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Introduction The Bowie No. 2 Mine was constructed and opened by Bowie Resources Limited during the spring and summer of 1997 with coal production and development beginning on August 15, 1997. The mine began longwall production during November 1999 and currently produces coal at the rate of about 5 million tons per year. There is an active coal mine waste disposal area (Permit Volume IV) that was sized to accept miscellaneous roof fall material and other minor amounts of high ash coal encountered in the mine. This new coal mine waste disposal area is sized to handle refuse from the preparation plant along with other miscellaneous high ash coal. The disposal area is located east of the existing disposal area and north of State Highway 1336: The new disposal area was to have a capacity of about 2 million cubic yards. However, a reduction in the slope angle reduced the capacity to approximately 800,000 cubic yards. There is a coverfill pile, topsoil stockpile, diversion ditches, collection ditches and a new sediment pond associated with the new disposal area. • The facility will be located, as shown on Figure 1, along the toe of the natural slope and adjacent to the old railroad bed. The Bowie No. 2 Mine has not generated a significant amount of coal mine waste in the past few years, however the preparation plant generated significant quantities. The coal mine waste generated from the operation during the initial five year life of the pile was estimated to be about 1,000,000 cubic yards. During the period from June 2004 through April 2006 (23 months) the pile was nearly filled to capacity. Approximately 1,000,000 tons (750,000 cubic yards) of gob were hauled to the pile during that period. A new section of haul road was constructed along the toe of the fill and is shown on Figure 1. Details of the haul road are presented on Map-16, Volume II. TR-43 - 1 - 05/06 A PPkoveD q~lr ~0 6