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AV,COLORADO <br />Division of Reclamation, <br />Mining and Safety <br />Dpp ntmrr•t , f Na'.t:ra. R,<o,j .-e . <br />1313 Sher man Street, Room 215 <br />Denver, CO 80203 <br />May 26, 2017 <br />Patt Dorsey <br />Colorado Parks and Wildlife <br />Southwest Region Manager <br />SW Region Administrative Office <br />415 Turner Drive <br />Durango, CO 81303 <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 />Dear Ms. Dorsey: <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 />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 />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 />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 I Robert W. Randall, Executive Director I Virginia Brannon, Director <br />