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Introduction
<br /> This document is the Permit Renewal No. 5 (RN-05)proposed decision package prepared by the
<br /> Colorado Division of Reclamation,Mining and Safety (the Division)for the Bowie No. 2 Mine. Through
<br /> RN-05,Bowie Resources LLC(BRL)is proposing to renew its valid,existing permit for another five year
<br /> term. This document includes: 1)the proposed decision to approve with conditions the permit renewal
<br /> application; 2)a summary which includes a history of the review of the permit revision application,a
<br /> description of the environment affected by the operation and a description of the mining and reclamation
<br /> plan; and 3)the written findings of compliance the Division has made as required by the Colorado
<br /> Surface Coal Mining Reclamation Act. Detailed information concerning the findings of compliance can
<br /> be found in the Regulations of the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Board for Coal Mining.
<br /> The mine permit area is located on federal and private lands within Delta County,Colorado. The coal to
<br /> be mined is privately and federally owned,as are the surface lands to be disturbed by mining. Originally,
<br /> in accordance with direction provided by the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement
<br /> (OSM),the Division and OSM considered the Bowie No.2 Mine to be a private mine, for the purposes of
<br /> permit and inspection regulation. However,with approval of Technical Revision No. 16,the Bowie No. 2
<br /> Mine became a federal mine. Through that revision,BRL was granted permission to conduct mining in a
<br /> limited area of the Iron Point Tract Federal Lease.
<br /> The Bowie No.2 Mine is located about five miles northeast of Paonia,Colorado,adjacent to State
<br /> Highway 133 and near the old Bowie town site. The current permit area includes 10,987.4 surface acres,
<br /> of which 5,724.5 surface acres are privately owned and 5,262.9 surface acres are federally owned. The
<br /> legal description of the lands included within the present permit area is described in the sections listed
<br /> below:
<br /> Township 13 South,Range 91 West, 6th PM
<br /> Section 2: SWANWA, SWA
<br /> Section 3: ALL
<br /> Section 4: ALL
<br /> Section 5: S/2SE/4, SEASWA, S/2NE/4NE/4SE/4, SEANWANEASEA,
<br /> E/2SWANEASEA, SEANEASEA
<br /> Section 6: Lots 5,6,7, SWANEA, SEANWA,E/2SWA, SEA
<br /> Section 7: ALL
<br /> Section 8: NE/4, W/2,W/2SE/4
<br /> Section 9: NE/4,NW/4, SEA,NEASWA, SEASWA,NE/4SW/4SW/4
<br /> Section 10: ALL
<br /> Section 11: SWA,NWA
<br /> Section 14: NWA except that portion south of the Union Pacific Railroad right of way
<br /> Section 15: NE/4, NW/4, NW/4SE/4*, Portions of the N/2SE/4, SWASEA, S/2SW/4, excluding all
<br /> privately held lands not owned or controlled by BRL or the Union Pacific Railroad.
<br /> Section 16: N/2NE/4
<br /> Section 17: NW/4, W/2NE/4
<br /> Section 18: Lots 1,2,NEA,E2NW/4
<br /> Section 22: Portion of NWANWA,on lands owned by the Union Pacific Railroad
<br /> *North of Deer Trail Ditch
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