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=~ <br /> <br />• <br />2.05 - APPLICATION FOR PERMIT FOR SURFACE OR UNDERGROUND MINING <br />ACTIVITIES -MINIMUM REQUII2EMENTS FOR OPERATION AND <br />RECLAMATION PLANS. <br />RULE 2.05.1 -OBJECTIVES <br />THE OBJECTIVES OF 2.05 ARE TO ENSURE THAT THE DMSION IS PROVIDED WITH <br />COMPREHENSIVE AND RELIABLE INFORMATION ON PROPOSED SURFACE COAL <br />MINING AND RECLAMATION OPERATIONS, AND TO ENSURE THAT THOSE <br />OPERATIONS ARE ALLOWED TO BE CONDUCTED ONLY IN COMPLIANCE WITH <br />THESE RULES AND THE ACT. INFORMATION PRESENTED IN THE APPLICATION <br />WHICH ADDRESSES 2.05 SHALL BE <br />TO THE APPLICABLE <br />ENVIRONMENTAL BASELINE INFORMATION OF 2.04 TO DEMONSTRATE THAT A <br />PROPOSED OPERATION IS BEING CONDUCTED CONSISTENT WITH <br />ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES INFORMATION. <br />No answer required. <br />RULE 2.05.2 -OPERATION PLAN -ESTIMATED AREA FOR LIFE OF OPERATION. <br />EACH APPLICATION SHALL CONTAIN A GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF ALL <br />SURFACE COAL MINING OPERATIONS PROPOSED TO BE CONDUCTED DURING <br />THE LIFE OF THE OPERATION. TffiS GENERAL DESCRIPTION SHALL <br />INCLUDE, AT A MINIMUM, THE FOLLOWING: <br />(1) PRODUCTION METHODS AND EQUIPMENT. A NARRATIVE DESCRIPTION <br />OF THE TYPE AND METHOD OF COAL MINING PROCEDURES, <br />ENGINEERING TECHNIQUES, ANTICIPATED ANNUAL AND TOTAL <br />PRODUCTION OF COAL, BY TONNAGE, AND THE MAJOR EQUIPMENT TO <br />BE USED FOR ALL ASPECTS OF THOSE OPERATIONS AND A <br />DESCRIPTION OF THE MEASURES TO BE USED TO MAXIlVIIZE THE USE <br />AND CONSERVATION OF THE COAL RESOURCE AS REQUIItED IN 4.01.1. <br />Mining ceased at the Bowie No. 1 Mine on December 4, 1997. No production is scheduled from <br />the mine during 1999. There is one reserve block at the Bowie No. 1 Mine that may still be <br />recovered. This reserve block is referred to as the east pod and is located between the portals of <br />the Bowie No. 1 Mine and Bowie No. 2 Mine. Bowie Resources Limited intends to access this <br />block of coal from its Bowie No. 2 Mme. This access depends on obtaining the Iron Point <br />Federal wal lease. Until Bowie Resources Limited obtains the Iron Point Federal coal lease it will <br />continue to maintain the Bowie No. 1 Mine in an idle but ready to mine status. <br />The following discussion provides a historical perspective of the mining that has occurred at the <br />~- East and West Mines. <br />TR-032 - 1 - 9/99 <br />~S~oa <br />