2008-01-04_REVISION - C1981008 (9)

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.1QN 0 4 2008 Division U, Keciamation, Mining and Safety December 26, 2007 Division of Reclamation, Mining, and-Safety 1313 Sherman Street Room 215 Denver, Colorado 80203 Re: Technical Revision to the New Horizon Mine Permit No. C-81-008 by Western Fuels-Colorado (WFC) in Nucla, Co. We are writing this letter as a formal protest to the application for a Technical Revision to the New Horizon Mine Permit No. C-81-008. The Technical Revision is to Section 2.05.4(2)e. This is also an objection to the renewal of the existing permit until all questions are satisfied. I, Frank Morgan, went to the court house to see if I could have them make me a copy of this revision. My eyesight is very bad and I need the use of my magnifying glass and good lighting. Danelle called Ross Gubka to see if we could make a copy right there and he refused. A lot of the property in question belongs to me. This revision is not acceptable for many reasons. Many statements and descriptions are not accurate or true. I have farmed my entire life and my property which is presently being mined and some already mined is and was prime farmland. We do not raise cattle or livestock. We raise and sell alfalfa and corn and we must have production to stay in business. We would like to invite you to please come and visit with just us. We would like to show you our property which has been mined and the property about to be mined. We raise alfalfa not pasture land. Good production here takes care of several families. We do not have other jobs to support the ranch, the ranch must take care of itself. We raise a thousand ton or more of alfalfa hay and corn. It was my understanding at the time of the lease that this land would be put back in as good or better condition than what it was. Now, the mine is not only trying to change the way to get bond release, but is trying to take prime farmland and call it irrigated pasture. There is no resemblance. We spend hours and hours plowing, disking, leveling,