2011-01-13_REVISION - C1981038 (2)

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NOTICE OF PROPOSED DECISION The Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety proposes to Approve Permit Revision Application No. 4, submitted by Bowie Resources, LLC for a coal mining permit at the Bowie No. 1 Mine (Permit No. C-1981-038). In Permit Revision No. 4, Bowie Resources LLC (BRL) is proposing to reduce the Bowie No. 1 Mine permit area by 3,239 acres. Of that total, 2,379 of those acres would be transferred over to the Bowie No. 2 Mine and 860 acres would be dropped from the Bowie No. 1 Mine permit area. Under a separate revision for the Bowie No. 2 Mine, Permit Revision No. 12, BRL added the 2,379 acres to the Bowie No. 2 Mine acreage, with a new mine plan for that area. BRL is proposing to drop 860 acres of the Bowie No. 1 Mine permit area so that the new permit boundary will coincide with the federal coal lease boundary. Portions of federal coal leases C-37210, C-27432 and D-036955, originally assigned to the Bowie No. 1 Mine, will be accessed underground from the Bowie No. 2 Mine to the east. BRL maintains its right of entry to the applicable sections of the same federal coal leases. All Bowie No. 1 Mine baseline information, hydrology and subsidence monitoring and liability in the transferred permit area will remain the responsibility of BRL but through the Bowie No. 2 Mine permit. The reclamation bond for the Bowie No. 1 Mine will be decreased by $57,598.00, with a similar amount increased for the Bowie No. 2 Mine, since several drill sites and associated roads will be transferred to the Bowie No. 2 Mine. The Bowie No. 1 Mine is an underground mine located in Delta County, approximately 3 miles north of Paonia, Colorado. Coal interest is Federal and private, and the surface to be affected is Federal and private land. The permit area encompasses approximately 5,431.00 acres. This proposed decision is based on a finding that the proposed operation will comply with all requirements of the Colorado Surface Coal Mining Reclamation Act, Section 34-33-101, et seq., C.R.S., and the regulations promulgated thereunder. Copies of the proposed decision, including any stipulations, are on file for public inspection at the Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety, Room 215, Centennial Building, 1313 Sherman Street, Denver, Colorado 80203, at the Delta County Clerk and Recorders Office and at the Paonia Public Library, 2 Third Street, Paonia, CO 81428. Persons with an interest that may be adversely affected by the proposed decision may request a formal hearing before the Mined Land Reclamation Board on the proposed decision. Such request must be made within thirty (30) days of the initial publication of this notice, must be in writing, and must state with reasonable specificity the reasons for the request and the objections to the proposed decision.