2010-10-26_APPLICATION CORRESPONDENCE - C2010089

• Permit No: C2010089
• IBM Index Class Name: Application Correspondence
• Doc Date: 10/26/2010
• Doc Name: Completeness Letters
• From: DRMS
• To: State & Federal Agencies
• Email Name: MLT
• 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
Phone: [phone]
FAX: [phone]
COLORADO
D IV IS I ON OF
RECLAMATION
MINING
SAFETY
October 26, 2010
Bill Ritter, Jr.
Governor
Janet Kieler

Colorado Department of Health Mike King
Executive Director
Water Quality Control Division Permit Section
4300 Cherry Creek Drive South Loretta E. Pineda

Denver, CO 80222-1530 Director
Re: New Horizon North Mine (Permit No. C-2010-089)
New Permit Application
Dear Ms. Kieler:
The Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety hereby issues notice, in accordance with Title 34, Article 33,
Section 118, Paragraph 3 of the Colorado Revised Statutes, that on October 25, 2010, an application for a permit to
conduct coal mining operations at the New Horizon North Mine was considered complete for the purposes of
filing. All review and comment periods as provided in the Colorado Surface Coal Mining Reclamation Act and
the Rules and Regulations of the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Board for Coal Mining initiate from this date
of filing.
The applicant Western Fuels-Colorado, LLC, proposes to conduct surface coal mining operations on land located
approximately 2.5 miles northwest of Nucla. The permit area is further described as follows:
Section 25 and 36, Township 47 North, Range 16 West, New Mexico Prime Meridian
The applicant proposes to develop a new surface coal mine covering approximately 322 acres in the western half
of Section 25. Surface and mineral ownership is private. Current land uses are generally agricultural in nature,
and include irrigated and dryland pasture and grazing land. The proposed post-mining land uses are irrigated and
dryland pasture. The permit area also includes an equipment haul corridor which connects to the currently active
New Horizon 2 Mine (see attached photo).
The above-mentioned tracts of land are shown on USGS 7.5 minute Quadrangle map of Nucla.
A copy of the application is available for public inspection at the Montrose County Courthouse Annex, 300 Main,
Nucla, CO 81424 and at the Division office. For additional information, to provide written comments, or request
an informal conference, contact the Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety, Room 215, 1313 Sherman Street,
Denver, Colorado 80203, [phone], within thirty (30) days of the last publication of the public notice in the
San Miguel Basin Forum.
Sincerely,
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Marcia L. Talvitie
Environmental Protection Specialist
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