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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 Mine 2. This document includes: 1) the <br /> proposed decision to approve the permit revision application; 2) a summary which includes <br /> a history of the review of the permit application, a description of the environment affected <br /> by 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 <br /> be found in the Regulations of the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Board for Coal <br /> Mining. <br /> The Division has received an application for a permit revision to conduct surface coal <br /> mining and reclamation operations at the New Horizon Mine. The application was <br /> submitted by Western Fuels-Colorado. 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 Mine 2 permit area is: <br /> Section 6. Township 46 North. Range 15 West. New Mexico Principal Meridian: <br /> Commencing at the northwest corner of said Section 6, thence south 53'59' 2.6" easterly <br /> 55.2430 feet to the point of beginning; thence, along said permit boundary south 880 23' <br /> 46.8" easterly for a distance of 1800.4764 feet to a point on the boundary; thence, along <br /> said permit boundary south 58' 10' 38.1" easterly for a distance of 10.1403 feet to a <br /> point on the boundary; thence, along said permit boundary south 88' 12' 53.5" easterly <br /> for a distance of 1605.7651 feet to a point on the boundary; thence, along said permit <br /> boundary south for a distance of 185.9288 feet to a point on the boundary; thence along <br /> said permit boundary south 84° 09' 25.2" easterly for a distance of 887.7447 feet to a <br /> point on the boundary; thence, along said permit boundary south 4° 0' 51" westerly for <br /> a distance of 139.3420 feet to a point on the boundary; thence along said permit <br /> boundary east for a distance of 241.9400 feet to a point on the boundary; thence along <br /> said permit boundary south 2°7' 41.7"westerly for a distance of 893.6160 feet to a point <br /> on the boundary; thence, along said permit boundary south 89' 01' 4.4" easterly for a <br /> distance of 350.0510 feet to a point on the boundary; thence along said permit boundary <br /> south 2° 11' 33.7" westerly for a distance of 1332.9760 feet to a point on the boundary; <br /> thence, along said permit boundary south 88' 31' 41" easterly for a distance of 467.1540 <br /> feet to a point on the boundary; thence, along said permit boundary south 88° 52' 33" <br /> easterly for a distance of 266.9600 feet to a point on the boundary; thence, along said <br /> permit boundary south 85°45' 31" easterly for a distance of 116.8800 feet to a point on <br /> the boundary; thence, along said permit boundary south for a distance of 261.5600 feet <br /> to a point on the boundary; thence, along said permit boundary west for a distance of <br /> 179.4500 feet to a point on the boundary; thence, along said permit boundary south 2° <br /> 2' 54.8" westerly for a distance of 1106.7100 feet to a point on the boundary; thence, <br /> along said permit boundary south 83' 2' 7.1" easterly for a distance of 305.2370 feet to <br /> a point on the boundary; thence, along said permit boundary south 2° 17' 26.2"westerly <br /> for a distance of 150.5010 feet to a point on the boundary; thence, along said permit <br /> 1 <br />