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DRMS Permit Index
Permit No
C1996083
IBM Index Class Name
General Documents
Doc Date
6/22/2007
Doc Name
Proposed Decision & Findings of Compliance for RN2
Permit Index Doc Type
Findings
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D
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~. <br />~. <br />Introduction <br />This document is the Pennit Renewal No. 2 (RN-02) proposed decision package prepared by the <br />Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety (Division) for the Bowie No. 2 Mine. Through <br />Permit Renewal No. 2, Bowie Resources LLC (BRL) is proposing to renew its valid, existing pennit for <br />another five year term. This document includes: 1) the proposed decision to Approve 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 Division has received an application for a permit renewal to continue surface coal mining operations <br />at the Bowie No. 2 Mine for another five year term. The application was submitted by BRL, The mine is <br />operated by BRL. <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 (OSM), the Division and the OSM <br />considered the Bowie No. 2 Mine to be a private mine, for the purposes of permit and inspection <br />regulation. However, with approval of Technical Revision No. 16, the Bowie No. 2 Mine became a <br />federal mine. Through that revision, BRL was granted pennission to conduct mining in a limited area of <br />the Iron Point Tract Federal Lease. <br />The Bowie No. 2 Mine is located about five (5) miles northeast of Paonia, Colorado, adjacent to State <br />Highway 133 and near the old Bowie townsite. The current permit area includes 5286 surface acres, of <br />which 2612 surface acres are privately owned and 2674 surface acres are federally owned. The legal <br />description of the lands included within the present permit area is described in the sections listed below: <br />Township 13 South. Ranlte 91 West. 6th PM <br />Sec. 2; SW'/<NW'/<, SW'/. <br />Sec. 3; ALL <br />Sec. 4; ALL <br />Sec. 5: S%zSE'/a, SE'/sSW'/a, S'/zNE'/aNE'/aSE'/a, SE'/aNW'/aNE'/aSE'/a, <br /> E%zSW'/<NE'/eSE'/<, SE'/oNE'/<SE'/< <br />Sec. 8: NE '/a <br />Sec. 9; NE'/a, NW'/o, SE'/n, NE'/zSW'/o, SE'/aSW'/s, NE'/<SW'/oSW'/a <br />Sec. 10: ALL <br />Sec. 1 I : S W'/<, N W'/< <br />Sec. 14: NW'/, except that portion south of the Union Pacific Railroad right <br /> of way <br />Sec. 15: NE'/., NW'/., NW'/.SE'/.', Portions of the N'hSE'/., SW'/+SE'/<, <br /> S'/zSW''/a, excluding all privately held lands not owned or <br /> controlled by Bowie Resources Limited or the Union Pacific <br /> Railroad. <br />Sec. 16: N%zNE''/a <br />Sec. 22: Portion ofNW'/eNW'/e, on lands owned by the Union Pacific <br /> Railroad <br />
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