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<br /> <br />1313 Sherman Street, Room 215, Denver, CO 80203 P 303.866.3567 F 303.832.8106 http://mining.state.co.us <br />John W. Hickenlooper , Governor | Robert W. Randall, Executive Director | Virginia Brannon, Director <br />1313 Sherman Street, Room 215 <br />Denver, CO 80203 <br /> <br /> <br />May 26, 2017 <br /> <br /> <br />Mark Tobias <br />Office of Archaeology & Historic Preservation <br />History Colorado Center <br />1200 Broadway <br />Denver, CO 80203 <br /> <br /> <br />Re: Bowie No. 2 Mine (Permit No. C-1996-083) <br /> Technical Revision No. 112 (TR-112) <br /> Drill up to Four Holes from Drill Site TC -03-01 <br /> <br /> <br />Dear Mr. Tobias: <br /> <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 May 26, 2017 an <br />application to revise coal mining operations at the Bowie No. 2 Mine was considered complete for <br />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 /> <br />Bowie Resources, LLC (BRL) proposes a technical revision to allow Oxbow Mining, LLC <br />(Oxbow )to use the TC-03-01 pad to support Oxbow ’s coal methane recovery project. BRL and <br />Oxbow entered an agreement in 2015 which allows Oxbow to extract coal bed methane from the <br />existing B and D seam workings of the Bowie No. 2 Mine. The TC -03-01 pad has not yet been <br />reclaimed by BRL. Oxbow plans to use the pad to drill up to four seal removal holes into the the <br />seal of the 1 west mains in the Bowie No. 2 Mine. The seal removal holes will allow for pressure <br />equalization across the seals and enhance coal bed methane recovery. The application proposes no <br />new surface disturbance. The applicant is not proposing additional surface disturbance outside of <br />the area currently approved for disturbance. <br /> <br />The underground coal mining opera tion is on land located approximately 5 miles Northeast of <br />Paonia, Colorado. The permit area is further described as follows: <br />