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Division and the State Historic Preservation Officer. Specific surveys, inventories and <br />approval letters are contained in Volume VI of the Bowie No. 2 Mine permit application <br />document. <br />6. For this mining operation, private mineral estate has not been severed from private <br />surface estate; therefore, the documentation specified by Rule 2.03.6(2) is not required <br />(2.07.6(2)(f)). <br />7. On the basis of evidence submitted by the applicant and received from other state and <br />federal agencies as a result of the Section 34 -33- 114(3) compliance review required by <br />the Colorado Surface Coal Mining Reclamation Act, the Division finds that Bowie <br />Resources, LLC does not own or control any operations which are currently in violation <br />of any law, rule, or regulation of the United States, or any State law, rule or regulation, or <br />any provision of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act or the Colorado <br />Surface Coal Mining Reclamation Act (2.07.6(2)(g)(i)). However, a query of the <br />Applicant Violator System (AVS) indicates that there are outstanding violations from <br />other entities associated with parent corporations of Bowie Resources, LLC. Those <br />violations covered in settlement agreements and accordingly will not preclude approval <br />of this permit revision application. The most recent Applicant Violator System (AVS) <br />check occurred on April 2, 2013. <br />8. Bowie Resources, LLC does not control and has not controlled mining operations with a <br />demonstrated pattern of willful violations of the Act of such nature, duration, and with <br />such resulting irreparable damage to the environment as to indicate an intent not to <br />comply with the provisions of the Act (2.07.6(2)(h)). <br />9. The Division finds that surface coal mining and reclamation operations to be performed <br />under this permit will not be inconsistent with other such operations anticipated to be <br />performed in areas adjacent to the permit area (2.07.6(2)(i)). <br />10. The reclamation cost estimate associated with Permit Renewal No. 3, being reviewed and <br />approved concurrently with Permit Revision No. 13 is $10,737,564.16. This bond <br />amount reflects the Division's projection of reclamation costs for worst -case disturbance <br />that will occur during the remaining permit term. Since there is no additional surface <br />disturbance proposed with PR -13, the Division has determined that there will be no <br />increase in reclamation performance liability over what has been estimated with RN -3. <br />Currently, the State of Colorado holds corporate surety and cash bonds for the Bowie No. <br />2 Mine in the amount of $10,714,874.06. Within 30 days of the first publication of the <br />Division's proposed decision to approve Permit Revision No. 13, BRL must post an <br />additional $22,690.10 reclamation performance bond. <br />11. The Division has made a negative determination for the presence of prime farmland <br />within the disturbed area. Soil types indicative of prime farmland do occur in the permit <br />area; however, these soil types either will not be disturbed by the Bowie No. 2 Mine or <br />occur on slopes greater than 6 percent and, therefore, are not considered prime farmland, <br />according to Rule 2.04.12(2)(b). The decision was based on information presented in <br />18 <br />