2020-11-30_REVISION - C1996083 (3)

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1313 Sherman St. Room 215 Denver, CO 80203 P (303) 866-3567 F (303) 832-8106 https://colorado.gov/drms Jared Polis, Governor | Dan Gibbs, Executive Director | Virginia Brannon, Director 1313 Sherman St. Room 215 Denver, CO 80203 November 30, 2020 Colo. Dept. of Public Health & Environment Water Quality Control Division 4300 Cherry Creek Drive South Denver, CO 80246-1530 Re: Bowie No. 2 Mine (Permit No. C-1996-083) Technical Revision No. 122 (TR-122) Update of Ditches and Underdrain Near Gob Pile #3 Dear Sir or Madam: The Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety hereby issues notice, in accordance with Title 34, Article 33, Section 116, Paragraph 4, of the Colorado Revised Statutes, that on November 30, 2020 an application to revise coal mining operations at the Bowie No. 2 Mine was considered complete for the purposes of filing. The revision was submitted by Bowie Resources, LLC. All review and comment periods as provided in the Act and the Regulations initiate from this date of filing. This revision updates the ditches within the Pond J network and revises the location of the east underdrain for Gob Pile #3. The applicant is not proposing additional surface disturbance outside of the area currently approved for disturbance. The underground coal mining operation is on land located approximately 5 miles Northeast of Paonia, Colorado. The permit area is further described as follows: Portions of Sections 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10, 11, 14, 15, 16, and 22, Township 13 South, Range 91 West of the 6th P.M. Portions of Sections 33 and 34, Township 12 South, Range 91 West of the 6th P.M. The above-mentioned tracts of land are shown on the following USGS 7.5 minute Quadrangle map(s): Gray Reservoir, Bowie. The applicant is required to publish notice in a local newspaper that this application has been deemed complete. At the time of publication of this notice, the applicant is additionally required to