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December 31, 2007 RECEIV'eU <br />Division of Reclamation, Mining, and Safety JAN 10 2008 <br />1313 Sherman Street <br />Divi??u, s J, ,-;?'amation, <br />Room 21$ fvlir?ir c? u: _; ;safety <br />Denver, Colorado 80203 <br />Re: Technical Revision to the New Horizon Mine Permit No. C-81-008. This Technical <br />Revision is to Section 2.05.4(2)e. This is by Western Fuels-Colorado (WFC) in Nucla, CO. <br />Dear Sirs: <br />I am writing this letter as a formal protest to the application fem. Technical Revision to the <br />New. Horizon Mine Permit No, C-$1-008. Also to the renewal of their existing permit, This <br />Technical Revision covers the change in Success Standards in Imgated Pasture from a <br />standard to a reference area. <br />I have lived in Nucla most of my life and I am a landowner in the area affected by WFC. I am <br />familiar with this area, the people who are landowners , and the agricultural uses of the land <br />in the area. Agriculture has been a mainstay of this area since Nucla became a town and was, <br />in fact, the reason the town of Nucla evolved in 1906. Land in this area has been and still is <br />utilized for crops such as alfalfa, corn, wheat, and oats, etc. Some of the land is used as irrigated <br />pastureland, but this is usually the inferior land that is not as well suited for crop production. <br />Even crop land, once harvested, is pastured. This is not the primary use of the acreage and <br />should not be how it is classified. <br />This is one reason for my protest. The Morgan property which is the property, <br />in question, is irrigated farmland. After inspection of the revision, this <br />property along with Bensons, Lloyds, Johnson, etc. are all to be classified <br />as DRYLAND. This is unheard of. Just prior to the take over of the Sunshine <br />Comer of Morgan, We purchased 200 ton of prime Alfalfa Hay. The Morgans <br />have always planted Alfalfa and the Sunshine Place was some of the prettiest <br />fields in the country. These lands have always been irrigated crop lands with <br />very high yields. <br />I: am objecting and would like to see all of this land in question put back the <br />way it was or better prior to the leases. Feed is not overly plentiful in Nucla <br />and all of these prime farmlands should be put back as such. Dry land is <br />out of the question and there is water available to put these lands back. <br />Some of the Morgan property being mined has some of the best topdsoil <br />here. <br />Thank you, <br />