2013-04-12_REPORT - C1981008

• Permit No: C1981008
• IBM Index Class Name: Report
• Doc Date: 4/12/2013
• Doc Name: Preliminary Adequacy Review
• From: DRMS
• To: Western Fuels-Colorado, LLC
• Type & Sequence: RN6
• Email Name: MLT
• Email Name: SGR
• 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]
April 12, 2013
Ross L. Gubka, P.E.
Western Fuels - Colorado, LLC
P.O. Box 628
Nucla, CO 8 1424
Re: New Horizon Mine (Permit No. C- 1981-008)
Permit Renewal No. 6 (RN -06)
Preliminary Adequacy Review
Dear Mr. Gubka:
COLORADO
D IV] S t ON Of
RECLAMATION
MINING
SAFETY
John W. Mickenlooper
Governor
Mike King
Executive Director
Loretta E. Pifieda
Director
Western Fuels - Colorado, LLC (Western Fuels) submitted an application for Permit Renewal No.
6 (RN -06) on November 13, 2012. This application was submitted in response to the Division's
August 27, 2012 letter which notified the company that the New Horizon Mine permit would
expire on August 18, 2013.
Completeness
The application was deemed to be complete, for purposes of filing, on November 23, 2012, and
the Division notified various Federal, State and Local entities of the application's completeness.
Public Notice of the application was published once weekly for four weeks (pursuant to
2.07.3 (2)) in the San Miguel Basin Forum (November 29 and December 6, 13, and 20, 2.012
editions). Our records do not indicate that formal documentation of the notice has been
provided. Please submit Proof of Publication for the public notice with your adequacy
response to the Division.
Comments and Objections
The period for public comment extended for 30 days from the final publication of the Notice
(2.07.3(5)), and came to a close on January 19, 2013.
On November 30, 2012, JoEllen Turner alleged (via facsimile to OSM) that there were problems
with the information included in Western Fuels' public notice and that the RN -06 application
was not available for viewing at the Montrose County Nucla Annex. In response, Western Fuels
provided an affidavit from the Deputy County Clerk (dated December 7, 2012) confirming that
the application had been received and made available in the records room. On December 17,
2012, the Division issued a written response to Ms. Turner's complaint.
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