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BOWIE NO. 1 MINE <br />Permit No. C-81-038 <br />Midterm Review <br />This is the midterm review findings document for the Bowie No. 1 Mine. The midterm review is <br />required under Rule 2.08.3 to be performed not later than the middle of each five year permit term. <br />Through this review, the Division can require reasonable modifications to the permit in order [hat the <br />permit application complies with the regulations. Rule 3.02.2(4) requires that the amount of the <br />reclamation liability bond be reviewed during [he midterm and adjusted, if necessary. <br />This findings document is divided into four sections. Section I describes the history of the mine. An <br />account of the permitting and enforcement actions, including permit revisions, stipulations and <br />enforcement actions is contained in Section II. The reclamation liability bond information is in Section <br />III. The final section contains specific questions or comments that arose in the review of the permit <br />application. <br />Section I -Mine History <br />The Bowie No. 1 Mine is an existing underground mine that has been in operation since 1975. The <br />mine was originally called the Orchard Valley Mine and the original applicant was Colorado <br />Westmoreland, Inc. (CWI). <br />The Orchard Valley Mine (Bowie No. 1) permit application was originally submitted on September 30, <br />1977, and was determined to be complete on October 7, 1977. The permit application was approved <br />by the Mined Land Reclamation Board under the interim program on April 27, 1978. A modified <br />permit application to comply with the proposed Colorado Permanent Regulatory Program was <br />submitted on June 18, 1979, and revised on February 27, 1981. The Division then published its <br />proposed decision approving the application with 25 stipulations on August 20, 1981. The Permanent <br />Program Permit No. C-038-81 was issued on September 24, 1981. <br />A permit revision application to incorporate 480 acres into the permit area of Permit No. C-81-038 was <br />submitted to the Division on November 18, 1982, and was determined to be complete on November <br />26, 1982. CWI's application included information from the adjacent Orchard Valley Permit C-81-038 <br />as well as the permit revision area. The Division published its proposed decision to approve the permit <br />revision with eight stipulations on March 21, 1983. Permit No. C-038-083, which superseded Permit <br />No. C-81-038, was issued by the Division on April 20, 1983. <br />On August 29, 1984, Colorado Westmoreland Inc. submitted a permit revision to their existing Permit <br />No. C-83-038. The permit revision incorporated an additional 5,719.7 acres of adjacent Federal coal <br />