2010-10-26_APPLICATION CORRESPONDENCE - C2010089 ‎(2)‎

• Permit No: C2010089
• IBM Index Class Name: Application Correspondence
• Doc Date: 10/26/2010
• Doc Name: Completeness Letter
• From: DRMS
• To: Western Fuels-Colorado, LLC
• 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]
October 26, 2010
Murari P. Shrestha
Western Fuels-Colorado, LLC
1100 W. 116th Avenue
Westminster, CO 80234
Re: New Horizon North Mine (Permit No. C-2010-089), New Application
Dear Mr. Shrestha:
COLORADO
D IV IS I ON OF
RECLAMATION
MINING
SAFETY
Bill Ritter, Jr.
Governor
Mike King
Executive Director
Loretta E. Pineda
Director
We have received your application for a permit to conduct coal mining in Colorado. Our initial review
indicates that all preliminary items required by the Colorado Surface Coal Mining Reclamation Act,
Section 34-33-101 et seq., C.R.S., have been submitted. Thus, your application has been considered
complete for the purposes of filing as of October 25, 2010. All review and comment periods as provided
in the Act and the Regulations initiate from this date of filing.
Unless notification to the contrary accompanies this letter, the proposed newspaper advertisement
submitted with the application has been found to be satisfactory. You should commence publication of
this advertisement as specified in Rule 2.07.3(2) of the Regulations. Proof of the publication of the
advertisement must be filed with the Division no later than four weeks after the last publication date.
Coincident with the initial publication, a copy of the application, less confidential items, must be filed for
public inspection with the appropriate public office as specified by you in the notice. Any subsequent
changes or additions to the application must also be made in this copy, at the same time it is submitted to
the Division.
The Division is currently reviewing your application to determine whether the items you have submitted
are adequate in terms of meeting the requirements of the Act and Regulations. Additional information
may be required, and in accordance with the provisions of Section 34-33-118(5) of the Act, you will be
notified no later than December 24, 2010, should that be the case.
If you have any questions, please contact me.
Sincerely,
arcia L. Talvitie
Environmental Protection Specialist
Office of Office of
Mined Land Reclamation Denver • Grand Junction • Durango Active and Inactive Mines