2014-09-23_REVISION - C1981038 (2)

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PUBLIC NOTICE Bowie Resources LLC, P.O. Box 1488,Paonia, CO, 81424 has submitted an application for a partial bond release to the Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety for its mining permit No. C -1981- 038. The mining permit was initially approved on September 24, 1981 and renewed on April 20, 2013. The current reclamation bond is $5,761,290 and is in the form of three corporate surety bonds. This permit action will release about $250,000 from the reclamation bond. The area for which partial bond release is being requested is at the Bowie No. 1, East and West Mines. During the period 2000 through 2002, a portion of the West mine was returned to approximate original contours and seeded. During 2008, the Timber Storage Area located at the East mine was returned to AOC and seeded. During the ensuing years the vegetation has flourished. Based on a vegetation evaluation performed during June 2013, a demonstration was made that untreated drainage from the reclaimed areas do not contribute additional suspended solids above natural conditions. The vegetation study concludes the area sampled appears to be more than capable of supporting post- mining land uses. The Bowie No. 1 Mine is located in Delta County, approximately four (4) miles north of Paonia, CO. The surface facilities, located north of the North Fork of the Gunnison River, are located in portions of Sections 23 and 24, Township 13 South, Range 92 West; and Section 29, Township 13 South, Range 91 West of the 6th P.M. The mine permit area is located on the U.S. Geological Survey 7.5 minute Bowie and Gray Reservoir, Colorado Quadrangle maps within the following sections. Township 13 South, Range 92 West, 6th P.M. Sections: 1, 2, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 15, 22, 23, 24 and 25 Township 13 South, Range 91 West, 6th P.M. Sections: 5, 6, 7, 8, 17, 18, 19, 29, and 30 containing 8,541 acres more or less. The surface of the permit area is owned by numerous private land owners and the U. S. Government. The Bowie No. 1 Mine permit area contains 8,541 acres of land, 6,368 acres of private surface and 2,173 acres of Federal surface. Private minerals within the proposed permit area encompass 213 acres with Federal minerals accounting for the balance of 8,328 acres. A copy of the bond release application is available for public inspection at the Delta County Clerk and Recorders office 5th and Palmer, Delta, CO, at the Paonia Public Library, 140 Grand Avenue, Paonia, CO, and at the offices of the Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety, 1313 Sherman St., Room 215, Denver, CO, 80203, (303) 866 -3567. Written comments or objections to the proposed release, and a request for a public hearing or informal conference may be submitted to and additional information obtained from the Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety, 1313 Sherman St., Room 215, Denier, Co. 80203 -2273, phone (303) 866 -3567. Comments, objections or requests for a public hearing or informal conference must be made within thirty (30) days of the last publication of this notice or within thirty (30) days of the completed bond release inspection, whichever is later.