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 St., Room 215 C O L O RA D O
Denver, Colorado 80203 D[ v t 5 I O N o r
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Phone: [phone] E
FAX: [phone] G E O L O G Y
FECLANATION•NINING
SAFFTY•ECIENCE
Bill Owens
March 14, 2006 Governor
Russell George

Lynn Lewis Executive Director
U.S. Bureau of Land Management Ronald W.l-attany
Division Director
Uncompahgre Field Office Natural Resource Trustee
2505 S. Townsend Ave.
Montrose, CO 81401
Re: Bowie No. 2 Mine (Permit No. C-1996-083)
Permit Revision Application No. 10 (PR-10)
Revise B-Seam Mioe Plan. Expand Mine Plan to the North
Dear Ms. Lewis:
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 pillar 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 Park 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 DMG requests written verification regarding Federal mining leases and/or federal surface access
approval. Bowie Resources, LLC has referenced the Federal mining lease and/or Federal Surface access
agreement COC-61209 in this application as a document upon which they base their legal right to enter.
Please verify that the lease and/or agreement has been issued and that final BLM/federal agency
lease/agreement approval has been granted. If the lease/agreement application is pending, please notify
DMG as to the status of the lease/agreement review and when a decision is anticipated. Verification of
Federal leases and/or federal surface access agreements should be sent to me at the address listed above.
Office of Office of Colorado
Mined Land REClamation AQive and Inactive Mines Geological Survey