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Introduction <br /> The Bowie No. 2 Mine was constructed and opened by Bowie Resources Limited <br /> during the spring and summer of 1997 with coal production and development <br /> beginning on August 15, 1997. The mine began longwall production during <br /> November 1999 and currently produces coal at the rate of about 5 million tons <br /> per year. <br /> There is an active coal mine waste disposal area (Permit Volume IV) that was <br /> sized to accept miscellaneous roof fall material and other minor amounts of high <br /> ash coal encountered in the mine. Another active coal mine waste disposal area <br /> (Gob Pile #2, Permit Volume IX) was sized to handle refuse from the preparation <br /> plant. This second coal mine disposal area is nearly at full capacity. <br /> A third coal mine waste disposal area (Gob Pile #3) has been designed to handle <br /> refuse from the preparation plant. The disposal area is located south of the <br /> existing disposal area in the field near the unit train loadout. The new disposal <br /> area is to have a capacity of about 750,000 cubic yards. There is a coverfill pile, <br /> topsoil stockpile, diversion ditches, collection ditches and a modified sediment <br /> pond associated with the new disposal area. <br /> The facility is located, as shown on Map 15-1 & 3, in the old 'Bowie Orchard'. The <br /> Bowie No. 2 Mine has not generated a significant amount of coal mine waste in <br /> the past few years, however the preparation plant generated significant <br /> quantities. The coal mine waste generated from the operation during the initial <br /> five year life of gob pile #2 was estimated to be about 1,000,000 cubic yards. <br /> Volume XI <br /> TR-118 -1 - 04/19 <br />