INDEPENDENT
<br />STATE OF COLORADO
<br />COUNTY OF DELTA
<br />401 Meeker St.
<br />P.O. Box 809
<br />Delta. CO 81416
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<br />County of Delta, State of Colorado, this 7th day of March A.D.,
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<br />, •_ NOTA R % 7 • -
<br />PUBLIC NOTICE
<br />Bowie Resources, LLC, P.O. Box
<br />483, Paonia, CO, 81428, has sub-
<br />mitted a complete application for
<br />a technical revision to the Division
<br />of 'Reclamation, Mining & Safety
<br />for its approved Bowie No. 2 Mine,
<br />mining permit no. C -96 -083. The
<br />proposed revision will provide for
<br />an expansion of coal mine waste
<br />pile number two. The expansion
<br />will increase the size of the waste
<br />pile by approximately 65,000 cubic
<br />yards. This revision application in-
<br />cludes the design for the waste pile
<br />expansion, and a revision to the as-
<br />sociated drainage features.
<br />The mine facilities are located
<br />north of State Highway 133B near
<br />the town of Bowie, CO. A pump
<br />station, three sediment ponds and
<br />unit train loadout are located south
<br />of State Highway 133B. The Fire
<br />Mountain Canal is located south of
<br />the mine facilities and north of the
<br />unit train loadout. The North Fork
<br />of the Gunnison River is located
<br />south of the mine permit boundary.
<br />The proposed mine permit area is
<br />located on the U.S. Geological Sur-
<br />vey 7.5 minute Bowie Quadrangle
<br />map within the following sections.
<br />Township 13 South. Range 91
<br />West. 6th PM
<br />Sec. 2: SW /4NW /4,SW /4
<br />Sec. 3: ALL
<br />Sec. 4: ALL
<br />Sec. 5. S /2SE /4, SE /4SW /4,
<br />S/2NE /4NE /4SE /4,
<br />SE /4NW /4NE/4SE /4,
<br />E /2SW /4NE /4SE /4,
<br />SE/4NE /4SE /4
<br />Sec. 6: lots 5, 6, 7, SW /4NE /4, ,
<br />SE /4NW /4, E/2SW /4,
<br />SE /4
<br />Sec. 7: ALL
<br />Sec. 8: NE /4, W/2 , W /2SE /4•"
<br />Sec. 9: NE /4, NW /4, SE /4,
<br />NE/2SW /4, SE /4SW /4,
<br />NE/4SW /4SW/4
<br />Sec. 10. ALL " ` '
<br />She. 19: SW /4, NW /4 ' " •
<br />Sec. 14: NW /4 except that
<br />portion south of the
<br />Union Pacific Railroad
<br />right of way
<br />Sec. 15: NE /4, NW /4, NW /4SE /4
<br />Portions of the N/2SE/4,
<br />SW /4SE /4, S/2SW /4,
<br />excluding all privately
<br />held lands not owned or
<br />controlled by Bowie
<br />Resources LLC or the
<br />Union Pacific Railroad.
<br />Sec. 16: N/2NE /4
<br />Sec. 17: NW /4, W72NE/4
<br />Sec. 18: Lots 1,2, NE V4, E /2NW /4
<br />Sec. 22: Portion of NW /4NW /4,
<br />on lands owned by the
<br />Union Pacific Railroad
<br />Township 13 South. Range 92West.
<br />6th PM
<br />Sec.1: SE/4
<br />Sec. 12: lots 1,2,7,8,9, and 10
<br />Township 12 South. Ranae 91
<br />West 6th PM
<br />Sec. 27: SW /4, S/2SE/4, S/2
<br />NE /4SE /4, S/2NW /4SE /4
<br />Sec. 28: E/2 SE /4'
<br />Sec. 33: Lots 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8,
<br />10,11, 12, 14, 15, 16,
<br />SE /4NW /4, S/2NE /4,
<br />NE /4NE /4
<br />Sec. 34: ALL
<br />Sec. 35: SW /4 Lot 18, NW /4 Lot
<br />19
<br />*North of Deer Trail Ditch
<br />The current Bowie No. 2 Mine per-
<br />mit contains 8,301 acres of land,
<br />4,637 acres of private surface and
<br />3,664 acres of Federal surface.
<br />Private minerals within the permit
<br />area encompass 1,957 acres with
<br />Federal minerals accounting for the
<br />balance of 6,344 acres.
<br />A copy of the proposed revision is
<br />available for public inspection at
<br />the Paonia Public Library, 2 Third
<br />Street, Paonia, CO, and at the offic-
<br />es of the Division of Reclamation,
<br />Mining & Safety, 1313 Sherman
<br />St., Room 215, Denver, CO, 80203,
<br />13031 866-3567. Written comments
<br />regarding this application may be
<br />submitted to and additional infor-
<br />mation may be obtained from the
<br />Division of Reclamation Mining &
<br />Safety at the above address. Writ-
<br />ten comments must be received by
<br />the Division of Reclamation, Min-
<br />ing & Safety within 10 days after
<br />the date of this publication in order
<br />to be considered.
<br />Published in the Delta County
<br />Independent March 7, 2012.
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