2009-11-23_REVISION - C1981008 ‎(2)‎

• Permit No: C1981008
• IBM Index Class Name: REVISION
• Doc Date: 11/23/2009
• Doc Name: Completeness Letters
• From: DRMS
• To: State & Federal and County Agencies
• Type & Sequence: PR6
• Email Name: MLT
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

STATE OF COLORADO
DIVISION OF RECLAMATION, MINING AND SAFETY
Department of Natural Resources
1313 Sherman St., Room 215
Denver, Colorado 80203
Phone: [phone]
FAX: [phone]
November 23, 2009
Natural Resources Conservation Service
Jim Boyd, Resource Conservationist
P.O. Box 29
Norwood, Colorado 81423
Re: New Horizon Mine (Permit No. C-1981-008)
Permit Revision Application No. 6 (PR-6)
Post-Mining Land Use; Sediment Control; Final Contours; and Prime Farmland
Dear Mr. Boyd:
COLORADO
D t V i S I ON OF
RECLAMATION
MINING
SAFETY
Bill Ritter, Jr.
Governor
Harris D. Sherman
Executive Director
Ronald W. Cattany
Division Director
Natural Resource Trustee
The Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety hereby issues notice, in accordance with Title 34, Article 33,
Section 118, Paragraph 3, of the Colorado Revised Statutes, that on November 23, 2009, an application to revise
coal mining operations at the New Horizon Mine was considered complete for the purposes of filing. All review
and comment periods as provided in the Act and the Regulations initiate from this date of filing.
This revision seeks to modify the post-mining land uses; to revise the collection ditch and sediment pond system;
to adjust the post-mining surface elevations; and to address prime farmland concerns; all for permit areas located
west of 2700 Road.
The surface coal mining operation is on land located approximately 1 mile north of Nucla, Colorado. The permit
area is further described as follows:
Sections 25 and 36, Township 47 North, Range 16 West; Section 31, Township 47 North, Range 15 West; Section
6, Township 46 North, Range 15 West; and Section 1, Township 46 North, Range 16 West.
The above-mentioned tracts of land are shown on USGS 7.5 minute Quadrangle map of Nucla.
A copy of the revision application is available for public inspection at the Montrose County Courthouse Annex,
300 Main, Nucla, CO 81424, and at the Division office. For additional information, to provide written comments,
or to request an informal conference, contact the Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety, Room 215, 1313
Sherman Street, Denver, Colorado 80203, [phone], within thirty (30) days after the last public notice in the
San Miguel Basin Forum.
Sincerely,
oVaL&A
Marcia L. Talvitie
Environmental Protection Specialist
C-PR-05CI991008 MLT_1123200902S9S2.doe
Office of Office of
Mined Land Reclamation Denver • Grand Junction a Durango Active and Inactive Mines