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COLORADO Division of Reclamation, ' Mining and Safety Department of Natural Resources February 16,2023 Montrose County Commissioners 1140 N. Grand Ave, Ste 250 Montrose, CO 81401 Re: New Horizon Mine(Permit No. C-1981-008) Bond Release Application No.25 (SL-25) Dear Montrose County Commissioners: This letter, as required by Rule 3.03.2(5)(a) of the Rules and Regulations of the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Board for Coal Mining, is to inform you that the Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety has issued a proposed decision to approve Bond Release Application No. 25 for the New Horizon Mine. This decision will be published in the San Miguel Basin Forum as soon as possible. The first day following publication of the notice initiates a thirty (30) day public comment period. If, within thirty days, there are no requests for an adjudicatory hearing, the decision will become final. The Division proposes to approve Phase I bond release on 2.7 acres of dryland pasture located in the southeast quarter of Section 6(topsoil stockpile E footprint). The Division proposes to approve Phase I bond release on 1.9 acres located in the southeast quarter of Section 36 that have been reclaimed to permanent stock pond SP2. And the Division proposes to approve Phase I bond release on 16.3 acres of irrigated pasture and 3.6 acres of dryland pasture (Parcels DP-10, DP-12, and DP-13) located in south east quarter of Section 36. The Division proposes to approve Phase II bond release on 11.4 acres of reclaimed pasture. 2.9 acres have been reclaimed as Irrigated pasture, parcel IP-10. A portion of this parcel requires minor adjustment to correct an area of differential settling and the formation of a small gully. The Division proposes to approve 3.6 acres of dryland pasture (Parcels DP-10, DP-12, and DP-13) located in south east quarter of Section 36. And the Division proposes to approve Phase II bond release on 4.9 acres of dryland pasture,parcels DP-16 and DP-17,located in the southeast quarter of Section 6. The Division proposes to approve to release the applicant from liability for: all reclamation work on eleven reclaimed monitoring wells. The Divison entered 0.001 acres into the Phase III release catagory to allow the permit system to display that Phase III release was approved for the wells. Eventhough the wells had no acreages associated with them in the application due to their negligible footprint. Specifically wells GW-N41, GW-N42, GW-N43, GW-N16P1, GW- 17P1, GW-N19P1, MFBF-71, MW BF-63, GW-N-40, GW-N39, and GW-N3. As an interested party, you have the right to an adjudicatory hearing as outlined under Rule 3.03.2(6) of the Rules 71 1 1313 Sherman St. Room 215 Denver, CO 80203 P (303)866-3567 F(303)832-8106 https://drms.colorado.gov `^ Jared Polis, Governor I Dan Gibbs, Executive Director I Virginia Brannon, Director \�y,,