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• • iii iiiiiiiiiiiii iii <br />STATE OF COLORADO <br />DIVISION Of MINERALS AND GEOLOGY <br />Deparimem ui Nawral Reiuurces <br />131 J Sherman 51., Room ] 1 i <br />Denver, Colorado 80'_03 <br />Phhone: (3031 856-556: <br />FJ l ne3~ ~I, P234~~ 06 <br />1/~j /11L~~., rte" ' <br />Carl Johnston <br />Office of Surface Mining <br />Western Regional CoordinatingCenter <br />1999 Broadway, Suite 3320 <br />Denver,CO 80202-5733 <br />Re: Bowie No. 2 Mine (Permit No. C-1996-083), TR-16, Incidental Boundary Change <br />Dear Mr. Johnston: <br />~~ <br />DIVISION OF <br />MINERALS <br />G E O L O G 'i;.". <br />R ECLAMATIOh' <br />MINING•$AFET 7b. <br />Bill O..en, <br />cavcinn~ <br />Grcg E Wall hc~ <br />E.ecuP::c Dtrcaor <br />hhchaelR Lang <br />Divi,'vn Dircnor <br />The Division of Minerals and Geology hereby issues notice, in accordance with Title 34, Article 33, Section 116, <br />Paragraph 4, of the Colorado Revised Statutes, that on June l9, 2000, an application to revise coal mining <br />operations at the Bowie No. 2 Mine was considered complete for the purposes of filing. The revision was <br />submitted by Bowie Resources Limited. All review and comment periods as provided in the Act and the <br />Regulations initiate from this date of filing. <br />Approval of this technical revision would permit an incidental boundary change in order to conduct development <br />mining in federal coal. This technical revision can not be approved until Bowie Resources has secured Federal <br />Coal Lease COC-61209 for the right of entry [o [hat federal coal. The incidental boundary change would add 169 <br />acres of private surface and 130 acres of federal surface to the northern portion of the permit area. All of the coal <br />[o be mined is federal. There would not be any increase in the disturbance area, no additional facilities would be <br />built and there would not be any increase in production through this revision. Should Technical Revision No. 16 be <br />approved, the Bowie No. 2 Mine would become a federal mine. <br />The Division is requesting that the Office of Surface Mining make a determination as to whether or not the <br />proposed action in Technical Revision No. 16 constitutes a federal mine plan. The Division would appreciate it if <br />the determination can be made in writing. <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, 1 1, 14, 15, and 16, Township 13 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 technical revision application is available for public inspection at the Paonia Public Library, 140 <br />Grand Avenue, Paonia, CO and at the Division office. For additional informationor to provide written comments, <br />contact [he Division of Minerals and Geology, Room 215, 1313 Sherman Street, Denver, Colorado 80203, <br />(303) 866-3567. In order for us to comply with regulatory time frames, we request that comments be submitted <br />within f fifteen (I 5) days of this letter. f f no comments are received by then, we will proceed on the assumption that <br />you have no concerns with, or objections to, the applicant's proposal. <br />Sincerely, <br />~~ <br />seph J. Dt ash <br />Environmental Protection Specialist <br />C-TR-0) C1996081 IID ]000062) 165<PM dac <br />