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<br /> <br />1313 Sherman Street, Room 215, Denver, CO 80203 P 303.866.3567 F 303.832.8106 http://mining.state.co.us <br />John W. Hickenlooper, Governor | Mike King, Executive Director | Virginia Brannon, Director <br />1313 Sherman Street, Room 215 <br />Denver, CO 80203 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />RE: New Horizon Mine, Permit No. C-1981-008 <br />2017 Annual Reclamation Report Review <br /> <br />Dear Mr. Gilbreath: <br /> <br />The Division of Reclamation Mining and Safety (Division) received the 2017 Annual Reclamation Report <br />(ARR) for the New Horizon Mine on March 6, 2018. The ARR requirements are found in Rule 2.04.13 of the <br />Regulations of the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Board for Coal Mining. <br /> <br />The Division has finished its review of the 2017 ARR. The reports were complete and had all the required <br />information. The Division does has a couple of clarifying questions. <br /> <br />1. The following questions are about the ARR form: <br />a) The Acres Seeded section has the same data as 2016 and needs to be updated. <br />b) The acres For the Entire Life of Mine is less than the number of Acres Disturbed and the number of <br />acres Phase I Released. Please update this value to reflect the number of acres that have cumulatively <br />been disturbed for the NH1 and NH2 mines. <br />c) The acres reported for Phase I, II and III bond release are different than those that were calculated by <br />DRMS and ERMR. Please update these acres on the 2018 ARR form to reflect the values in the SL-19 <br />bond release findings. No action is required to update the 2017 ARR form for these values. <br /> <br />If you have any questions or need additional information, please contact me at (303) 866-3567 ext 8142. <br /> <br />Sincerely, <br /> <br />Brock Bowles <br />Environmental Protection Specialist <br />brock.bowles@state.co.us <br /> <br />cc: <br />May 16, 2018 <br /> <br />Mr. Chris Gilbreath <br />Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association, Inc. <br />P.O. Box 33695 <br />Denver, CO 80233-0695 <br /> <br /> <br />