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- TRI -STATE GENERATION AND TRANSMISSION ASSOCIATION, INC. <br />HEADQUARTERS: P.O. BOX 33695 DENVER, COLORADO 80233 -0695 303 - 452 -6111 <br />September 19, 2013 <br />Mr. David Berry RECEIVED <br />Director <br />Colorado Division of Reclamation Mining & Safety Sip Z 6 2013 <br />1313 Sherman Street, Room 215 <br />Denver, CO 80203 DIVISION OF RECLAMATION <br />MINING AND SAFETY <br />RE: Western Fuels — Colorado, New Horizon Mine <br />Permit Revision 08 of C- 1981 -008 <br />Dear Mr. Berry: <br />Western Fuels- Colorado, A Limited Liability Company (WFC) has assembled Permit <br />Revision 08 (PR -08) for the Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining & Safety (DRMS) New <br />Horizon Mine (NH2) Permit C- 1981 -008, in accordance with the settlement with the Morgan <br />Property owners. Tri -State Generation and Transmission Association, Inc. (Tri- State) is the <br />parent of WFC. The signed Draft Review by Morgan/Tumer is attached. <br />Please find enclosed an APPLICATION FORM FOR A REVISION TO A COAL <br />MINING AND RECLAMATION PERMIT and public notice language with accompanying <br />location map. <br />PR -08 consists of a revision of prime farmland reclamation practices, including topsoil <br />redistribution and revegetation plans; replacement of the irrigated cropland technical standard <br />with a reference area and determination of prime farmland areas. <br />This revision includes the following items: <br />1. The determination of 87 acres of prime farmland on the Morgan property. <br />2. Description of prime farmland reclamation. <br />3. Replacing the irrigated cropland production standard for reclamation success with a <br />reference area located on the Morgan property. <br />4. Demonstration of the usability of soil from north of BB Road (32,800 CY) for use in <br />the reclamation of Morgan property prime farmland, and the usability of Bench 1 <br />material as a subsoil for the Johnson (WFC) property. <br />5. Topsoil redistribution plan for the Morgan property, along with Johnson (WFC), <br />Lloyd (WFC) and Benson properties north of BB Road. <br />6. Revegetation plans and success criteria for the irrigated cropland post mine land use. <br />AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY /AFFIRMATIVE ACTION EMPLOYER CRAIG STATION ESCALANTE STATION NUCLA STATION <br />P.O. BOX 1307 P.O. BOX 577 P.O. BOX 698 <br />A Touchstone Energy' Cooperative CRAIG, CO 81626 -1307 PREWITT, NM 87045 NUCLA, CO 81424 -0698 <br />�� 970 - 824 -4411 505- 972 -5200 970 - 864 -7316 <br />