN-1) to conduct surface coal mining <br />and reclamation operations at the New Horizon North Mine. The application was submitted by <br />Elk Ridge Mining and Reclamation, LLC on December 9, 2016. The mine is located on private <br />lands within Montrose County, Colorado. The legal description of the land within the permit area <br />is located on the USGS 7.5 minute Nucla Quadrangle map: <br /> <br /> Township 47 North, Range 16 West, New Mexico Principal Meridian <br />Section 25: W 1/2 <br />Section 36: Portions of the NW 1/4 and the NW 1/4 NW 1/4 SW 1/4 <br /> <br />The permit area of the New Horizon North Mine consists of 328.7 acres.