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Introduction <br /> This document is the decision package prepared by the Colorado Division of Minerals and Geology <br /> (the Division) for the New Horizon Mine. This document includes: 1) the proposed decision to <br /> approve the permit renewal application: 2) a summary which includes a history of the review of the <br /> permit application, a description of the environment affected by the operation and a description of <br /> the mining and reclamation plan: and 3) the written findings of compliance the Division has made <br /> as required by the Colorado Surface Coal Mining Reclamation Act. Detailed information concerning <br /> the findings of compliance can be found in the Regulations of the Colorado Mined Land <br /> Reclamation Board for Coal Mining. <br /> The Division has received an application for a permit revision (PR-05) to expand and continue to <br /> conduct surface coal mining and reclamation operations at the New Horizon Mine. The application <br /> was submitted by Western Fuels-Colorado. The mine will be operated by Western Fuels-Colorado. <br /> The mine is located on private lands within Montrose County, Colorado. The legal description of <br /> the New Horizon Mine is portions of: <br /> PR-05 Current <br /> NW'/a, Section 6, T46N, R15W SW'/a Section25, T47N, R16W <br /> N'/z, Section 1, T46N, R16W N'/z Section 36, T47N, R16W <br /> SW'/4, Section 31, T47N, R15W SW'/4NW'/A, Section 31,T47N,RI5W <br /> S'/2, Section 36, T47N, R16W N-W'/4SW'/4, Section 31,T47N, R15W <br /> E'/2, Section 6, T46N, R15W <br /> E'/2W'h, Section 6, T46N, R15W <br /> The above mentioned tracts of land containing 808.3 acres more or less are shown on the USGS 7.5 <br /> minute Nucla Quadrangle map. <br /> Proposed Decision <br /> The Colorado Division of Minerals and Geology proposes to approve an application for a permit <br /> revision, PR 0-5. <br /> The application was submitted by Western Fuels-Colorado for the mine. This decision is based on <br /> a finding that the operations will comply with all requirements of the Colorado State Program as <br /> found in the Colorado Surface Coal Mining Reclamation Act, Section 34-33-101 et seq., C.R.S., and <br /> the Regulations promulgated pursuant to the Act. If no request for a formal hearing is made within <br /> thirty (30) days of the first publication of the issuance of this proposed decision, then this decision <br /> becomes final. Upon submittal of acceptable surety by the applicant, the permit will be issued. The <br /> permit application, all supporting documentation and any stipulations or conditions will become a <br /> binding part of the permit. <br /> All previous conditions and stipulations from other permitting actions have been complied with. <br />