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Sec. 14: NW'/ except that portion south of the Union Pacific Railroad right <br />of way <br />Sec. 15: NE'/<, NW'/, NW'/SE'/*, Portions of the N'/ASE'/, SW'/SE'/, <br />S%2SW%, excluding all privately held lands not owned or <br />controlled by Bowie Resources Limited or the Union Pacific <br />Railroad. <br />Sec. 16: N'/2NE <br />Sec. 22: Portion of NW'/oNW %, on lands owned by the Union Pacific <br />Railroad <br />Township 12 South Range 91 West, 6th PM <br />Sec. 33: Lots 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, SE%NW'/, S'hNE'/o <br />Sec. 34: Lots 1 through 16, S%zNE'/, S'/zNW'/, <br />* North of Deer Trail Ditch <br />Proposed Decision <br />The Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety proposes to Approve an application for a <br />permit revision to revise coal mining operations. <br />The application was submitted by BRL for the Bowie No. 2 Mine. This decision is based on a finding that <br />the operations will comply with all requirements of the Colorado State Program, as found in the Colorado <br />Surface Mining Reclamation Act, C.R.S. 34-33-101 et. seq., and the Regulations promulgated pursuant to <br />the Act. If no request for a formal hearing is made within thirty (30) days of the first publication of the <br />issuance of this proposed decision, then this decision becomes final. The original permit to conduct coal <br />mining operations was issued on April 4, 1997. The Division is in possession of a reclamation bond in the <br />form of cash and corporate sureties whose combined value is in excess of the amount of the estimated <br />reclamation bond liability. <br />The permit renewal application, all supporting documentation and any stipulations or conditions will <br />become a binding part of the permit. <br />The original permit approval contained Stipulations Nos. 1, 2, 3 and 4. All four of these stipulations were <br />complied with when BRL secured the necessary permits and approvals. Stipulation No. 5 was attached to <br />Minor Revision No. 4 and was complied with when BRL performed the required action. Stipulation No. 6 <br />had been attached to Minor Revision No. 5 and was complied with when BRL submitted the required <br />revised maps and permit application text. Stipulation No. 7 was attached to the decision for Permit <br />Revision No. 2. Approval of Permit Revision No. 4 was conditioned on three new stipulations, Nos. 8, 9 <br />and 10. For the approval of Permit Revision No. 5, Stipulations Nos. 7 and 8, and new compliance issues <br />brought up during the review of PR-05, were combined into a new stipulation, Stipulation No. 12. <br />Stipulation No. 12 was modified later for PR-07 and for PR-08. Stipulations Nos. 7 and 8 were, <br />subsequently, terminated. Stipulations Nos. 9 and 10 are still active. Stipulation No. 9 was revised when <br />BRL modified its D-2 coal seam mine plan. However, the stipulation was not terminated in case BRL <br />planned to mine the B-2 coal seam to within one mile of the Bruce Park Dam, which is the case in PR-10. <br />When PR-10 becomes final, Stipulation No. 9 can be terminated.