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Delta County
<br />n dependent
<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 )SS.
<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 December 24th, A.D., 2008,
<br />and that the last publication of said notice was in the issue of
<br />said newspaper dated December 24th, A.D., 2008.
<br />In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this
<br />24th day of December, A.D., 2008.
<br />General manager of said
<br />Delta County Independent.
<br />Subscribed and
<br />Public in and fo
<br />for
<br />State of Colorado,
<br />A.D., 2008.
<br />sworn before me, a Notary
<br />the County of Delta,
<br />this 24th day of December
<br />Notary Public
<br />RECEIVED
<br />JAN 1 i 609
<br />Division of hceclan'atiion.
<br />Mining and Safety
<br />NOTICE OF PROPOSED
<br />DECISION
<br />The ' Colorado Division of
<br />Reclamation, Mining 'and Safety
<br />proposes to Approve Technical
<br />Revision Application No. 50 (TR-50)
<br />for the Bowie No. 1 Mine (Permit
<br />No. ,C-1981-038), submitted by
<br />Bowie Resources, LLC. Bowie
<br />Resources, LLC is proposing to drill
<br />two exploration holes, which will
<br />determine if the old mine workings
<br />are flooded and will assist in the
<br />determination of'the remaining coal
<br />reserves within the Bowie No. 1 Mine
<br />- - ---permit= area. The project involJ€S"
<br />upgrading approximately 1.1 miles of
<br />- light use road, constructing 0.1 miles
<br />of nbw road and the construction
<br />of two drill pads. Drill rig and crew
<br />access will be from SH 133 to
<br />Stevens Gulch Road. The new and
<br />upgraded light use roads and two
<br />drill pads will disturb approximately
<br />2.3 acres. Reclamation will consist of
<br />restoring the drill pads, narrowing the
<br />upgraded road, reclaiming the new
<br />road, and seeding. The Bowie No. 1
<br />Mine portals will not be reactivated.
<br />The Bowie No. 1 Mine is an
<br />underground coal mine located
<br />in Delta County, approximately 3
<br />miles north of Paonia, Colorado.
<br />Coal interest is Federal and private,
<br />and the surface affected is Federal
<br />and private land. The permit area
<br />encompasses approximately
<br />8,670.00 acres.
<br />This proposed decision is based on
<br />a finding that the proposed operation
<br />will comply with all requirements of
<br />the Colorado Surface Coal Mining
<br />Reclamation Act, Section 3433101,
<br />et seq., C.R.S., and the regulations
<br />promulgated thereunder.
<br />Copies of the proposed decision,
<br />including stipulations, are on file for
<br />public inspection at the Colorado
<br />Division of Reclamation, . Mining
<br />and Safety, Room 215, Centennial
<br />Building, 1313 Sherman Street,
<br />Denver, Colorado` 80203. Persons.
<br />-with an interest that may. be adversely .
<br />affected by the proposed decision
<br />may request a formal hearing before
<br />the Mined Land Reclamation Board
<br />on the proposed decision. Such
<br />request must be made within ten
<br />(10) days of the initial publication of
<br />this notice, must be in writing, and
<br />must state with reasonable specificity
<br />the reasons for the request and the
<br />objections to the proposed decision.
<br />Published in the Delta County
<br />Independent December 24, 2008.
<br />My commission expires 12/24/2009
<br />900 Cypress Wood Lane, Delta, CO 81416
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