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Introduction <br />This document is the proposed decision of the Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety <br />(the Division) in response to a request for full Phase I, II, and III bond liability release for specific <br />groundwater monitoring wells and exploration holes at the New Horizon Mine, Division file number C- <br />1981-008. The package contains four parts. These include: 1) procedures and summary of the bond <br />release process; 2) criteria and schedule for bond release; 3) observations and findings of the Division <br />regazding compliance with the bond release requirements of the Colorado Surface Coal Mining and <br />Reclamation Act and regulations promulgated hereunder; and 4) the Division's proposed decision on the <br />request for bond release. <br />Detailed information about the review process can be found in the Act and the Regulations of the <br />Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Boazd for Coal Mining. All Rules referenced within this document <br />aze contained within the Regulations. Detailed information about the mining and reclamation operations <br />can be found in the permit application on file at the Division offices, located at 1313 Sherman Street, <br />Room 215, in Denver, Colorado. <br />The New Horizon Mine is a surface mine which is permitted and operated by Western Fuels-Colorado <br />(WFC), a Limited Liability Company. The New Horizon Mine is located in Montrose County, just to <br />the west of the town of Nucla, Colorado. The ownership of the land for which bond release has been <br />requested is private. Reclamation for which bond release has been requested was conducted from 1992 <br />to 2005. <br />2 <br />