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STATE OF COLORADO
<br />DIVISION OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY
<br />Department of Natural Resources
<br />1313 Sherman SL, Room 215 C O L D RA D O
<br />Denver, Colo2do 80203 D I v 15 1 0 N O r
<br />Phone: (303) 866-3567 M I N s RA L S
<br />FAX: (303) 832-8106 G E O L O G Y
<br />November 14, 2003 REC LAN ATION•NIN ING
<br /> SAf ETr•SCIENCE
<br />The Fire Mountain Canal & Reservoir Company eai ovens
<br />P.G. BOX 414 Governor
<br />Paonia, CO 81428
<br />Greg E. Walther
<br /> Executive Director
<br />Re: Bowie No. 2 Mine (Permit No. C-1996-083) Ronald w. cottony
<br />Technical Revision Application No. 30 (TR-30) Division Direcror
<br />Coal Mine Waste Disposal Site Natural Resource Trustee
<br />Deaz Sir or Madam:
<br />The Division of Minerals and Geology hereby issues notice, in accordance with Title 34, Article 33, Section 116, Pazagraph 4,
<br />of the Colorado Revised Statutes, that on November 14, 2003, an application to revise coal mining operations at the Bowie No.
<br />2 Mine was considered complete for the purposes of filing. The revision was submitted by Bowie Resources Limited. All
<br />review and comment periods as provided in the Act and the Regulations initiate from this date of filing.
<br />In Technical Revision No. 30, Bowie Resources Limited (BRL) is proposing to construct a coal mine waste disposal site. This
<br />site will provide for the permanent storage of coal waste from the preparation plant as well as high ash coal. The new site will
<br />be located just east of the current coal mine waste disposal site and north of the old State Highway 133. Total disturbance will
<br />be about 34 acres in size and will be within the currently approved pemilt azea and on land owned by BRL. Runoff from this
<br />disturbed azea will be treated by a new sediment pond. After use, the disturbed azea will be reclaimed. Since portions of the
<br />proposed coal mine waste disposal site and haul road would be within 100 feet of the outside right-of--way of old State Highway
<br />133, the public has a right to request a public hearing concerning those portions.
<br />The underground coal mining operation is on land located approxunately 5 miles northeast of Paonia, Colorndo. The permit
<br />area is further described as follows:
<br />Porticos 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.
<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 aze shown on USGS 7.5 minute Quadrangle map of Bowie.
<br />The applicant is required to publish notice in a local newspaper that this application has been deemed complete. At the time of
<br />publication of this notice, the applicant is additionally required to place a copy of this application at the Paonia Public Library,
<br />140 Grand Avenue, Paonia, CO 81428, and at the Division office. For additional infomlation or to provide written comments,
<br />contact the Division of Minerals and Geology, Room 215, 1313 Sherman Street, Denver, Colorado 80203, (303) 866-3567. In
<br />order for us to comply with regulatory time frames, we request that comments be submitted within fifteen (IS) days of this
<br />tetter. If no comments aze received by then, we will proceed on the assumption [hat you have no concerns with, or objections
<br />to, the applicant's proposal.
<br />Sincerely,
<br />(/'Ay/ >D
<br />seph . DudaStr
<br />Environmental Protection Specialist
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<br />Office of Office of Colorado
<br />Mined Land Reclamation Active and Inactive Mines Geological Survey
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