2019-04-09_GENERAL DOCUMENTS - C1981008

• Permit No: C1981008
• IBM Index Class Name: General Documents
• Doc Date: 4/9/2019
• Doc Name Note: ‎(SL21)‎
• Permit Index Doc Type: Findings
• Email Name: BFB
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

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II. Procedures and Summary of the Review Process

ERMR applied for a partial Phase I, II & III bond release (SL-21) under the Colorado Surface Coal Mining
and Reclamation Act following reclamation of the New Horizon Mine. The mine is located in Montrose
County, 1.7 miles northwest of the Town of Nucla. The mine area is located in the USGS 7.5 minute
Nucla Quadrangle map.

All or portions of the following:
Sec 6 T46N, R15W: W ½ NE ¼; W ½ SW ¼ NE ¼; NW ¼;
N ½ NE ¼ SW ¼; N ½ SE ¼; N ½ SE ¼ SE ¼
Sec 31 T47N, R15W: SW ¼
Sec 1 T46N, R16W: N ½ NE ¼ NE ¼; NW ¼ NE ¼; NW ¼ SE ¼ NE ¼;
NE ¼ NW ¼; N ½ SE ¼ NW ¼
Sec 36 T47N, R16W: SW ¼; SE ¼
Sec 25 T47N, R16W: SW ¼

The total permit acreage for the New Horizon Mine area is 637.86 acres. The SL-21 application
requests a partial Phase I, II and III bond release on 1.6 acres of the C18 Ditch on the Staats property.

Summary of Bond Releases for the New Horizon Mine

SL-01 approved Phase III release of 55.6 acres (42.2 acres disturbed) from the northeast corner of the
Mine 1 permit area. The property was to be used by Montrose County, the landowner, to expand the
adjacent landfill. Release was approved on July 5, 1989.

SL-02 granted Phase I, II & III release of 14.2 acres (permitted and disturbed) from Mine 1 for expansion
of the Montrose County landfill. Release was approved on October 6, 1993.

SL-03 granted Phase I bond release for 215.5 acres (134.9 acres disturbed) at the New Horizon Mine 1.
The release was granted on December 16, 1994. The application also requested Phase II release for
portions of Mine 1, but the request was denied due to insufficient revegetation.

SL-04 granted Phase I bond release for 98.6 acres of Mine 1 (the “Rice tract”). Phase I release was also
granted for 51.8 acres in the southeastern corner of New Horizon Mine 2. The release was approved on
May 6, 1996.

SL-05 granted Phase I bond release for 67.4 acres at Mine 2. The release was approved on January 8,
1998.

SL-06 granted Phase I bond release for 43.4 acres at Mine 2. This release was approved on July 23, 1999.

SL-07 granted Phase II & III bond release for 215.5 acres (134.9 acres disturbed) at the New Horizon 1
Mine. The release was approved on December 21, 2001.

SL-08 granted Phase I bond release for 85.64 acres at Mine 2. The bond release was approved on October