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AV!COLORADO <br />Division of Reclamation, <br />Mining and Safety <br />Department of Natural Resources <br />1313 Sherman Street, Room 215 <br />Denver, CO 80203 <br />January 4, 2017 <br />Zane Znamenacek <br />CDOT Region 3 Traffic Engineer <br />222 South 6th Street, Room 100 <br />Grand Junction, CO 81501-2769 <br />Re: Bowie No. 2 Mine (Permit No. C-1996-083) <br />Technical Revision No. 110 (TR -110) <br />Installation of gasification plant within the permit <br />Dear Mr. Znamenacek: <br />The Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety hereby issues notice, in accordance with Title 34, <br />Article 33, Section 116, Paragraph 4, of the Colorado Revised Statutes, that on November 23, 2016 <br />an application to revise coal mining operations at the Bowie No. 2 Mine was considered complete <br />for the purposes of filing. The revision was submitted by Bowie Resources, LLC. All review and <br />comment periods as provided in the Act and the Regulations initiate from this date of filing. <br />TR -110 proposes to include the construction of a gasification plant within the area of the clean coal <br />stockpile pad. The proposed gasification plant facilities will be used to convert coal mine waste to <br />a synthetic gas. The applicant is not proposing additional surface disturbance outside of the area <br />currently approved for disturbance. <br />The underground coal mining operation is on land located approximately 5 miles Northeast of <br />Paonia, Colorado. The permit area is further described as follows: <br />Portions of Sections 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10, 11, 14, 15, 16, and 22, Township 13 South, Range 91 West <br />of the 6th P.M. Portions of Sections 33 and 34, Township 12 South, Range 91 West of the 6th <br />P.M. <br />The above-mentioned tracts of land are shown on the following USGS 7.5 minute Quadrangle <br />map(s): Bowie. <br />`9g` <br />1313 Sherman Street, Room 215, Denver, CO 80203 P 303.866.3567 F 303.832.8106 http: //mining.state.co.us <br />I <br />John W. Hickentooper, Governor I Robert W. Randall, Executive Director I Virginia Brannon, Director <br />