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Bond Release Request <br />Date of Request: August 7, 2009 <br />Permittee: Western Fuels- Colorado <br />Permit #: C-81-008 <br />Date Permit was Approved: May 26, 1983 <br />Mine Name: New Horizon Mine <br />Phase of Bond Release Requested: A partial Phase 2 Release for a portion of the reclaimed <br />mine area backfilled, graded and seeded as Irrigated Pasture (16.2 + 10.6 ac = 26.8 acres) <br />East of 27 Rd and both North and South of BB Rd. See Map R-1. Also a partial Phase 3 <br />Release on a portion of the reclaimed area backfilled, graded and seeded as either Dryland <br />Pasture (23.8 ac) or Irrigated Pasture (95 + 26.9 + 4.2ac = 126.1 ac) that is East of 27 Rd and <br />South of BB Rd <br />Number of Acres: <br />Total Permit: 827.4 acres (New Horizon #2 Mine) <br />Total Disturbed: 768.6 acres <br />Total Disturbed Requested this Release Phase 2: 26.8 acres of <br />Irrigated Pasture <br />Total Disturbed Requested this Release Phase 3: 126.1 ac of Irrigated Pasture <br />plus 23.8 ac of Dryland pasture =149.9 acres <br />Bond Company: Self-Bond by Tri-State Generation & Transmission Association. <br />Bond Number: SB-003 <br />Current Total Amount of Bond: $5,042,302.00 <br />Dollar Amount Requested for Release: <br />Phase 2 Amount (Topsoil replacement): $83,940 <br />Phase 3 Amount (Revegetation): $57,844 <br />Total: $141,784 <br />Legal Description of Area for Bond Release: <br />The New Horizon Mine Permit Area lays within Section 6 of T 46N, R15W, Section 1 of T <br />46N, R16W, Section 31 of T 47N, R15W and Section 36 of T 47N, R16W of the New <br />Mexico Principal Meridian, Montrose County, Colorado. <br />The following provides a description of the 2008 Phase 2 & 3 requested release areas for the <br />New Horizon Mine: <br />SL-12 COMPARISON 16MAR11.wpd 2