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Introduction <br />This document is the decision package prepared by the Colorado Division of Minerals and <br />Geology (the Division) for the New Horizon Mines. This document includes: 1) the <br />proposed decision to approve Permit Revision No. 03; 2) a summary which includes a <br />history of the review of the permit application, a description of the environment affected by <br />the operation and a description of the mining and reclamation plan; and 3) the written <br />findings of compliance the Division has made as required by the Colorado Surface Coal <br />Mining Reclamation Act. Detailed information concerning the findings of compliance can be <br />found in the Regulations of the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Boards for Coal Mining. <br />The Division has received an application for a permit revision to conduct reclamation-only <br />operations at the New Horizon 1 Mine. The application was submitted by Western <br />Fuels-Colorado, a Limited Liability Company. The Mine will be operated by Western <br />Fuels-Colorado. The mine is located on private lands within Montrose County, Colorado. <br />The legal description of the lands included within the permit area is: <br />Mine I Area: Portions of S 1/2 Section 25, portions of N I/2 Section 36, <br />Township 47 North, Range 16 West, and portions of NW 1/4 SW 1/4, SW 1/4 <br />NW 1/4 Section 31, Township 47 North, Range 15 West, containing 426.6 acres, <br />more or less. <br />Mine 2 Area: E 112 NW 114, W 112 NE 114, W 1/2 W 1/2 SE 1/4 NE I/4 and <br />portions of NE 1/4 SW 1/4, NW 1/4 5E 1/4, NE I/4 SE 1/4, and N 1/2 SE 114 <br />SE 1/4, all in Section 6, Township 46 North, Range 15 West, containing 220 acres, <br />more or less. The total permit area encompasses 646.5 acres, more or less. <br />1 <br />