2018-11-19_PERMIT FILE - C2010089A ‎(2)‎

• Permit No: C2010089A
• IBM Index Class Name: PERMIT FILE
• Doc Date: 11/19/2018
• Doc Name: Legal, Financial, & Compliance
• Section_Exhibit Name: Section 2.03
• Media Type: D
• Archive: Yes

Legal, Financial, Compliance and Related Information
The New Horizon North Mine (NHN) area is located in the W %z of Section 25, Township 47
North, Range 16 West of the New Mexico Principal Meridian. A significant portion of the mine
permit area corresponds to the original NH Mine area previously permitted by Peabody Coal
Company (PCC), in connection with a permit application submitted in April 1980 and approved in
May 1993 as Permit No. C-1981-008. Other portions of the NHN permit area were permitted and
mined prior to 1973 as a portion of the Navajo and Nucla strip mines which were mined by the
Edna Coal Company starting in 1958 and subsequently by PCC until 1992, when NHN purchased
the property and renamed the operation the New Horizon North Mine.
PCC submitted an application for the Nucla Mine in April 1981 and Permit No. C-1981-008 was
issued by the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Division in May 1983. The separate Nucla East
Mine was incorporated into the permit in 1989. In 1992, the mining permit was transferred to
Western Fuels -Colorado (now Elk Ridge Mining and Reclamation, LLC) and the two permit areas
were renamed the New Horizon 1 (NH 1) and New Horizon 2 (NH2) Mines. All mining at NH 1
(formerly the Nucla Mine) was completed by PCC while mining at NH2 (formerly Nucla East) has
been conducted solely by Elk Ridge Mining and Reclamation, LLC (Elk Ridge). Map 2.04.3-2
delineates areas previously mined, including "pre -law" disturbance, NH 1 and NH2 permit area
boundaries and areas of previous coal extraction within these permit boundaries. NH 1 Mine will
cease to exist after the approval of NHN Mine permit by DRMS.
The statements below are intended to address the requirements of Section 2.03 of the regulations
of the State of Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Board.
2.03.4(2)(a) Identification of Permit Applicant
Elk Ridge Mining and Reclamation, LLC
P.O. Box 33695
Denver, CO 80233
[phone]

Note: On May 11, 2016 Elk Ridge Mining and Reclamation, LLC took over ownership of the New
Horizon North Mine (Permit No. C-2010-089) from Western Fuels -Colorado, a Limited Liability
Company. Other sections of this permit document, maps, figures, attachments, or leases may refer
to Western Fuels -Colorado, a Limited Liability Company, Western -Fuels -Colorado, Western
Fuels, or WFC. From May 11, 2016 forward these references actually refer to Elk Ridge Mining
and Reclamation, LLC. Please see Appendix 2.03.6-1 for a copy of the Tri-State Board
Resolution approving the name change from WFC to Elk Ridge.
Section 2.03 Page 2.03-3 September 2016 (SO -01)