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Summary <br /> The Review Process <br /> Western Fuels-Colorado, a Limited Liability Company, purchased the Nucla and Nucla East Mines <br /> from Peabody Coal Company and renamed them the New Horizon Mine I and 2 respectively. The <br /> transfer of ownership and succession of operator was completed on May 15, 1992. Both mines are <br /> located in Montrose County, and this permit revision is for Mine 2. <br /> The original permit for C-81-008 was submitted by Peabody on January 9, 1981 and was approved <br /> by the Division on April 14, 1983. The pemut was subsequently renewed for an additional 5 year <br /> term by the Division in May of 1988. On April 29. 1988, Peabody submitted a Permit Revision to <br /> add an additional 220 acres to the permit (formerly Nucla East, now New Horizon Mine 2). This <br /> revision was approved on February 28, 1989. On April 26, 1993, the Division approved the second <br /> additional five-year renewal for Western Fuels-Colorado with a stipulation that a permit revision be <br /> submitted to separate the permit application into two separate documents since the two mines were <br /> not contiguous. The stipulation was satisfied with the submission of PR-03 and the permit was <br /> approved on June 1, 1994. <br /> On April 22, 1996, the Division received an application for a permit revision, PR-04, to add an <br /> additional 100.7 acres to the New Horizon Mine 2 area. . Numerous issues were resolved on <br /> September 24, 1996, and the revision was approved and became final on December 9, 1996. <br /> On September 26, 1997, the Division received an application to renew a valid existing permit to <br /> conduct coal mining in Colorado. All issues addressed in the adequacy reviews were resolved and <br /> the permit renewal became final on April 26, 1998. <br /> On September 14, 1999, the Division received an application for a permit revision, PR-05, to add <br /> an additional 476 acres to the New Horizon Mine 2 area. The application was found to be complete <br /> on September 20, 1999. The operator published a public notice of the pending permit revision <br /> application in the local San Miguel Basin newspaper for 4 consecutive weeks commencing on <br /> November 11, 1999, and ending on December 2, 1999. A preliminary adequacy review of the permit <br /> revision was issued on November 18, 1999. Comments were received and additional adequacy <br /> issues were sent on January 28, 2000, and April 14, 2000. The proposed decision for approval was <br /> issued on April 24, 2000. <br /> Description of the Environment <br /> Introduction <br /> The New Horizon Mine 1 permit area encompasses approximately 327 acres and has been reclaimed <br /> to pasture land and wildlife habitat. The permit document associated with this mine is a reclamation <br /> only permit and essentially has not changed since it was approved in 1994. There are no plans for <br /> the land to be further disturbed. <br /> 2 <br />