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Summary <br />The Review Process <br />Western Fuels-Colorado, a Limited Liability Company, purchased the Nucla and Nucla East <br />Mines from Peabody Coal Company and renamed them the New Horizon Mine 1 and Mine 2, <br />respectively. The transfer of ownership and succession of operator was completed on May 15, <br />1992. The mine is located in western Montrose County, and with the exception of a 98.6 acre <br />block of land known as the "Rice Tract" located in the old Mine 1 area, this permit renewal is for <br />Mine 2. <br />The original permit application for C-1981-008 was submitted by Peabody Coal Company on <br />T_.____. !? 1 A01 ? 1 1 the Division on rx 1 14 A ^33?. Tl1ne <br />January 9, 1981 and was approved by the Divpril , 198 permit was <br />subsequently renewed for a second five-year term by the Division in May of 1988. <br />On-April 29, 1988, Peabody submitted a Permit Revision (PR-02) to add 220 acres to the permit <br />(formerly Nucla East, now New Horizon Mine 2). This revision was approved on February 28, <br />1989. <br />On April 26, 1993, the Division approved an additional five-year renewal for Western Fuels- <br />Colorado with a stipulation requiring that a permit revision be submitted to separate the permit <br />application into two separate documents since the two mines were not contiguous. The <br />stipulation was satisfied with the submission of PR-03 which was approved on June 1, 1994. <br />On April 22, 1996, the Division received an application for a permit revision, PR-04, to add an <br />additional 100.7 acres to the New Horizon Mine 2 permit area. Numerous issues were resolved <br />on September 24, 1996, and the revision was approved and became final on December 9, 1996. <br />On September 26, 1997, the Division received an application to renew a valid existing permit to <br />conduct coal mining in Colorado. All issues addressed in the adequacy reviews were resolved <br />and the permit renewal became final on April 26, 1998. <br />On September 14, 1999, the Division received an application for a permit revision, PR-05, to add <br />an additional 476 acres to the New Horizon Mine 2 area. Final adequacy issues were resolved on <br />April 14, 2000, and the proposed decision for approval was issued on April 24, 2000. <br />On September 27, 2002, the Division received an application to renew a valid existing permit to <br />conduct coal mining operations in Colorado. The application was found to be complete, <br />November 25, 2002. Adequacy issues were resolved on March 21, 2003. <br />The following permitting actions were processed subsequent to issuance of the Permit Renewal <br />No. 4 (RN-04) proposed decision. <br />4