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RECEIVED
<br />Delta County ?L 2008
<br />OCT 0
<br />ndependent ;vision of r _eoi8mati®n.
<br />Mining and Safety
<br />401 Meeker St.
<br />P.O. Box 809
<br />Delta, CO 81416
<br />AFFIDAVIT OF PUBLICATION
<br />STATE OF COLORADO
<br />COUNTY OF DELTA Iss.
<br />I, Randal Sunderland, do solemnly swear that I am managing
<br />editor of the Delta County Independent, that the same is a weekly
<br />newspaper printed, in whole or in part, and published in the County
<br />of Delta, State of Colorado, continuously and uninterruptedly in
<br />said County of Delta for a period of more than fifty-two consecu-
<br />tive weeks prior to the first publication of the annexed legal notice
<br />or advertisement, that said newspaper has been admitted to the
<br />United States mails as second-class matter under the provisions
<br />of the Act of March 3, 1879, and all amendments thereof, and that
<br />said newspaper is a weekly newspaper duly qualified for publish-
<br />ing legal notices and advertisements within the meaning of the laws
<br />of the State of Colorado; that the annexed legal notice or adver-
<br />tisement was published in the regular and entire issue of every
<br />number of said weekly newspaper for the period of one con-
<br />secutive insertion; that the first publication of said notice was in
<br />the issue of said newspaper dated September 24th, A.D., 2008,
<br />and that the last publication of said notice was in the issue of
<br />said newspaper dated September 24th, A.D., 2008.
<br />.In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this-
<br />24th day of September, A.D., 2008.
<br />General manager of said
<br />Delta County Independent.
<br />Subscribed and sworn before me, a Notary
<br />Public in and for the County of Delta,
<br />State of Colorado, this 24th day of September
<br />A.D., 2008.
<br />Notary Public
<br />C-199-083
<br />_- " NOTICE OF PROPOSED ,.
<br />' DECISION '.:
<br />The' 'Colorado Div ision , 'of'
<br />i Reclamation, Mining antl Safety. pro- 'I
<br />Bowie
<br />LLC.,In'Technical Revision No 53;
<br />Bowie Resources, LtC`is, proposing
<br />$'to drill one mine devtatering well and"i
<br />construct 1000 feet _of puried G )nch-
<br />( ,,2meter'pip@Irnei m the yicinity'of
<br />the intersectioDove'Gulch wfth,
<br />Hubbard Cipek'fo"r the Bowie No, 2r
<br />Mine. Only;ecnstruciion of the dewa-
<br />tenng well. andtpipelin_',are proposed
<br />to be appE'oved:m TR•53. If Division., i
<br />approval is obtained through; a sepa-
<br />late- technical revision (TR-54), the
<br />dewatering wellr,would:be use&to',
<br />` pump more"'water' out of the mine '•
<br />and,?ylhmately,°mto-.the:North.Fork
<br />of the Gunnison River, after dempn-
<br />strating that the,mine'water meets :a
<br />applicable: water quality standards.
<br />Mining of the'uriderlyin'q'B-seam coal .!
<br />P cartnot prodeeduntil water'accumu•
<br />lated m the,D-seamfworkings above i
<br />is`removed
<br />The Bowie No..2 Mme is. an under
<br />ground coal..mine located., in Delta 'I
<br />County, approximately 5, mdes';!
<br />northeast of Paonia, Colorado,. Coal'
<br />M interest is- Federal and 'private, and:
<br />rl the surface affected is I Federal: and-'..
<br />'private land The permit area encom•
<br />ga'ases` ap'pr:&imateyl;' 5,304:80:
<br />acres
<br />This proposed; de ision is: based on
<br />a findmg,that the proposedtoperahon'i
<br />will, comply with all rdquiremenfs, of
<br />-the' Coal Mining;'
<br />Reclamation Act Section 34,367,1d1,:.'
<br />1 et seq CRS%. and the regulations:
<br />',promulgateb thereunder. 'The,proh
<br />i'.. tectionS.. i8r1Hbn-mineral rescurt`e8..'
<br />brought forwajrdby the.USDA-Forest'
<br />Service GMUG,as the land "9 an
<br />ageme-nt. agencylrareva :part of the
<br />;Division's proposed Ypecision and
<br />-: docu"mentatioWO'TR-53,-
<br />Copies of',the pnbosed-decision are',
<br />:on 'file for public. inspection. at, the'.
<br />'dolorado Divn ,of Reclamation, •,
<br />;Mining arid;-Safety, ", - omr 2J5;
<br />Centennial Building, .1313' Sherman
<br />Street, Denver, Colorado r80203r
<br />Persons with an interest that,` may•f
<br />'be adversely saffacted by, they pro--
<br />posed d ecision may request arfor-,,
<br />„mar hearing before the Mined Lan
<br />Reclamation Board on the proposed
<br />decision.- Such 'request must- be,,:
<br />made within ten. (10) days of _ the
<br />nitial publication of,thmis notice must'
<br />I"be' In, writing,'and'-ust state with,,
<br />reasonable specificity the reasons for'.
<br />the request andlhe objections 6 theta
<br />proposed decision:' '-
<br />Published .in, the Delta County.,
<br />IndependentSeptember.24; 2008
<br />My commission expires 12/24/2009
<br />900 Cypress Wood Lane, Delta, CO 81416
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