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Tntrnrli i rti nn <br />This document is the decision package prepared by the Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining and <br />Safety (the Division) for the Bowie No. 1 Mine. This document includes: 1) the proposed decision to <br />approve the renewal application; 2) a summary which includes a history of the review of the permit <br />application, a description of the environment affected by the operation and a description of the mining <br />and reclamation plan; and 3) the written findings of compliance the Division has made as required by <br />the Colorado Surface Coal Mining Reclamation Act. Detailed information concerning the findings of <br />compliance can be found in the Regulations of the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Board for Coal <br />Mining. <br />The Division has received an application for a successive five year renewal to a permit to conduct <br />surface coal mining and reclamation operations at the Bowie No. 1 Mine. The application was <br />submitted by Bowie Resources, LLC. The inactive underground mine is operated by Bowie Resources, <br />LLC. The mine is located on federal and private lands within Delta County, Colorado. The mine <br />location is shown on Figure 1 of this document. A description of the lands included within the permit <br />area is: <br />Township 13 South, Range 92 West of the 6th P.M. <br />Section 1: SW' /4 <br />Section 2: SE' /4 <br />Section 10: Lots 1 -3, 6 -11, 13, 14 -16, E' /z Lot 13 <br />Section 11: All <br />Section 12: Lots 3 -6, 11 -15, SW' /4SW' /4 <br />Section 13: All <br />Section 14: All <br />Section 15: Lots 1 -3, 6 -11, 14 -16, 17 -22 <br />Section 22: Lots 1 -3, 6 -8 <br />Section 23: Lots 1 -8 (NI/2), Parcel 7 and a portion of Parcel 9 (see permit application package Section <br />2.03 for detailed description of parcels) <br />Section 24: Lots 1 -6, 8, 9, 11, 12, eastern portion of Lot 10, western portion of Lots 7 & 13, S' /2NE' /4, <br />NW' /4SE' /4 <br />Section 25: Parcels 1, 2, 3 and 8 (see permit application package Section 2.03 for detailed description of <br />parcels) <br />Township 13 South, Range 91 West of the 6th P.M. <br />Section 17: SW' /4 <br />Section 18: Lots 3 -4, E' /2SW' /4, W' /2SE' /4. NE' /4SE' /4, NW' /4SE' /4SE' /4 <br />Section 19: NE' /4NW'/4, N' /2NW' /4NE'/4 <br />Section 29: A portion of Parcel 6 (see permit application package Section 2.03 for detailed description <br />of parcel) <br />Section 30: Parcels 4, 5 and a portion of Parcel 10 (see permit application package Section 2.03 for <br />detailed description of parcels) <br />Section 31: A portion of Parcel 10 (see permit application package Section 2.03 for detailed description <br />of parcel) <br />Section 32: A portion of Parcel 10 (see permit application package Section 2.03 for detailed description <br />of parcel) <br />Page 3 of 42 <br />