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STATE OF COLORADO <br />DIVISION OF RECLAMATION, MINING AND SAFETY <br />Department of Natural Resources <br />1313 Sherman St., Room 215 <br />Denver, Colorado 80203 <br />Phone: (303) 866-3567 <br />FAX: (303) 832-8106 <br />February 1, 2010 <br />Leonard J. Davis <br />219W5St. <br />Nucla, CO 81424 <br />Ile: New- Horizon Mine = Permit No. 04981-008 - - <br />Permit Revision No. 6 (PR-06) <br />Notice of Public Meeting - February 18th 2010 <br />Dear Sir or Madam: <br />COLORADO <br />D I V I S I ON OF <br />RECLAMATION <br />MINING <br />SAFETY <br />Bill Ritter, Jr. <br />Governor <br />Harris D. Sherman <br />Executive Director <br />Ronald W. Cattany <br />Division Director <br />Natural Resource Trustee <br />The Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety (Division) has received written correspondence from <br />you regarding the PR-06 application submitted by Western Fuels - Colorado, LLC (WFC) for the New <br />Horizon Mine. The purpose of this letter is to notify you that the Division has scheduled a Public <br />Meeting to describe our review process and to discuss this permit revision. The meeting will be held <br />from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m. on Thursday, February 18th at the Nucla Fire Hall. <br />The Division required WFC to submit an application to revise the coal mining permit for the New <br />Horizon Mine because of certain inconsistencies found to exist within the current permit. WFC <br />submitted the PR-06 application to the Division on November 12, 2009 and ran a public notice in the <br />San Miguel Basin Forum, as required by Division rules, beginning on December 3rd <br />The Division has conducted its own Preliminary Adequacy Review of the PR-06 application. Our <br />comments are enumerated in a letter to WFC dated 22 January 2010. A copy of this letter is posted at <br />the Montrose County Nucla Annex for public viewing, along with the permit, the revision application, <br />-andal public and agency responses received: T oyu woul"d-like an electronic copy of our letter; please - ?- _ <br />e-mail me at Marcia.Talvitie(i?state.co.us. <br />Please contact me at 970-247-1184 or Sandra Brown at 303-866-3567 x 8110 if you have any <br />questions. <br />Sincerely, <br />r <br />Marcia L. Talvitie, P.E. <br />Environmental Protection Specialist <br />cc: Sandy Brown, DRMS <br />Office of Office of <br />Mined Land Reclamation Denver • Grand Junction • Durango Active and Inactive Mines