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Summary <br /> The Review Process <br /> Western Fuels-Colorado, a Limited Liability Company, purchased the Nucla and Nucla East Mines <br /> from Peabody Coal Company and renamed them the New Horizon Mine 1 and 2 respectively. The <br /> transfer of ownership and succession of operator was completed on May 15, 1992. Both mines are <br /> located in Montrose County, and this permit renewal is for both mines. The mines can be located on <br /> USGS 7.5 Quadrangle Map of Nucla. <br /> The original permit for C-81-008 was submitted by Peabody on January 9, 1981 and was approved <br /> by the Division on April 14, 1983. The permit was subsequently renewed for an additional 5 year <br /> term by the Division in May of 1988. On April 29, 1988, Peabody submitted a Permit Revision to <br /> add an additional 220 acres to the permit (formerly Nucla East, now New Horizon Mine 2). This <br /> revision was approved on February 28, 1989. On April 26, 1993, the Division approved the second <br /> additional five-year renewal for Western Fuels-Colorado with a stipulation that a permit revision be <br /> submitted to separate the permit application into two separate documents since the two [nines were <br /> not contiguous. The stipulation was satisfied with the submission of PR-03 which was approved on <br /> 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 area. T-he-appheationon <br /> M -W,-1-99b. Numerous <br /> ��°��� ay <br /> forth and on September 24 199(, the l7wicinarereived fi 1 issues #aEl-lve,✓e <br /> c `1`^P ssed w' The revision was approved and <br /> 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. vision found the application to be complete on October 6, <br /> he operator pis ish the renewal request in the local newspaper for four consecutive weeks <br /> commencing on October 30, 1997 and ending on November 20, 1997. No comments from the public <br /> or private sectors were recieved concerning the permit renewal. A preliminary adequacy review of <br /> the permit was conducted and the comments forwarded to the mine on January 8, 1998. Comments <br /> regarding the proposed issues were received by the Division and all permitting issues were resolved <br /> with the exception of some Applicant ator S ste associated with <br /> and Transmission Association Inc Those pfeHlerrts-were resolved in mid February �o <br /> s -a—d <br /> issue. III issues ddnanar) w�r7egaa! .wu ews <br /> T" r v ,..-,T rem[vrc,.l k(.&u,k V:'ju� cM <br /> Description of the Environment <br /> Introduction <br /> The New Horizon Mine I permit area encompasses approximately 327 acres and has been reclaimed <br /> to pasture land and wildlife habitat. The permit document associated with this mine is a reclamation <br /> only permit and essentially has not changed since it was approved in 1994. There are no plans for the <br /> land to be further disturbed. <br /> 2 <br />