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PUBLIC NOTICE
<br />Bowie Resources, LLC, P.O. Box 483, Paonia, CO, 81428, has submitted a complete application for a
<br />technical revision to the Division of Reclamation, Mining & Safety for its approved Bowie No. 1 Mine,
<br />mining permit no. C-1981-038. Proposed technical revision no. 63 will revise the re -vegetation success
<br />standards to be used for Phase III bond release evaluation at the East, West and Run -of Mine areas.
<br />The Bowie No. 1 Mine is located in Delta County, approximately four (4) miles north of Paonia, CO. The
<br />Bowie No. 1 Mine loadout is located in Delta County approximately one mile east of Paonia, CO south of
<br />State Highway 133. The surface facilities, located north of the North Fork of the Gunnison River, are
<br />located in portions of Sections 23 and 24, Township 13 South Range 92 West; and Section 29, Township
<br />13 South, Range 91 West of the 6th P.M. The mine permit area is located on the U.S. Geological Survey
<br />7.5 minute Bowie and Gray Reservoir, Colorado Quadrangle maps within the following sections.
<br />Township 13 South, Range 92 West, 6th P.M.
<br />Sec. 2: SEX
<br />Sec. 10: Lots 1-3, 6-11, 14-16
<br />Sec. 11: All
<br />Sec. 12: Lots 13-15, SW%SW%
<br />Sec. 13: All
<br />Sec. 14: All
<br />Sec. 15: Lots 1-3, 6-11,14-16 and E% of Lot 5, SEX Lot 4,NE% Lot 12
<br />Sec. 22: Lots 1-3, 6-8
<br />Sec. 23: Lots 1-9, eastern portion of Lot 10
<br />Sec. 24: Lots 1-6, 8, 9, 11, 12, eastern portion of Lot 10, western portion of Lots 7 & 13,
<br />S%zNE%, NWY4SEY4
<br />Sec. 25: Portion of N %:
<br />Township 13 South, Range 91 West, 6th P.M.
<br />Sec. 17: SW%
<br />Sec. 18: Lots 3-4, E%SW%, W%SE%, NE%SE%, NW%SE%SE%
<br />Sec. 19: NE%NW%, N%NW%NE%
<br />Portions of Sections 29, 30, 31, 32
<br />Containing 5,035 acres more or less.
<br />The Bowie No. 1 permit contains 5,035 acres, 1,466 acres of federal surface, and 3,569 private surface.
<br />There are 200 acres of privately owned coal and the remaining coal is Federally owned.
<br />A copy of the proposed revision is available for public inspection at the Paonia Public Library, 2 Third
<br />Street, Paonia, CO, and at the Denver office of the Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety (Room
<br />215, 1313 Sherman St., Denver, CO 80203, (303) 866-3567). Written comments regarding this
<br />application may be submitted to and additional information may be obtained from the Denver office of
<br />Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety. Written comments must be received by the Division of
<br />Reclamation, Mining and Safety within 10 days after the date of this publication in order to be
<br />considered.
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