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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 />March 20, 2015 <br />Mr. Brock Bowles <br />Environmental Protection Specialist <br />Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety <br />1313 Sherman Street, Room 215 <br />Denver, CO 80203 RECEIVED <br />RE: New Horizon Mine (C- 1981 -008) MAR 2 3 2015 <br />Technical Revision No. 68 (TR -68) <br />Stream Buffer Zone Variance Request <br />Division of Reclamation, <br />Mining & Safety <br />Dear Mr. Bowles: <br />Tri -State Generation and Transmission Association, Inc. (Tri- State) is submitting the enclosed <br />"Application Form for a Revision to a Coal Mining and Reclamation Permit" for a technical revision <br />application on behalf of the Western Fuels - Colorado, A Limited Liability Company (WFC) New Horizon <br />Mine. Tri -State is the parent company of WFC. The New Horizon Mine operates under the Division of <br />Reclamation, Mining and Safety (DBMS) Permit No. C -1981 -008. <br />TR -68 is being submitted to request a variance for disturbance within designated stream buffer <br />zones for Tuttle Draw, Calamity Draw, and Enstrom Draw. TR -68 also removes stream buffer zone <br />language from other sections of the permit and consolidates the information into Section 4.05.18. Please <br />refer to the attached Change Sheet for a list of maps and pages that have been added or removed by this <br />technical revision. <br />If you have any questions about the enclosed technical revision, please contact Tony Tennyson at <br />(970) 824 -1232 or ttenn son ,tristate .org. <br />BAW:TT:pvt <br />Enclosures <br />cc: Frank Ferris (via email) <br />Chris Gilbreath (via email) <br />Jason Storey (via email) <br />Tony Tennyson (via email) <br />AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY /AFFIRMATIVE ACTION EMPLOYER <br />A Touchstone Energy* Cooperative <br />Sincerely, <br />n <br />arbara A. Walz ; <br />Senior Vice President <br />Policy & Compliance/ <br />Chief Compliance Officer <br />CRAIG STATION ESCALANTE STATION NUCLA STATION <br />P.O. BOX 1307 P.O. BOX 577 P.O. BOX 698 <br />CRAIG, CO 81626 -1307 PREW17 NM 87045 NUCLA, CO 81424 -0698 <br />970- 824 -4411 505 - 972 -5200 970- 864 -7316 <br />