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iii iuiiiiiniu iii <br />STATE OF COLORADO <br />DIVISION OF h1[NERALS AND GEOLOGY <br />Department of Natural Resources <br />1313 Sherman SI„ Room 215 <br />Denver, Colorado 80:03 <br />Phone: 1303) 866-3567 <br />FAX: (303) 832-BI06 <br />August 14, 2001 <br />Bob Bames <br />Deer Trail Ditch Company <br />1852 4365 Lane <br />Somerset, CO 8]434 <br />Re: Bowie No. 2lbline (Permit No. C•1996-083) <br />Permit Revision Application No. 6 (PR-6) <br />Unit Train Loadout <br />Dear Mr. Bames: <br />GEOLOGY <br />RECLAMATION <br />HINING•SAFETY <br />DIVISION OF ~' <br />MINERALS <br />sin oven: <br />Governor <br />Greg E. Watcher <br />Eze<ulive Dueclor <br />Michael B Long <br />Division Director <br />The Division of Minerals and Geology hereby issues notice, in accordance with Title 34, Article 33, Section 118, <br />Paragraph 3, of the Colorado Revised Statutes, that on August 14, 2001, an application to revise coal mining <br />operations at the Bowie No. 2 Mine was considered complete for the purposes of filing. All review and comment <br />periods as provided in the Act and the Regulations initiate from this date of filing. <br />Approval of this revision will permit the construction of a unit train loadout south of the present mining operation <br />and allow for an increase in the annual coal production from 5 million tons per year to 6 million tons per year. The <br />proposed train loadout constmction will include a conveyor belt system to transport coal from the present coal <br />stockpile, over Old Highway 133, to a batch weigh loading system located above the railroad tracks. Also, there <br />will be 11,855 fee[ of new railroad track construction associated with the train loadout. Sediment control will <br />consist of one sedimentation pond and several areas protected by berms, silt fence and straw bales. The design <br />capacity of the proposed sedimentation pond is 2.41 acre-feet. The permit area will increase by 94 acres of private <br />land, 32 acres of which will be disturbed acreage. <br />The Underground coal tnit»ng 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, 11, 14, 15, and 16, Township 13 South, Range 91 West of the 6th P.M. <br />Portions of Sections 33 and 34, Township 12 South, Kaztge 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 <br />Avenue, Paonia, CO 81428, and at the Division office. For additional information, to provide written comments, <br />or to request an informal conference, contact the Division of Minerals and Geology, Room 215, 1313 Sherman <br />Street, Denver, Colorado 80203, (303) 866-3567, within thirty (30) days after the last public notice in the Deira <br />County Independent. <br />Sincerely, <br />r, D,..~ <br />eph J. Du'dash <br />Environmental Protection Specialist <br />CPR OS_C199608D nD_2007081]_23605 PM <br />