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<br />STATE
<br />OF COLORADO
<br />DIVISION OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY
<br />Department o(Natural Resources
<br />1313 Sherman St., Room 215
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<br />Denver, Colorado 80203 D I V I S I O N O F
<br />Phone: 13113) 866-J56i Nl I Al E RA L $ "
<br />FAX: (303) 83Z-8106 &
<br /> GEOLOGY
<br /> RECLAMATION
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<br />August 14, 2001 MINING•SAFETY
<br /> Bill Owens
<br />Tara Thomas Governor
<br />Western Slope Environmental Resources Council Greg t w,h ner
<br />P.O. Box 1612 E><ecu0ve Direnor
<br />Paonia
<br />CO 81428 Michael B. Long
<br />, Dinsion Direuor
<br />Re: Bowie No. 2 Mine (Permit No. C-1996-083)
<br />Pet~trit Revision Application No. 6 (PR-6)
<br />Unit Train Loadout
<br />Deaz Ms. Thomas:
<br />The Division of Minerals and Geology hereby issues notice, in accordance with Title 34, Article 33, Section 118,
<br />Paragraph 3, of the Colorado Revised Statutes, that on August 14, 2001, an application to revise coal mining
<br />operations at the Bowie No. 2 Mine was considered complete for the purposes of filing. All review and comment
<br />periods as provided in the Act and the Regulations initiate from this date of filing.
<br />Approval of this revision will permit the construction of a unit vain loadout south of the present mining operation
<br />and allow for an increase in the annual coal production from 5 million tons per year to 6 million tons per year. The
<br />proposed train loadout construction will include a conveyor belt system to transport coal from the present coal
<br />stockpile, over Old Highway 133, to a batch weigh loading system located above the railroad tracks. Also, there
<br />will be 11,855 feet of new railroad track construction associated with the train loadout. Sediment control will
<br />consist of one sedimentation pond and several areas protected by berms, silt fence and straw bales. The design
<br />capacity of the proposed sedimentation pond is 2.41 acre-feet. The permit area will increase by 94 acres of private
<br />land, 32 acres of which will be disturbed acreage.
<br />The Underground coal mining operation is on land located approximately 5 miles Northeast of Paonia, Colorado.
<br />The permit area is further described as follows:
<br />Portions of Sections 2, 3, 4, 9, 10, 11, 14, 15, and 16, Township 13 South, Range 91 West of the 6th P.M.
<br />Portions of Sections 33 and 34, Township 12 South, Range 91 West of the 6th P.M.
<br />The above-mentioned tracts of land are shown on USGS 7.5 minute Quadrangle map of Bowie.
<br />A copy of the revision application is available for public inspection at the Paonia Public Library, 140 Grand
<br />Avenue, Paonia, CO 81428, and at the Division office. For additional information, to provide written comments,
<br />or to request an informal conference, contact the Division of Minerals and Geology, Room 215, 1313 Shertnarl
<br />Street, Denver, Colorado 80203, (303) 866-3567, within thirty (30) days after the last public notice in the Delta
<br />County Independent.
<br />Sincerely,
<br />~ D,..~Q
<br />eph . D dash
<br />Environmental Protection Specialist
<br />C-PR OS_C199fi083 llD_200108U 2367A PM
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