REV08738

• Permit No: C1996083
• IBM Index Class Name: Revision
• Doc Date: 3/14/2006
• Doc Name: Completeness Letters
• From: DMG
• To: State & Federal, Local Agency
• Type & Sequence: PR10
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

STATE OF COLORADO
DIVISION OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY
Department of Natural Resources
1313 Sherman 6t., Room 215
Denver, Colorado 80203
Phone: [phone]
FAX: [phone]
March 14, 2006
Kathleen Ozga
Lands and Recreation Group Chief
U.S. Department of the Interior
Bureau of Reclamation
2764 Compass Drive, Suite [ 06
Grand Junction, CO 81506
Re: Bowie No. 2 Mine (Permit No. C-1996-083)
Permit Revision Application No. 10 (PR-IO)
Revise B-Seam Mine Plan. Expand Mine Plan to the North
Dear Mrs. Ozga:
COLORADO
DIVISION O F
MI1V SRALS
GEOLOGY
AEC LA NATION•MINING
SAiETY•SCIFNCE
Bill Owens
Governor
Russell George
Executive Direcor
Ronald W. Canany
Division Director
Natual Resource Tmztee
The Division of Minerals and Geology hereby issues notice, in accordance with Title 34, Article 33, Section 118,
Paragraph 3, of the Colorado Revised Statutes, that on March 13, 2006, an application to revise coal mining
operations at the Bowie No. 2 Mine was considered complete for the purposes of filing. All review and comment
periods as provided in the Act and the Regulations initiate from this date of filing.
In Permit Revision No. 10 (PR-10), Bowie Resources LLC (BRL) is proposing to revise its approved mine plan by
extending mining of the B coal seam to the north. The mine plan revision involves slightly lengthening one
approved longwall panel, and adding three new longwall panels and their associated main entries. The main entries
will be room and pillaz mined and will lie underneath a section of Hubbard Creek. The proposed mine plan will
bring mining to within 2500 feet and mining-induced subsidence to within about 1500 feet of the Bruce Pazk Dam
(Terror Creek Reservoir). BRL is also proposing to undermine and subside Dove Gulch and Dove Cave, although
BRL has a design to protect the cave. The operator has provided demonstrations, designs and a seismic monitoring
program in PR-10 in support of their proposals.
The proposed mining is located in Sections 33 and 34 of Township 12 South, Range 91 West. The management of
the surface land is through the USDA-Forest Service while management of the coal is through the Bureau of Land
Management, Access to the coal is through Federal Coal Lease COC-61209. Other than the effects from mining-
induced subsidence and seismicity, there is no new surface disturbance proposed in PR-10. Therefore, BRL is not
proposing any additional reclamation bond. In PR-10 there is no proposed increase in the rate of coal production,
no proposed increase in water usage at the mine and no proposed change to the permit boundary. Attached is a
copy of a location map.
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, 1 Q, I I, 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.
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