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<br /> <br />1313 Sherman Street, Room 215, Denver, CO 80203 P 303.866.3567 F 303.832.8106 http://mining.state.co.us <br />John W. Hickenlooper, Governor | Robert W. Randall, Executive Director | Virginia Brannon, Director <br />1313 Sherman Street, Room 215 <br />Denver, CO 80203 <br /> <br /> <br />April 29, 2016 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Montrose County Commissioners <br />161 S. Townsend Ave. <br />Montrose, CO 81401 <br /> <br /> <br />Re: New Horizon North Mine (Permit No. C-2010-089) <br /> Permit Revision Application No. 1 (PR-1) <br /> Revised Haul Roads, PMT, PMLU, Irrigation Designs, Culverts and Stockpile <br />Location <br /> <br /> <br />Dear Montrose County Commissioners: <br /> <br />The Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety hereby issues notice, in accordance with Title 34, <br />Article 33, Section 118, Paragraph 3, of the Colorado Revised Statutes, that on April 29, 2016, a <br />permit revision application for a permit to conduct coal mining operations, Permit No. C-2010-089 <br />by Western Fuels-Colorado, LLC, was considered complete for the purposes of filing. All review <br />and comment periods as provided in the Colorado Surface Coal Mining Reclamation Act and the <br />Rules and Regulations of the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Board for Coal Mining initiate <br />from this date of filing. <br /> <br />Permit Revision 1 (PR-1) is proposing to remove the East and Northwest haul roads, install North <br />haul road, install South access road, revise postmining topography, revise post mining land use <br />configuration, update irrigation designs, update culverts and stockpile locations. The applicant is <br />not proposing additional surface disturbance outside of the area currently approved for disturbance. <br /> <br />The surface coal mining operation is located approximately 2.5 miles Northwest of Nucla. The <br />permit area is further described as follows: <br /> <br />Portions of Sections 25 and 36, T 47 N, R 16 W, N.M.P.M. <br />