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Introduction <br />This document is the decision package prepazed by the Colorado Division of Minerals and Geology <br />(the Division) for the New Horizon Mine. This document includes: 1) the proposed decision to <br />approve the permit renewal application; 2) a summary which includes a history of the review of the <br />permit application, a description of the environment affected by the operation and a description of <br />the mining and reclamation plan; and 3) the written findings of compliance the Division has made as <br />required by the Colorado Surface Coal Mining Reclamation Act. Detailed information concerning <br />the findings of compliance can be found in the Regulations of the Colorado Mined Land <br />Reclamation Boazd for Coal Mining. <br />The Division has received an application for a permit renewal (RN04) to continue to conduct surface <br />coal mining and reclamation operations at the New Horizon Mine. The application was submitted by <br />Westem Fuels-Colorado LLC. The mine will be operated by Western Fuels-Colorado. The mine is <br />located on private lands within Montrose County, Colorado. The legal description of the New <br />Horizon Mine is portions of: <br />Mine 1: <br />SW'/a, Section 25, T47N, R16W containing 98.62 acres MOL shown on the USGS 7.5 minute <br />Nucla Quadrangle map. <br />Mine 2: <br />NW'/a, Section 6, T46N, R15W <br />E'/z, Section 6, T46N, R15W <br />E'/zW'/z, Section 6, T46N, R15W <br />N''/z, Section 1, T46N, R16W <br />SW'/a, Section 31, T47N, R15W <br />SW'/aNW'/a, Section 31, T47N,R15W <br />NW'/aSW'/a, Section 31, T47N, R15W <br />S''/z, Section 36, T47N, R16W <br />N''/z Section 36, T47N, R16W <br />SW'/a Section25, T47N, R16W <br />The above mentioned tracts of land containing 823.56 acres more or less are shown on [he <br />USGS 7.5 minute Nucla Quadrangle map. <br />