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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 />Januaiv 4, 2013 <br />Ross L. Gubka, P.E. <br />Western Fuels- Colorado, LLC <br />P.O. Box 628 <br />Nucla, CO 81424 <br />Re: New Horizon Mine (Permit No. C- 1981 -008) <br />Permit Revision Application No. 7 (PR -7) <br />Revised Prime Farmland Determination and <br />Dear Mr. Gubka: <br />COLORADO <br />ID I V I S I O N O F <br />RECLAMATION <br />MINING <br />SAFETY <br />John W. Hickenlooper <br />Governor <br />Mike King <br />Executive Director <br />Loretta E. Pineda <br />Director <br />Related Soil Redistribution and Revegetation <br />We have received your application to revise your permit to conduct coal mining in Colorado. Our initial <br />review indicates that all preliminary items required by the Colorado Surface Coal Mining Reclamation Act, <br />Section 34 -33 -101 et seq., C.R.S., have been submitted. Thus, your revision application has been <br />considered complete for the purposes of filing as of January 3, 2013. All review and comment periods as <br />provided in the Act and the Regulations initiate from this date of filing. <br />Unless notification to the contrary accompanies this letter, the proposed newspaper advertisement submitted <br />with the application has been found to be satisfactory. You should commence publication of this <br />advertisement as specified in Rule 2.073(2) of the Regulations. Proof of the publication of the <br />advertisement must be filed with the Division no later than four weeks after the last publication date. <br />Coincident with the initial publication, a copy of the revision application, less confidential items, must be <br />filed for public inspection with the appropriate public office as specified by you in the notice. Any <br />subsequent changes or additions to the application must also be made in this copy, at the same time it is <br />submitted to the Division. <br />The Office of Surface Mining and the Natural Resources Conservation Service will be assisting the Division <br />with the technical review of this revision application. Please distribute complete copies of the application <br />package to the following: <br />Kenneth Walker <br />Office of Surface Mining <br />Western Regional Coordinating Center <br />1999 Broadway, Suite 3320 <br />Denver, CO 80202 <br />William J. Shoup <br />Natural Resources Conservation Service <br />State Soil Scientist <br />P.O. Box 25426 <br />Denver, CO 80225 -0426 <br />In addition to these agencies, please distribute copies of the application to JoEllen Turner and <br />Christopher G. McAnany. The Division suggests that all materials be sent with return receipt requested <br />Office of Office of <br />Mined Land Reclamation Denver • Grand Junction • Durango Active and Inactive Mines <br />