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iii i-iiiuinm-iii <br />899 <br />~TATF OF COLORADO <br />;. <br />DIVISION Of MINERALS AND GEOLOGY <br />DepartmeN of Natural Resources <br />1313 Sherman St., Room 215 <br />Denver, Colorado 80203 <br />Phone: (70J) 8667567 <br />FAX: 13031832-8106 <br />February 19, 1999 <br />~~ <br />DIVISION O <br />MINERALS <br />GEOLOGY <br />RECLAMATIOW <br />MINING•SA FETY <br />Delta County Planning Department col o~^~ <br />Planning Director Geg E. Walther <br />nth LQC Palmer Executive Director <br />Delta, CO 81416 Michael B. Lon); <br />Divivon Director <br />Re: Bowie No. 2 Mine (Permit No. C-96-083) <br />Technical Revision Application No. 9 (TR-9) <br />Incidental Boundary Change <br />Dear Planning Director: <br />The Division of Minerals and Geology hereby issues notice, in accordance with Title 34, Article 33, Section 1 l6, <br />Paragraph 4, of the Colorado Revised Statutes, that on February• l8, 1999, an application to revise coal mining <br />operations at the Bowie No. 2 Mine was considered complete for the purposes of tiling. The revision was submitted <br />by Bowie Resources Limited. All review and comment periods as provided in the Act and the Regulations initiate <br />from this date of filing. <br />Approval of this technical revision would allow 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 the federal <br />lease for the right of entry to that federal coal. The incidental boundary change would add ~9 acres of private surface <br />and 20 acres of federal surface to the northwest corner of the permit area. The entire 79 acre proposed addition is <br />federal coal. There would not be any change in the conventional room and pillar mining method employed nor <br />would there be any increase in the production rate. <br />The underground coal mining operation is on land located approximately ~ miles northeastof Paonia,Colorado. The <br />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 />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 Delta County Courthouse, 5th <br />& Palmer, Delta, CO 81416, and at the Division office. For additional information or to provide written comments. <br />contact the Division of Minerals and Geology, Room 21>, 1313 Sherman Street, Denver, Colorado 80203, <br />(303) 366-3567. In order for us to comply with regulatory time frames, we request that comments be submitted <br />within fifteen (I S) days of this letter. if no comments are received by then, we wit l proceed on the assumption that <br />you have no concerns with, or objections to, the applicant'; proposal. <br />Sincerely, <br />r- ~ ~ ..-~..~.~ <br />1 ~: ~ <br />.}c(seph J. Dud~aslt <br />Environmental Protection Specialist <br />nl".OSSVRpTEhITRU3U83US J1D <br />