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_11- - S_ S_ <br />December 31, 2007 <br />Division of Reclamation, Mining, and Safety <br /> <br />1313 Sherman Street <br /> <br />Room215 <br />.?®?t 0 4 2008 <br />W ??eC?amation, <br />.,„ <br />V??n?ng and Safety <br />Denver, CO. 80203 <br />Re: Technical Revision to the New Horizon Mine Permit NO. C-81-008 by Western <br />Fuels-Colorado (WFC) in Nucla, CO. <br />Dear Sirs: <br />I am writing this letter as a formal protest to the application for a,-Technical Revision to the New <br />H@rizon Mine Permit No. C-81-008 Section 2.05.4(2)e. This Technical Revision covers the <br />change in Success Standards in Irrigated pasture from a standard to a reference area. <br />All of the property in question should be reclaimed in as good of condition as it was or better <br />prior to mining. The Morgan property which is a large amount of the land in question should <br />be returned back to irrigated ALFALFA or CROPLAND. These fields have always been some <br />of the best alfalfa and corn fields in the country and should be put back as good or better. <br />To achieve this goal requires the return of good topsoil, irrigation, disking, leveling, rockpicking, <br />fertilizing, and numerous hours of work that has been put into this place to get it to what it is <br />today. There should not be shortcuts and leveling and rockpicking is a must. These fields have <br />always been planted in straight alfalfa and row crops and should be returned as such. These are <br />not irrigated pasture or grasslands and should not be classified as that. These fields need their <br />own classification and put back like they are now and was. <br />Thank you,