2020-04-07_REVISION - C1981008

• Permit No: C1981008
• IBM Index Class Name: Revision
• Doc Date: 4/7/2020
• Doc Name: Returned Mail
• From: USPS
• To: DRMS
• Type & Sequence: TR98
• Email Name: JHB
• Email Name: THM
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

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Division of Reclamation,
DNR Mining and Safety
Department of Natural Resources
1313 Sherman St. Room 215
Denver,CO 80203
March 27,2020
Montrose County Commissioners
161 S. Townsend Ave.
Montrose,CO 81401
Re: New Horizon Mine(Permit No. C-1981-008)
Technical Revision No. 98(TR-98)
TR-98 Incidental Permit Boundary Revision
Dear Montrose County Commissioners:
The Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety hereby issues notice, in accordance with Title 34,
Article 33, Section 116, Paragraph 4, of the Colorado Revised Statutes, that on March 27, 2020 an
application to revise coal mining operations at the New Horizon Mine was considered complete for
the purposes of filing. The revision was submitted by Elk Ridge Mining and Reclamation,LLC. All
review and comment periods as provided in the Act and the Regulations initiate from this date of
filing.
TR-98 proposes to reduce the permit boundary to remove Phase III released lands. The applicant is
not proposing additional surface disturbance outside of the area currently approved for disturbance.
The surface coal mining operation is on land located approximately 1.7 miles Northwest of Nucla,
Colorado. The permit area is further described as follows:
All or portions of the following:
Sec 6, T46N,R15W: W 1/2 NE 1/4; W 1/2 SW'/a NE '/a;NW '/a;
N1/2NE1/4 SW '/4;N '/2 SE '/4;N '/2SE '/4SE1/4
Sec 31 ,T47N,R15W: SW 1/4
Sec 1, T46N,R16W:N '/2 NE 1/4 NE 3/4;NW 1/4 NE 1/4;NW '/4 SE 1/4 NE 1/4;
NE '/4 NW 1/4;N 1/2 SE 1/4 NW '/4
Sec 36,T47N,R16W: SW 1/4; SE 1/4
Sec 25,T47N,R16W: SW 1/4
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