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Public Notice Bowie Resources, LLC, P.O. Box 483, Paonia, CO, 81428, has submitted a complete application for a permit revision to the Division of Reclamation, Mining & Safety for its approved Bowie No. 2 Mine, mining permit no. C-1996-083. The proposed revision will allow the Operator to develop access to the west under Terror Creek to mine the coal in the Bowie No. 1 Mine east pod. Coal will be mined from federal leases C-37210, C-27442 and D-036955. These leases were originally part of the Bowie No. 1 permit but by this revision appropriate portions of the leases will be incorporated into the Bowie No. 2 permit. The Operator plans to access the reserves from the east in the Upper B-Seam. Five longwall panels with an east west orientation are proposed. The longwall panels are located west of Terror Creek. The two northern panels are projected to be nearly two miles long. The western end of the two northern panels are projected to extend under Stevens Gulch road and the Pitkin Mesa Pipeline. The three southern panels are shorter because they are restricted to the west by areas mined out by the Bowie No. 1 mine. Three property owners are mined under by the western mine plan. They are Bowie Resources, LLC, Turkey Track Ranch and land managed by the Bureau of Land Management. The northeast corner of land owned by the Ivan W. Goodwin Revocable Trust could be affected by subsidence although the effects should be minor because the overburden in the area is in excess of 1,000'. The western mine plan will not affect any land managed by the USDA-FS. Most of the mine facilities are located north of Bowie Road near the town of Bowie, CO. A pump station, three sediment ponds, a coal mine waste disposal area and unit train loadout are located south of Bowie Road. The Fire Mountain Canal is located south of the mine facilities and north of the unit train loadout. The North Fork of the Gunnison River is located south of the mine permit boundary. The proposed mine permit area is located on the U.S. Geological Survey 7.5 minute Bowie Quadrangle map within the following sections. Township 13 South. Range 91 West. 6th PM Sec. 2: SW/4NW/4, SW/4 Sec. 3: ALL Sec. 4: ALL Sec. 5: S/2SE/4,SE/4SW/4, S/2NE/4NE/4SE/4, SE/4NW/4NE/4SE/4, E/2SW/4NE/4SE/4, SE/4NE/4SE/4 Sec. 6: lots 5, 6, 7, SW/4NE/4, SE/4NW/4, E/2SW/4, SE/4 Sec. 7: ALL Sec. 8: NE/4, W/2, W/2SE/4 Sec. 9: NE/4, NW/4, SE/4, NE/2SW/4, SE/4SW/4, NE/4SW/4SW/4 Sec. 10: ALL Sec. 11: SW/4, NW/4 Sec. 14: NW/4 except that portion south of the Union Pacific Railroad right of way Sec. 15: NE/4, NW/4, NW/4SE/4", Portions of the N/2SE/4, SW/4SE/4, S/2SW/4, excluding all privately held lands not owned or controlled by Bowie Resources LLC or the Union Pacific Railroad. Sec. 16: N/2NE/4 Sec. 17: NW/4, W/2NE/4 Sec. 18: Lots 1,2, NE'/4, E/2NW/4 Sec. 22: Portion of NW/4NW/4, on lands owned by the Union Pacific Railroad