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0 2.03.8 Permit Term Information <br />The West Mine facility was constructed as a temporary coal handling <br />and haulage facility. The West Mine operated until the East and West <br />Mines were connected in 1993. The East Mine rehabilitation project <br />began in January 1992. The North Mains By -Pass entries were <br />developed to the II West Submains. The II West Submains were <br />developed from both the East and West Mines and they were <br />connected in mid 1993. <br />Mining ceased at the Bowie No. 1 Mine on December 4, 1997. <br />Reclamation at the Bowie No. 1 Mine was initiated during the fourth <br />quarter of 2000. The east mine was sealed. Structures at the east <br />mine were dismantled and removed except a portion of a coal bin and <br />an electrical substation. At the west mine, structures were removed, <br />the portals sealed, the fan dismantled and the fan shaft backfilled. <br />With the exception of the area around the sediment ponds, the west <br />mine was restored to approximate original contours. This phase of <br />the reclamation was completed during May 2002. <br />The operator requests the permit term be extended an additional five <br />• years. The loadout will be operated during the next permit term even <br />though the mine may not. <br />(3) Not applicable. <br />0 <br />SO —4 <br />/1 PPRoVED <br />9/z -Jo { <br />-27- <br />Rev. 06/04 <br />