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<br /> <br />1313 Sherman St. Room 215 Denver, CO 80203 P (303) 866-3567 F (303) 832-8106 https://colorado.gov/drms <br />Jared Polis, Governor | Dan Gibbs, Executive Director | Virginia Brannon, Director <br />1313 Sherman St. Room 215 <br />Denver, CO 80203 <br />January 17, 2020 <br /> <br /> <br />Montrose County Commissioners <br />161 S. Townsend Ave. <br />Montrose, CO 81401 <br /> <br /> <br />Re: New Horizon Mine (Permit No. C-1981-008) <br /> Technical Revision No. 97 (TR-97) <br /> Removal of SW-N102 <br /> <br /> <br />Dear Montrose County Commissioners: <br /> <br />The Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety hereby issues notice, in accordance with Title 34, <br />Article 33, Section 116, Paragraph 4, of the Colorado Revised Statutes, that on January 17, 2020 an <br />application to revise coal mining operations at the New Horizon Mine was considered complete for <br />the purposes of filing. The revision was submitted by Elk Ridge Mining and Reclamation, LLC. All <br />review and comment periods as provided in the Act and the Regulations initiate from this date of <br />filing. <br /> <br />The operator is proposing to remove surface water monitoring site SW-N102 from the water <br />monitoring requirements. The applicant is not proposing additional surface disturbance outside of <br />the area currently approved for disturbance. <br /> <br />The surface coal mining operation is on land located approximately 1.7 miles Northwest of Nucla, <br />Colorado. The permit area is further described as follows: <br /> <br />All or portions of the following: <br /> Sec 6, T46N, R15W: W ½ NE ¼; W ½ SW ¼ NE ¼; NW ¼; <br /> N ½ NE ¼ SW ¼; N ½ SE ¼; N ½ SE ¼ SE ¼ <br /> Sec 31 ,T47N, R15W: SW ¼ <br /> Sec 1, T46N, R16W: N ½ NE ¼ NE ¼; NW ¼ NE ¼; NW ¼ SE ¼ NE ¼; <br /> NE ¼ NW ¼; N ½ SE ¼ NW ¼ <br /> Sec 36, T47N, R16W: SW ¼; SE ¼ <br /> Sec 25, T47N, R16W: SW ¼ <br />