2011-01-13_REVISION - C1981038 ‎(8)‎

• Permit No: C1981038
• IBM Index Class Name: REVISION
• Doc Date: 1/13/2011
• Doc Name: Proposed Decision & Findings
• From: DRMS
• To: Bowie Resources, LLC
• Type & Sequence: PR4
• Email Name: JJD
• Email Name: SB1
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

Findings of the Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety
for the Bowie No. 1 Mine
Explanation of Findings
Pursuant to Rule 2.07.6(2) of the Regulations of the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Board for Coal
Mining, and the approved state program, the Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety or the Board
must make specific written findings prior to issuance of a permit, permit renewal or permit revision.
These findings are based on information made available to the Division that demonstrates that the
applicant will be able to operate in compliance with the Colorado Surface Coal Mining Reclamation Act
and the Regulations promulgated pursuant to the Act.
The findings in the following sections required by Rule 2.07.6(2) are listed in accordance with that Rule.
The findings and specific approvals required pursuant to Rule 2.07.6(2)(m) are listed in accordance with
Rule 4 and are organized under subject or discipline subtitles.
Section A - Rule 2.07.6
The permit application is accurate and complete. All requirements of the Act and these rules have
been complied with (2.07.6(2)(a)).
2. Based on information contained in the permit application and other information available to the
Division, the Division finds that surface coal mining and reclamation can be feasibly accomplished at
the Bowie No. 1 Mine (2.07.6(2)(b)).
3. The assessment of the probable cumulative impacts of all anticipated coal mining in the general area
on the hydrologic balance, as described in 2.05.6(3), has been made by the Division. This
assessment, entitled "Cumulative Hydrologic Impacts of Mining to the North Fork of the Gunnison
River", is available for inspection at the offices of the Division. The Division finds that the
operations proposed under the application have been designed to prevent damage to the hydrologic
balance outside the proposed permit area. Refer to Section B, subsection III, of this document for
details (2.07.6(2)(c)).
4. The Division finds that the permit area is, subject to valid rights existing as of August 3, 1977, not
within:
a) An area designated unsuitable for surface coal mining operations (2.07.6(2)(d)(i));
b) An area under study for designation as unsuitable for surface coal mining operations
(2.07.6(2)(d)(ii));
c) The boundaries of the National Park System, the National Wildlife Refuge System, the National
System of Trails, the National Wilderness Preservation System, the Wild and Scenic Rivers
System including rivers under study for designation, and National Recreation Areas
(2.07.6(2)(d)(iii)(A));
d) Three hundred feet of any public building, school, church, community or institutional building,
or public park (2.07.6(2)(d)(iii)(B));
e) One hundred feet of a cemetery (2.07.6(2)(d)(iii)(C));
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