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STATE OF COLORADO <br />DIVISION OF RECLAMATION, MINING AND SAFETY <br />Department of Natural Resources <br />1313 Sherman St., Room 215 <br />Denver, Colorado 80203 <br />Phone: (303) 866 -3567 <br />FAX: (303) 832 -8106 <br />COLORADO <br />DIVISION OF <br />RECLAMATION <br />MINING <br />SAFETY <br />INTEROFFICE MEMORANDUM <br />Bill Ritter, Jr. <br />Governor <br />Mi 0 <br />Date: 8 November 2010' <br />Executive Director <br />To: Johanna Cramer / Joe Dudash / Mike Boula Loretta r Pineda <br />y Director <br />Janet Binns / Rob Zuber, P.E. / Jim Stark <br />From: Marcia Talvitie 1 ;9 e <br />Subject: New Horizon North Mine - Permit No. C- 2010 -089 <br />Application Received — Request for Assistance <br />The permit application for the proposed New Horizon North mine was determined to be <br />complete on October 25, 2010. The Division's preliminary adequacy review is therefore due to <br />be issued within 60 days of the completeness, which is December 24, 2010. <br />The applicant, Western Fuels — Colorado, LLC proposes to develop a surface coal mine on <br />approximately 322 acres (the entire western I/z of Section 25) located northwest of the town of <br />Nucla in western Montrose County. In addition to the mining and operations area, the <br />application also includes an equipment corridor which will connect the new mine to the currently <br />permitted New Horizon Mine. (Please see the attached Google Earth photo, for reference.) <br />All of the surface and mineral rights are privately owned. <br />The permit application package consists of three volumes. Complete copies of the application <br />are located in the Denver (Sandy Brown), Grand Junction and Durango offices. I am requesting <br />your assistance in reviewing this application, as enumerated on the attached spreadsheet. <br />In order to accomplish the final compilation of the preliminary adequacy review within the <br />regulatory timeframe, I would like to request that your review comments be submitted to me by <br />Friday, 10 December 2010. Please let me know in advance if you will be unable to meet this <br />deadline. <br />Thank you for your assistance. <br />Attachments <br />Photograph of Permit Area <br />2. Application Sections and Specialists Assigned <br />cc: Sandy Brown, Dan Hernandez <br />Office of Office of <br />Mined Land Reclamation Denver - Grand Junction - Durango Active and Inactive Mines <br />