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<br /> <br />STATE III IIIIIIIIIIIIIIII <br />999 <br />OF COLORADO <br />DIVISION OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY <br />Depanmenl of Natur,rl Resources <br />13U Sherman SL, Room 2I5 <br />u <br />DUOVCr, Colorado Bn_'O3 <br />Phone (}03t Afi6~35G7 _ <br />FAx. (SOJI A32-AIOfi <br /> DCPARTMENT O~ ~. <br /> NAZ'U~l <br />July 8, 1998 ` <br />RESOURCES _. <br />Delta Counry Commissioners Roy ROmP, <br />County Commissioner cavc,no, <br /> <br />5th & Palmer lames 5 Lnchhead <br />Etecun~e DveUOr <br />Delta, CO 81416 M1u~haei o. L~~R <br /> Ulms~o~ Dveie>r <br />Re: Bowie No. 2 Mine (Permit No. C-96-083) <br />Technical Revision Application No. 2 <br />Incidental Boundary Change and Federal Coal Mine Plan <br />Dear Sir or Madam: <br />The Division of Minerals and Geology hereby issues notice, in accordance with Title 34, Article 33, Section 116, <br />Paragraph 4, of the Colorado Revised Statutes, that on July 7, 1998, an application to revise coal mining operations <br />at the Bowie No. 2 Mine was considered complete for the purposes of filing. The revision was submitted by Bowie <br />Resources Limited. All review and comment periods as provided in the Act and [he Regulations initiate from this <br />date of filing. <br />This revision proposes to add 158 acres to the permit area of a valid and existing permit and to change the mine <br />plan to include federal coal. The surface and subsurface of the additional acreage are owned by Bowie Resources <br />and by the Bureau of Land Management. The proposed additions are located in Sections 2, 4 and 1 l of Township <br />l3 South, Range 91 West, located in the Terror Creek and Hubbard Creek drainages. This revision can not be <br />approved until the federal coal lease has been secured by Bowie Resources. <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 />Portions of Sections 2, 3, 4, 9, 10, 11, 14, 15, and 16, Township 13 South, Range 90 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 <br />comments, contact the Division of Minerals and Geology, Room 215, 1313 Sherman Street, Denver, <br />Colorado 80203, (303) 866-3567. In order for us to comply with regulatory time frames. we request that <br />comments be submitted within fifteen (15) days of this letter. If no comments are received by [hen, we will <br />proceed on the assumption that you have no concerns with, or objections to, the applicant's proposal. <br />Sincerely, <br />~~ <br />seph J. Dudash <br />Environmental Protection Specialist <br />V ~OSSV RCREff P~ROJOBl0111D <br />