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PROPOSED DECISION
<br />The Colorado Division of Minerals and Geology proposes to approve an application for partial Phase One
<br />Bond Release submitted by Bowie Resources Limited for the Bowie No. l Mine, Permit Number C-1981-
<br />038. The proposed decision is based on successful completion of structural demolition and removal and
<br />portal sealing at the East Mine and structural demolition, portal sealing, backfilling and grading work and
<br />drainage control at the West Mine, within specified portions of the permit area as described in the bond
<br />release application. In addition, the Division is proposing to approve an application submitted by Bowie
<br />Resources Limited for a bond reduction for the reclamation of certain facilities that were never
<br />constructed. The mine is an underground coal operation located in Delta County approximately four (4)
<br />miles north of Paonia, Colorado, with the loadout located approximately one (1) mile east of Paonia,
<br />Colorado. The permit area contains approximately 8,670 acres of land within the following sections:
<br />Township 13 South, Range 92 Wes[, 6'" P.M.
<br />Sections: 1, 2, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 22, 23, 24 and 25
<br />Township l3 South, Rang 92 West, 6`s P.M.
<br />Sections 5, 6, 7, 8, l7, 18, 19, 29, 30, 31 and 32
<br />The permit area is contained within the U.S. Geological Survey 7.5 minute Bowie and Gray Reservoir
<br />Quadrangle maps.
<br />In the partial Phase One Bond Release (surety release SL-02), the Division is proposing to release a total
<br />of $1, ] 43,807.00 for the structural demolition and disposal and portal sealing at both the East Mine and at
<br />the West Mine and backfilling and grading work and drainage control at the West Mine, as detailed in the
<br />Division's Proposed Decision and Findings of Compliance for the Partial Phase One Bond Release
<br />(surety release SL-02). Also included in the bond release amount is a bond reduction for the reclamation
<br />of the rock slope tunnels and two associated culverts at the East Mine which were never built. The total
<br />reclamation liability at the Bowie No. 1 Mine amounts to $6,879,590.00. With the proposed decision to
<br />approve SL-02, the total reclamation liability will be $5,735,783.00. The Division currently holds
<br />Corporate Surety Bond No. in the amount of $5,450,000.00 issued through the CGU Insurance
<br />Company. The Division also holds Corporate Surety Bond No. in the amount of
<br />$],000,000.00, issued through the Lyndon Property Insurance Company. Therefore, enough bond money
<br />will be retained in order to perform the remaining reclamation tasks at the Bowie No. 1 Mine.
<br />A copy of the "Proposed D d Findings of Compliance", including reclamation cost summary
<br />sheets, is on file for public inspection at the Colorado Divi nd Geology, Room 215
<br />Centennial Building, 1313 Sherman Street, Denver, Colorado 80203, at the Paonia Public Library, 140
<br />Grand Avenue, Paonia, CO 81428 and at the Delta County Clerk's Office, 5th & Palmer, Delta, CO
<br />81416. Any person with a valid legal interest which might be adversely affected by this proposed decision
<br />may request a formal public hearing before the Mined Land Reclamation Board in accordance with Rule
<br />3.03.2(6). Requests for a public hearing must be received by the Division within thirty days of the first
<br />publication in the Delta County Independent. The request must be in writing and must state, with
<br />reasonable specificity, the reasons for requesting such a hearing. All requests must be submitted to the
<br />Colorado Division of Minerals and Geology, 1313 Sherman Street, Room 215, Denver, Colorado, 80203.
<br />If no hearing is requested within that thirty days, the Division's decision will become final.
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