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<br /> <br />NOTICE OF PROPOSED DECISION <br />The Colorado Division of Minerals and Geology proposes to approve Technical Revision Application <br />No. 18 (TR-18) for the Bowie No. 2 Mine (Permit No. C-1996-083), submitted by Bowie Resources <br />Limited. Approval of this technical revision would allow a change in the approved mine plan. The <br />change would permit longwall mining in the western portions of two longwall panels, within the currently <br />approved permit boundary. The proposed limited longwall mining would occur in private and federal <br />coal. The federal coal is managed by the Bureau of Land Management. The right of entry to the. federal <br />coal has been obtained through the approved Iron Point Tract Federal Coal Lease COC-61209. About <br />904,000 tons of private coal and 286,000 tons of federal coal are involved in this revision. No new <br />surface disturbance would occur, although subsidence of the surface will take place with longwall mining. <br />The Bowie No. 2 Mine is an underground coal mine located in Delta Counry, approximately 5 miles <br />northeast of Paonia, Colorado. Coal interest is Private, and the surface affected is Private land. The <br />permit area encompasses approximately 2,850.00 acres. <br />This proposed decision is based on a finding that the proposed operation will comply with all <br />requirements of the Colorado Surface Coal Mining Reclamation Act, Section 34-33-101, e[ seq., C.R.S., <br />and the regulations promulgated thereunder. <br />Copies of the proposed decision, including stipulations, aze on file for public inspection at the Colorado <br />Division of Minerals and Geology, Room 215, Centennial Building, 1313 Sherman Street, Denver, <br />Colorado 80203. Persons with an interest that may be adversely affected by the proposed decision may <br />request a formal hearing before the Mined Land Reclamation Board on the proposed decision. Such <br />request must be made within ten (l0) days of the initial publication of this notice, must be in writing, and <br />must state with reasonable specificity the reasons for the request and the objections to the proposed <br />decision. <br />