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Introduction This document is the Permit Revision No. 5 proposed decision package prepared by the Colorado Division of Minerals and Geology (Division) for the Bowie No. 2 Mine. Permit Revision No. 5 proposes to increase the permit boundary to the west by 560 acres and allow for longwall mining west of the main fault, but just east of Terror Creek. Also, two gob vent boreholes and their associated roads would be constructed. This document includes: 1) the proposed decision to Approve With Three Stipulations the permit revision application; 2) a summary which includes a history of the review of the permit revision application, a description of [he environment affected by [he operation and a description of the mining and reclamation plan; and 3) the written findings of compliance the Division has made as required by the Colorado Surface Coal Mining Reclamation Act. Detailed information concerning the findings of compliance can be found in the Regulations of the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Board for Coal Mining. The Division has received an application for a permit revision to revise surface coal mining operations at the Bowie No. 2 Mine. The application was submitted by Bowie Resources Limited (BRL). The mine is operated by Bowie Resources Limited. The mine permit area is located on Federal and Private lands within Delta County, Colorado. The coal to be mined is privately and federally owned, as are the surface lands to be disturbed by mining. The proposed permit area increase encompasses only federal land. The proposed mine plan change would involve federal and private underground coal. Some of the federal lands located within the permit area will be disturbed by the construction of the two gob vent boreholes and their associated roads. Additionally, there are federal and private lands that are within the areas of land which may be subjected to subsidence impacts. Originally, in accordance with direction provided by the Office of Surface Mining (OSM), the Division and the OSM considered the Bowie No. 2 Mine to be a private mine, for the purposes of permit and inspection regulation. However, with approval of Technical Revision No. 16, the Bowie No. 2 Mine became a federal mine. The Bowie No. 2 Mine is located about five (5) miles northeast of Paonia, Colorado, adjacent to State Highway 133 and near the old Bowie townsite. The present permit area includes 4525 surface acres, of which 2402 surface acres are privately owned and 2123 surface acres are federally owned. Approval of Permit Revision No. 5 would add a total of 560 federal surface acres to the permit area acreage. The legal description of the lands included within the present permit area is in the sections listed below: Township 13 South, Range 91 West, 6th P.M. Sec. 2: SW'/a NW'/a, SW'/a Sec. 3: ALL Sec. 4: ALL Sec. S: S%: SE'/a,SE'/SE'/a Sec. B: NE'/a