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<br />~- <br />• <br />Section 2.04.8 <br />Climatoogoical Information <br />Introduction <br />Western Fuels Colorado, A Limited Liability Company (WFC), is renewing Permit No. C-81-008. <br />WFC's New Horizon 1 & 2 Mine is the old Peabody Coal Company Nucla & Nucta East Mine which <br />operated under the same permit. The New Horizon 1 & 2 mine areas (formerly called the Nucla <br />and Nucla East mine areas respectively) are being repermitted. Due to a final Phase 3 Bond <br />Release, the NH1 permit area has been significantly reduced. Maps where the permit boundary <br />is a relevant feature (such as Map 2.03.4-1 or Map 2.04.7-1) show the current permit area. <br />In preparation to reopen the Nucla Mine (now the New Horizon Mine) after a period of temporary <br />cessation, WFC applied for and received an emission permit from the Colorado Department of <br />Health (CDOH), Air Pollution Control Division. A copy of the emission permit is attached at the end <br />of this section. <br />No climatological data is available at the New Horizon Mine. A National Weather Service Station <br />does exist in the town of Norwood, Colorado approximately 10 miles southeast of the New Horizon <br />Mine. The Norvuood station has a record of precipitation and temperature for a period of 52 years <br />and 51 years, respectively. A second National Weather Service Station exists in the town of <br />Uravan, approximately 8 miles northwest of the mine. The Uravan station has a record of <br />precipitation and temperature for a period of 26 years and 25 years, respectively. In May 1998, the <br />U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) established a Remote Automated Weather Station <br />CRAWS) at Hopkins Airfield, about 1 mile south of Nucla. The station is principally for monitoring <br />fire-related weather conditions. However, it records hourly averages for parameters such as <br />precipitation, wind speed and direction, relative humidity, etc every day of the year. See Table <br />2.04.8-3 for selected weather parameters from the RAWS data. <br />(REVISED MARCH 2006) 2.04.8-3 <br />