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Bowie No. 2 Mine (C- 1996 -083) <br />MT- 4 <br />The mine facilities have been constructed near the old Bowie town site. Facilities include: <br />• haul and access roads <br />• conveyor belt system <br />• vent shafts <br />• truck loadout <br />• unit train loadout <br />• coal stockpiles <br />• refuse piles <br />• drainage and sediment control facilities, and <br />• portable methane pumps used at gob vent boreholes. <br />For the currently approved operations, all available topsoil has been salvaged and stored prior <br />to facility construction. Salvaged topsoil from the facilities and refuse areas was placed in <br />stockpiles A, D, E, and F. <br />The Bowie No. 2 Mine will be reclaimed to the post- mining land uses of rangeland, wildlife <br />habitat and industrial. The approval of Permit Revision No. 6 added cropland and pastureland <br />to the post- mining land uses. All facilities areas and some roads will be reclaimed to reestablish <br />the approximate original contour of the land. All portals, shafts and monitoring wells will be <br />backfilled, in accordance with the applicable rules and with the reclamation details provided <br />within the permit application. Some of the roads which existed prior to mining will be retained <br />to serve the postmining land use. <br />Topsoil will be redistributed on all disturbed areas. The soils will be tested for nutrient <br />deficiencies, and fertilizers will be applied as needed. <br />Revegetation will be implemented using the seed mixes approved. Seven permanent seed <br />mixes are approved for use in reclamation, and one seed mix has been approved for temporary <br />stabilization during the operational phase. The seven permanent seed mixes will be applied to <br />the following areas: Meadow, Upland (non - USDAFS lands), Mountain Shrub ( USDAFS), Aspen <br />( USDAFS), Irrigated Hayland, Pasture, and Concentrated Shrub Clumps. Mulch will be applied at <br />an approximate rate of 4000 pounds per acre. <br />Hydrologic and subsidence monitoring will occur throughout the operational and reclamation <br />phases of the Bowie No. 2 Mine project. While deleterious hydrologic or subsidence related <br />impacts are not anticipated, the Bowie No. 2 Mine permit application contains mitigation plans <br />to be implemented if negative impacts are detected. <br />Section II - Revisions to the Permit <br />The following revisions have been reviewed by the Division since a decision was proposed to <br />approve the third permit renewal on April 5, 2013: <br />Page 7 of 22 <br />