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<br />Delta County
<br />ndependent
<br />401 Meeker St.
<br />P.O. 13ox 809
<br />Delta, CO 81416
<br />AFFIDAVIT OF PUBLICATION
<br />STATE OF COLORADO
<br />-COUNTY OF DELTA -' ° ss. _ _- _ _
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<br />J J 1~
<br />REC~~~,F~®
<br />DEC 1 ~ 2004
<br />Division of Minerals and Geology
<br />I, Randal Sunderland, do solemnly swear that I am managing
<br />editor of the Delta County Independent that the same is a weekly
<br />newspaper printed, in whole or in part, and published in the County
<br />of Delta, State of Colorado, continuously and uninterruptedly in said
<br />County of Delta for a period of more than fifty-two consecutive weeks
<br />prior to the first publication of the annexed legal notice or
<br />advertisement that said newspaper has been admitted to the United
<br />States mails as second-class matter under the provisions of the Act
<br />of March 3, 1879, and all amendments thereof, and that said
<br />newspaper is a weekly newspaper duly qualified for publishing legal
<br />notices and advertisements within the meaning of the laws of the
<br />State of Colorado; that the annexed legal notice or adver-
<br />tisement was published in the regular and entire issue of every
<br />number of said weekly newspaper for the period of one consecutive
<br />insertion; that the first publication of said notice was in
<br />the issue of said newspaper dated December 8th, A.D., 2004, and
<br />that the last publication of said notice was in the issue of
<br />said newspaper dated December 8th, A.D., 2004.
<br />[n witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this
<br />8th day oC December. A.D., 2004. i_
<br />General manager of said
<br />Delta County !ndependent.
<br />Subscribed and sworn before me, a Notary
<br />Public in and for the County of Delta,
<br />;~,~~ State of Colorado, this 8th day of December.
<br />- ~ A.D., 2004. ~nI ( ~
<br />OAT-taffy Pu IiC
<br />'My commission expires 12/ 17/2005
<br />900 Cypress Wood lane, Delta, CO 81416
<br />NOTICE OF PROPOSED
<br />DECISION
<br />Tha Colorado Division of Minerals
<br />antl Geology proposes to Approve
<br />Technical -Revision Applicatbn No.
<br />36 (TR-36) for the Bowie No. 2 Mine
<br />(Permit No. C-1996-083), submit-
<br />ted by Bowie Resources, LLC. In
<br />Technical Revision No. 36, Bowie'
<br />Resources LlmRed (BflL) is propos-
<br />ing to revise the S'-Seam Mine plan
<br />for the Rowie No, 2 Mini. This sub-
<br />mMal is in response 4o Stipulation
<br />No. 18, in which the Division(egbiretl
<br />BAL to o0tlb0[a stud oftryeyoten-
<br />tial rc0~fa)t sJtu~ttyQ~pelolat-,, they
<br />mjgeg,l~ m ~ ~ i, r .rtS~if~v
<br />~a.me
<br />e~ ~
<br />motor changes. Panel adentation in ' - _ " -"' " "
<br />the north was changetl to run roughty
<br />earl-west rather than north-south.
<br />Also, mining was extendetl further
<br />to.the north. Mining woultl be in
<br />both private coal antl in fetleral coal
<br />managetl by the Bureau of Land
<br />Management. The right td enter into
<br />the &seam of the federal coal was
<br />previously'epproveUth[pugh.Fadalai-
<br />Coal Lease COC-61209. TheSU~}e';
<br />above the coal to be minetl is~b ~ C~
<br />or managetl by Rowie.ReSOUrces,
<br />the Bureau 01. Lentl .Management
<br />and the USDA Forest Service. All of
<br />the proposedm+nin§iswiltdn the wr-
<br />rently approved permit bountlary No
<br />increase in the coal mining produc-
<br />tion rate or water usage at the mine
<br />is proposed in this revision.
<br />The Bowie No. 2 Mine is an untler-
<br />grountl coal mine locatetl in Delta
<br />County, approximately 5 miles
<br />northeast of Paohia, Colorado. Coal
<br />interest is Fetleral and private, antl
<br />the surface affected is Federal and
<br />private land. The permit area encom-
<br />passes approximately 5,124.60
<br />ac.¢a.
<br />This prgposetl tlecision is basetl on
<br />a fintling that the proposed operation
<br />will pomply with, a6 requirements of
<br />the'Colorado Sudace Coal Minin9-
<br />Reblamation Act, Seatiod 34-33-101
<br />et sPq.,.O.P.S~ )en ~~y~;a ° '1104
<br />ry,(o u4
<br />' f4induding stipulations, are on 1 e or
<br />public inspection at the Colorado
<br />Division of Minerals antl Geology,
<br />Room 215, Centennial Building, 1313
<br />Sherman Street, Denver, Coloado
<br />30203. Persons with an interest that
<br />may, be atlversely~aff@'ct9d by the
<br />proposed tlecisidtg~ mag'NCquast a
<br />formal Iteaiipg b¢fo4B ihe. t.~lne
<br />Land Reclamation aoertlr0n the Ord-
<br />posed decision: Such request most'
<br />Pe' made villhln ten (50) days of the
<br />initialpbblicetion of this notice, mUSt
<br />~ba yin wrillhg, antl most state with
<br />' re>sonA(lle specificity the reasons for
<br />theh2~'dsQandlhe objections to the
<br />pro~~TMgetllyl2cision.
<br />P1TbYisl3etl in the DeItA County .
<br />Iptl¢pe~fl~nt December B, 2004
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