2010-12-23_APPLICATION CORRESPONDENCE - C2010089

• Permit No: C2010089
• IBM Index Class Name: Application Correspondence
• Doc Date: 12/23/2010
• Doc Name: Preliminary Adequacy Review ‎(Part 1)‎
• From: DRMS
• To: Western Fuels Association, Inc.
• 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 I V I S I ON OF
RECLAMATION
MINING
SAFETY
Re: Permit Application Number C- 2010 -089 — New Horizon North Mine
Preliminary Adequacy Review (Part 1)
Dear Mr. Shrestha,
Western Fuels Colorado (WFC) has submitted a Permit Application Package (PAP) for the
proposed New Horizon North (NHN) Mine in western Montrose County. The Division
determined the PAP to be complete for purposes of filing on October 25, 2010. In accordance
with the requirements of 2.07.3(2), public notice of the application was published in the San
Miguel Basin Forum for four consecutive weeks from October 28 through November 18, 2010.
WFC submitted proof of this publication to the Division on December 10, 2010.
Upon determining the application to be complete, the Division notified the various agencies with
potential jurisdiction over the proposed NHN Mine that the application was under review and to
request their review and input. We have received correspondence from the Colorado Division of
Water Resources, the Colorado Historical Society, and Montrose County.
As required by 2.07.3(5), the period for public comment remained open for 30 days following
the last publication of the notice. During the public comment period, which closed at 5:00 p.m.
on December 20, 2010, the Division received two letters from concerned citizens (JoEllen
Turner and Bob and Beth Starks).
The Division previously transmitted the agency responses and public comment letters to WFC,
for reference and for posting with the application at the Montrose County Nucla Annex. These
five letters are also attached to this adequacy review letter.
In accordance with 2.07.4(1), the Division's Preliminary Adequacy Review (PAR) is due within
60 days following the completeness date, or December 24, 2010. In the following pages, various
adequacy issues are presented for WFC's consideration and response. The issues have been
categorized according to the various Rules enumerated in the Regulations of the Colorado Mined
Land Reclamation Board for Coal Mining. The Division's preliminary review has not yet been
completed, thus the "Part 1" descriptor in the subject line of this letter. Part 2 will be issued by
the Division in early January, 2010.
Office of
Office of
Mined Land Reclamation Denver • Grand Junction • Durango Active and Inactive Mines
Bill Ritter, Jr.
Governor
23 December 2010
Mike King
Executive Director
Murari Shrestha, P.E.
Western Fuels Association, Inc.
Loretta E. Pineda
Director
1100 W 116 Ave.
Westminster, CO 80234
Re: Permit Application Number C- 2010 -089 — New Horizon North Mine
Preliminary Adequacy Review (Part 1)
Dear Mr. Shrestha,
Western Fuels Colorado (WFC) has submitted a Permit Application Package (PAP) for the
proposed New Horizon North (NHN) Mine in western Montrose County. The Division
determined the PAP to be complete for purposes of filing on October 25, 2010. In accordance
with the requirements of 2.07.3(2), public notice of the application was published in the San
Miguel Basin Forum for four consecutive weeks from October 28 through November 18, 2010.
WFC submitted proof of this publication to the Division on December 10, 2010.
Upon determining the application to be complete, the Division notified the various agencies with
potential jurisdiction over the proposed NHN Mine that the application was under review and to
request their review and input. We have received correspondence from the Colorado Division of
Water Resources, the Colorado Historical Society, and Montrose County.
As required by 2.07.3(5), the period for public comment remained open for 30 days following
the last publication of the notice. During the public comment period, which closed at 5:00 p.m.
on December 20, 2010, the Division received two letters from concerned citizens (JoEllen
Turner and Bob and Beth Starks).
The Division previously transmitted the agency responses and public comment letters to WFC,
for reference and for posting with the application at the Montrose County Nucla Annex. These
five letters are also attached to this adequacy review letter.
In accordance with 2.07.4(1), the Division's Preliminary Adequacy Review (PAR) is due within
60 days following the completeness date, or December 24, 2010. In the following pages, various
adequacy issues are presented for WFC's consideration and response. The issues have been
categorized according to the various Rules enumerated in the Regulations of the Colorado Mined
Land Reclamation Board for Coal Mining. The Division's preliminary review has not yet been
completed, thus the "Part 1" descriptor in the subject line of this letter. Part 2 will be issued by
the Division in early January, 2010.
Office of
Office of
Mined Land Reclamation Denver • Grand Junction • Durango Active and Inactive Mines