2010-03-03_REVISION - C1981008

• Permit No: C1981008
• IBM Index Class Name: REVISION
• Doc Date: 3/3/2010
• Doc Name: DRMS Response to Comments Received From Turner/Morgan
• From: DRMS
• To: JoEllen & Michael Morgan
• 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
O L O
Denver, Colorado 80203 p
DIVISION OF
Phone: [phone] RECLAMATION
FAX: [phone] MINING

SAFETY
Bill Ritter, Jr.
03 March 2010 Governor
Harris D. Sherman
Executive Director
Ronald W. tt
JoEllen Turner and Michael Morgan Division Direrector
or
P.O. Box 346 Natural Resource Trustee
Nucla, CO 81424
Re: New Horizon Mine - Permit No. C-1981-008
PR-06 - Response to Comments Received
Dear Ms. Turner and Mr. Morgan:
Thank you for taking the time to prepare and present oral comments at the Informal Conference
held on the 18th of February at the Nucla Fire Hall. The Division is continuing the review
process for the PR-06 application prepared by Western Fuels, and pertinent comments provided
by the various landowners, neighbors, and citizens are being considered. I would like to take this
opportunity to clarify the Division's process and progress related to certain issues that you have
raised, itemized below.
1) In addition to the numerous letters of objection you submitted to the Division during the
public comment period, you presented additional information at the Public Hearing and
mailed a follow-up letter to the Division's Grand Junction office. On more than one
occasion, you have stated that you do not believe the Division is reading your letters.
Please be assured that all letters have been read and that the comments shared at the
meeting were heard and are being considered in the review process.
2) You have requested that "several more" informal public hearings be held. The Rules do
not make provision for additional public meetings during this phase of the review
process. There will be an opportunity to request a formal hearing before the Mined Land
Reclamation Board when the Division proposes a decision. We will provide notice of
our proposed decision to all persons who submitted comments and publish the proposed
decision in the San Miguel Forum. As set forth in Rule 2.07.3(3)(x), "Any person with
an interest which may be adversely affected by the proposed decision may request a
formal hearing before the Board on the proposed decision. Such request must be made
within 30 days of the first publication of the proposed decision of the Division, be in
writing, and state with reasonable specificity the reasons for the request and the
objections to the proposed decision."
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