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STATE OF COLORADO <br />DIVISION OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY <br />Department of Natwal Resources <br />1313 Sherman St., Room 215 <br />Denver, Colorado 80203 <br />Phone: (303) 866.3567 <br />FAX: (303) 832-0106 <br />March 14, 2006 <br />Carl Johnston <br />Office of Surface Mining <br />Western Regional Coordinating Center <br />P.O. Box 46667 <br />Denver, CO 80201-6667 <br />Re: Bowie No. 2 Mine (Permit No. C-1996-083) <br />Permit Revision Application No. 10 (PR-10) <br />Revise B-Seam Mine Plan. Expand Mine Plan to the North <br />Dear Mr. Johnston: <br />COLORADO <br />D I V I S I O N O F <br />MINERALS <br />GEOLOGY <br />REC LA NATION•NINING <br />SAFETY•SCIENCE <br />Bill Owens <br />Governor <br />Russell George <br />Executive Director <br />Ronald W. Cattany <br />Division Director <br />Natural Resource Trustee <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 March l3, 2006, 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 />[n Permit Revision No. 10 (PR-10), Bowie Resources LLC (BRL) is proposing to revise its approved mine plan by <br />extending mining of the B coal seam to the north. The mine plan revision involves slightly lengthening one <br />approved longwall panel, and adding three new longwall panels and their associated main entries. The main entries <br />will be room and pillar mined and will lie underneath a section of Hubbard Creek. The proposed mine plan will <br />bring mining to within 2500 feet and mining-induced subsidence to within about 1500 feet of the Bruce Park Dam <br />(Terror Creek Reservoir). BRL is also proposing to undermine and subside Dove Gulch and Dove Cave, although <br />BRL has a design to protect the cave. The operator has provided demonstrations, designs and a seismic monitoring <br />program in PR-10 in support of their proposals. <br />The proposed mining is located in Sections 33 and 34 of Township 12 South, Range 91 West. The management of <br />the surface land is through the USDA-Forest Service while management of the coal is through the Bureau of Land <br />Management. Access to the coal is through Federal Coal Lease COC-61209. Other than the effects from mining- <br />induced subsidence and seismicity, there is no new surface disturbance proposed in PR-10. Therefore, BRL is not <br />proposing any additional reclamation bond. In PR-10 there is no proposed increase in the rate of coal production, <br />no proposed increase in water usage at the mine and no proposed change to the permit boundary. Attached is a <br />copy of a location map. <br />The Division requests your assistance in the determination of whether or not a Federal mine plan modification is <br />necessary for PR-10. Please advise the Division of your determination. If you need any further information, please <br />call me. <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 />Office of Office of Colorado <br />Mined Land Reclamation Active and InaRive Mines Geological Survey <br />