2010-10-08_APPLICATION CORRESPONDENCE - C2010089

• Permit No: C2010089
• IBM Index Class Name: APPLICATION CORRESPONDENCE
• Doc Date: 10/8/2010
• Doc Name: Incompleteness Letter
• From: DRMS
• To: Western Fuels-Colorado, LLC
• Email Name: SLB
• Email Name: SB1
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

STATE OF COLORADO
DIVISION OF RECLAMATION, MINING AND SAFETY
Department of Natural Resources
1313 Sherman St., Room 215
Denver, Colorado 80203 COLORADO

Phone: [phone]
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RECLAMATION
FAX: [phone] MINING
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SAFETY
Bill Ritter, Jr.

October 8, 2010 Governor
Mike King

Murari P. Shrestha Executive Director
Western Fuels-Colorado, LLC

1100 W: 116th Avenue Loretta E. Pineda
Director
Westminster, CO 80234
Re: New Horizon North Mine (Permit No. C-2010-089)
New Application
Dear Mr. Shrestha:
We have received your new permit application to conduct coal mining in Colorado. Our initial review
indicates that all preliminary items required by Rules 2.03, 2.04, 2.05, and 2.06 have not been submitted.
Thus, your application is incomplete for the purposes of filing as of October 8, 2010.
Maps 2.04.6-2, 2.04.6-3, 2.04.6-4, 2.04.6-5, 2.04.6-6, 2.04.6-7, 2.04.7-1, 2.04.7-2, 2.04.7-3,
2.04.7-4, 2.04.7-5, 2.04.7-6, and 2.04.7-7 will need to be resubmitted at a larger scale in order
for the Division to be able to adequately conduct a technical review of the information provided
on the maps. Rule 2.10.1(1) requires all maps of the disturbed area to be submitted at a
minimum scale of 1:6,000. The maps provided by WFC are providing information within the
disturbed area and are presented at 1:9,600.
2. The public notice submitted by WFC in accordance with Rules 2.03.12 and 2.07.3(2) will need
to be modified as follows:
The ownership of the land to be affected must be listed in the notice (Rule 2.07.3(2)).
The notice provides the address for and directs telephone inquiries -to_the_DRMS Tr_ d
Junction office. Please amend the notice to provide the contact information for the
Durango office, and state that phone inquiries should be directed to Marcia Talvitie in
the Durango office, Division of Reclamation Mining & Safety, Durango Field
Office,691 CR 233, Suite A-2 Durango, CO 81301, [phone] (Rule 2.07.3(2)(d).
Since topsoil stripping and pond construction will be within 100' of the outside right-of-
way of a public road, WFC must amend the notice to include a statement indicating that
a public hearing, for the purpose of determining whether the interests of the public and
affected landowners will be protected, may be requested by contacting the Division in
writing within 30 days of the last publication of the notice, and that any such hearing
would be held in the locality of the proposed mining operation (Rule 2.07.3(e)).
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