2013-08-20_REVISION - C1996083 (2)

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DELTA COUNTY INDEPENDENT 401 Meeker St. P.U. Box 809 Delta, CO 81416 AFFIDAVIT OF PUBLICATION STATE OF COLORADO COUNTY OF DELTA )SS. I. Randal Sunderland, do solemnly smear that I ani managing editor of (lie Delln Council Ifid- pt,ndent• that 111P 1S:1T11P i5 -1 �j•_rkly newspaper printed, in whole or in part, and published in the County of Delta, State of Colorado, continuously and uninterruptedly in said County of Delta for a period of more than fiflv-two consecu- tive weeks prior to the first publication of the annexed legal notice or advertisement; that said newspaper has been admitted to the United States mails as second -class matter under the provisions of the Act of March 3. 1879, and all amendments thereof, and that said newspaper is a weekly newspaper- dtily qualified for publish - ing legal notices and advertisements within the tneanin;; of the law" of the State of Colorado; that the annexed legal notice or adver- tisement was published in the regular and entire issue of every nutuber of said weekly newspaper lot- the period of one con - secuLlae insertion: that the first publicahon of sarci noticr was in the issue of said newspaper dated August 1401, A.D , 2013. and that the last publication of said notice was ill (lie issue of said newspaper elated August 14(1, A.D., 2013. III witness Whereof I have hereunto set n1y hand this 14th day of August, A.D., 2013. �- l General manager of said Delto Countil Independcnt Subscribed and sworn before me, a Notary- Public in and for the County of Delta, State of Colorado, this 14th day ol' August A.D., 2013. Notary Public ``'`�Aesylcaea »a +o +ae0. My commission expires 12/24/2013 900 Cvpress Wood Lane Delta. CO 81416 �'ai9# J1j. a9a RECEIVED �� AUG 2 0 2013 DM&oN OF RECLAA4ArIoN MINING AND SAFETy NOTICE OF PROPOSED DECISION The Colorado Division of Reclama- tion, Mining and Safety proposes to Approve Technical Revision Application No. 79 (TR -79) for the Bowie No. 2 Mine (Permit No. C- 1996 -083), submitted by Bowie Resources, LLC. The operator has proposed to expand the B -Seam portal storage area by permanently transferring 8,000 cubic yards of stockpiled portal bench backfill ma- terial to Gob Pile #2. This expan- sion will result in an overall lower- ing of the postmining elevation by 1.1 feet over 4.5 acres of portal area backfill. The Bowie No. 2 Mine is a /an Un- derground coal mine located in Delta County, approximately 5 miles NE of Paonia, Colorado. Coal interest is Federal and private, and the surface affected is Federal and private land. The permit area en- compasses approximately 9,196.50 acres. This proposed decision is based on a finding that the proposed operation will comply with all re- quirements of the Colorado Sur- face Coal Mining Reclamation Act, Section 34 -33 -101, at seq., C.R.S., and the regulations promulgated thereunder. Copies of the proposed decision, including stipulations, are on file for public inspection at the Colo- rado Division of Reclamation, Min- ing and Safety, Room 215, Centen- nial Building, 1313 Sherman Street, Denver, Colorado 80203. Persons with an interest that may be ad- versely affected by the proposed decision may request a formal hearing before the Mined Land Reclamation Board on the pro- posed decision. Such request must be made within ten (101 days of the initial publication of this notice, must be in writing, and must state with reasonable specificity the rea- sons for the request and the objec- tions to the proposed decision. Published in the Delta County Independent August 14, 2013.