2010-10-26_APPLICATION CORRESPONDENCE - C2010089 ‎(3)‎

• Permit No: C2010089
• IBM Index Class Name: Application Correspondence
• Doc Date: 10/26/2010
• Doc Name: Completeness Letter
• From: DRMS
• To: Montrose County Commissioners
• 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
Montrose County Commissioners Mike King
Ex
ecutive Director
County Commissioner
P.O. Box 1289 Loretta E. Pineda
Montrose, CO 81402 Director
Re: New Horizon North Mine (Permit No. C-2010-089)
New Permit Application
Dear Montrose County Commissioners:
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, Permit No. C-2010-089, by Western Fuels-
Colorado, LLC, 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 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. 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,
Marcia L. Talvitie
Environmental Protection Specialist
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