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• • iii iiiiiiiiiiiii iii <br />STATE OF COLORP~Uv <br />DIVISION OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY <br />Department of Nalu raf Resources <br />1373 Sherman 8L. Room 215 <br />Denver, Colorado 80203 <br />Phone. 13031 866-356: <br />FAX: 1303) 832-8106 <br />October 23, 2000 <br />~~ <br />DIVISION OF <br />MINERALS <br />GEOLOGY <br />RECLAMATION: <br />M INING•SAFETY <br />North Fork Water Conservenc_v District aal o..-ens <br />P.O. Box 130 cOVP1nO1 <br />Hotchkiss, CO 51419 creR E twlcher <br /> E ~ecun"e D~reaor <br />Re: Bowie Na <br />2 Mine ermit No <br />C-1996-083 <br />) hticn,el e. L°"s <br />. <br />. Di"~snn Direuor <br />Permit Revision Application No. 4 (PR-4) <br />Change in Mine Plan -Iron Point Tract Federal Coal Lease <br />Dear Sir or Madam: <br />The Division of Minerals and Geology hereby issues notice, in accordance with Title 34, Article 33, Section 1 I8, Paragraph 3, <br />of the Colorado Revised Statutes, that on October 23, 2000, an application [o revise coal mining operations at the Bowie No. 2 <br />Mine was considered complete for the purposes of filing. All review and comment periods as provided in the Act and the <br />Regulations initiate from this date of filing. <br />Approval of [his permit revision would revise the current mine plan at the Bowie No. 2 Mine. The operator is proposing to <br />incorporate into the mine plan the longwall and room and pillar mining of the D seam, for an area that is within the Iron Point <br />Tract Federal Coal Leaze COC-61209 and for a much smaller area on the east side of the present permit boundary. The <br />proposed mine plan anticipates mining into the first quarter of 2005 at the current rate of 5 million tons per year. This mine plan <br />change does no[ include the room and pillar mining for [he area within Federal Coal Lease COC-61209 [ha[ is under Teror <br />Creek, by which the operator would be able to access the B seam coal at the Bowie No. 1 Mine. That mine plan change is <br />anticipated to be submitted later. <br />This permit revision would incorporate 1751 additional surface acres into the existing permit area, 1632 acres of which are <br />federal and 119 acres of which are private. Federal mineral acreage would increase by 171 I acres while private mineral acreage <br />would increase by 40 acres. Bowie Resources is negotiating for the remaining federal coal and some private coal on the east <br />side of the permit area. There will not be any new surface distwbance associated with this revision. <br />The underground coal mining operation is on land located approximately 5 miles northeast of Paonia, Colorado. The permit <br />area is further described as follows: <br />Portions of Sections 2, 3, 4, 9, 10, I I, 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 revision application is available for public inspection at the Paonia Public Library, 140 Grand Avenue, Paonia, <br />CO 81428, and at the Division office. For additional information, to provide written comments, or to request an informal <br />conference, contact the Division of Minerals and Geology, Room 215, 1313 Sherman Street, Denver, Colorado 80203, (303) <br />866-3567, within thirty (30) days after the last public notice in the De/ra County /ndependenr. <br />Sincerely, <br />eph 1. Dudafh <br />Environmental Protection Specialist <br />11D/Jrc <br />C-PR-0S C199608J 11D 2000107] ]3653 PM.dx <br />