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NOTICE OF PROPOSED DECISION The Colorado Division of Minerals and Geology proposes to approve with conditions Permit Revision Application No. 4, submitted by Bowie Resources Limited for a coal mining permit at the Bowie No. 2 Mine (Permit No. C-1996-083). Approval of this permit revision would revise the current mine plan at the Bowie No. 2 Mine. The operator is proposing to incorporate into the mine plan the longwall and room and pillar mining of the D seam, for an area that is within the Iron Point Tract Federal Coal Lease COC- 61209. The proposed mine plan anticipates mining into the first quarter of 2004 at the current rate of 5 nilllion tons per year. This mine plan change does not include the room and pillar mining under Terror Creek, in which the operator would be able to access the B seam coal at the Bowie No. l Mine. That mine plan change is anticipated to be submitted later. This permit revision would incorporate 1675 additional surface acres into the existing permit area, 1616 acres of which are federal and 59 acres of which are private. The total permit area would be 4525 acres with approval of this revision. Federal mineral acreage would account for 2638 acres while private mineral acreage would be 1887 acres. There will not be any new surface disturbance associated with this revision. The Bowie No. 2 Mine is located in Delta County, approximately 5 miles northeast of Paonia, Colorado. The underground operation has an anticipated maximum production capacity of 5 million tons per year. Coal interest is Federal and private, and the surface to be affected is Federal and private land This proposed decision is based on a finding that the proposed operation will comply with all requirements of the Colorado Surface Coal Mining Reclamation Act, Section 34-33-101, et seq., C.R.S., and the regulations promulgated thereunder. Copies of the proposed decision, including any stipulations, are on file for public inspection at the Colorado Division of Minerals and Geology, Room 215, Centennial Building, 1313 Sherman Street, Denver, Colorado 80203, the Paonia Public Library, P.O. Box 969, Paonia, CO 81423, and at [he County Clerk's OfSce in Delta County, 5th & Palmer, Delta, CO 81416. Persons with an interest that may be adversely affected by the proposed decision may request a formal hearing before the Mined Land Reclamation Board on the proposed decision. Such request must be made within thirty (30) days of the initial publication of this notice. must be in writing, and must state with reasonable specificity the reasons for the request and the objections to the proposed decision.