REV01827

• Permit No: C1996083
• IBM Index Class Name: Revision
• Doc Date: 11/14/2003
• Doc Name: Completeness Letters
• From: DMG
• To: State & Federal Agencies
• Type & Sequence: TR30
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

STATE OF COLORADO
DIVISION OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY
Department of Natural Resources
1313 Sherman St., Room 215
Denver, Colorado 80203
Phone: [phone]
FAX; [phone]
November 14, 2003
Assistant State Supervisor
Fish and Wildlife Enhancement
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
764 Horizon Drive, South Annex A
Grand Junction, CO 81506-3946
Re: Bowie No. 2 Mine (Permit No. C-1996-083)
Technical Revision Application No. 30 (TR-30)
Coal Mine Waste Disposal Site
Deaz Sir or Madam:
COLORADO
DIVISION O F
MINERALS
GEOLOGY
0.EC LANATION•NINING
EAf ETY•SUENCE
Bill Owens
Governor
Greg E. Walther
Executive Director
Ronald W. Cattany
Division Director
Natural Resource Trustee
The Division of Minerals and Geology hereby issues notice, in accordance with Title 34, Article 33, Section 116,
Paragraph 4, of the Colorado Revised Statutes, that on November 14, 2003, 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 Limited. All review and comment periods as provided in the Act and the
Regulations initiate from this date of filing.
1n Technical Revision No. 30, Bowie Resources Limited (BRL) is proposing to construct a coal mine waste
disposal site. This site will provide for the perrnanent storage of coal waste from the preparation plant as well as
high ash coal. The new site will be located just east of the current coal mine waste disposal site and north of the
o[d State Highway 133. Total disturbance will be about 34 acres in size and will be within the currently approved
permit area and on land owned by BRL. Runoff from this disturbed azea will be treated by a new sediment pond.
ARer use, the disturbed area will be reclaimed. Since portions of the proposed coal mine waste disposal site and
haul road would be within 100 feet of the outside right-of--way of old State Highway 133, the public has a right to
request a public hearing concerning those portions.
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 USGS 7.5 minute Quadrangle map of Bowie.
Because the above referenced technical revision application would alter previously approved permit conditions or
mitigation measures, we are requesting your agency's evaluation of the potential for impacts to threatened or
endangered species of plants or animals, or wildlife species otherwise protected by federal law.
In order for us to approve this revision, we aze required to make a finding that "the activities would not affect the
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