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<br />December 26, 2007 <br />Division of Reclamation, Mining, and Safety <br />1313 Sherman Street <br />Room 215 <br />Denver, Colorado 80203 <br />JAN 0 f? <br />GR'9NOjuivrr/`92008 <br />-C?",-?'TO/?S?N?FLV aFF/ <br />. `'vp?l,?7AjG& CF <br />Re: Technical Revision to the New Horizon Mine Permit No. C-81-008 by Western <br />Fuels-Colorado (WFC) in Nucla, Co. <br />-TU,s? <br />We are writing this letter as a formal protest to the application for a Technical Revision <br />to the New Horizon Mine Permit No. C-81-008. The Technical Revision is to Section <br />2.05.4(2)e. This is also an objection to the renewal of the existing permit until all questions <br />are satisfied. <br />I,-Frank Morgan, went to the court house to see if I could have them make me a copy of <br />this revision. My eyesight is very bad and I need the use of my magnifying glass and good <br />lighting. Danelle called Ross Gubka to see if we could make a copy right there and- he <br />refused. A lot of the property in question belongs tome. This revision is not acceptable <br />for many reasons. Many statements and descriptions are not accurate or true. I have farmed <br />my entire life and my property which is presently being mined.and some already mined <br />is and was prime farmland. We do not raise cattle or livestock We raise and sell alfalfa and <br />corn and we must have production to stay in business. <br />We would like to -invite you to please come and visit with just us. We would like to show you <br />our property which has been mined and the property about to be mined. We raise alfalfa <br />not pasture land. Good production here takes can of several families. We do not have other <br />jobs to support the ranch, the ranch must take care of itself. We raise a thousand ton or more of <br />alfalfa hay and corn. It was my understanding at the time of the lease that this land would be <br />put 'back in as good or better condition than what it was. Now, the mine is not only trying to <br />change the way to get bond release, but is trying to take prime farmland and call it irrigated <br />pasture. There is no resemblance. We spend hours and hours plowing, disking, leveling,