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Introduction <br />This document is the decision package prepared by the Colorado Division of Reclamation, <br />Mining and Safety (the Division) for the New Horizon Mine Permit Revision Number 6. This <br />document includes: 1) the proposed decision to approve the permit revision application; 2) a <br />summary which includes a history of the review of the permit application, a description of the <br />environment affected by the operation and a description of the mining and reclamation plan; and <br />3) the written findings of compliance the Division has made as required by the Colorado Surface <br />Coal Mining Reclamation Act. Detailed information concerning the findings of compliance can <br />be found in the Regulations of the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Board for Coal Mining. <br />The Division has received an application for Permit Revision No. 6 (PR-6) to conduct surface <br />coal mining and reclamation operations at the New Horizon Mine: The application was <br />submitted by Western Fuels - Colorado LLC. The mine will be operated by Western Fuels- <br />Colorado. The mine is located on private lands within Montrose County, Colorado. The legal <br />description of the lands included within the permit area is: <br />Mine 1: <br />SW'/, Section 25, T47N, R16W containing 98.62 acres MOL shown on the USGS 7.5 <br />minute Nucla Quadrangle map. <br />Mine 2: <br />NW '/ Section 6, T46N, R15W <br />W %2 NE '/ Section 6, T46N, R15W <br />W '/ SE '/ NE '/ Section 6, T46N, R15W <br />N %2 SE % Section 6, T46N, R15W <br />E %2 NW '/ Section 1, T46N, R16W <br />NE '/ Section 1, T46N, R16W <br />SW '/ Section 31, T47N, RI 5W <br />S %2 Section 36, T47N, R16W <br />The above mentioned tracts of land containing 827.44 acres more or less are shown on <br />the USGS 7.5 minute Nucla Quadrangle map. <br />2