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STATE OF COLORADO <br />DIVISION OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY <br />Deuanmenl of Natural Resources <br />1 J 13 Sherman 51., Room 215 <br />Denver, Colorado BO203 <br />Phnnc: (10}/ a06-3167 <br />FAx: 13031 032-fl 106 <br />July 8, 1998 <br />Vicki Cowart <br />Depanment of Natural Resources <br />Colorado Geological Survey <br />13 ] 3 Sherman Street, Room 715 <br />Denver. CO 80203 <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 Ms. Cowart: <br />~I <br />DEPARTMENT Of'; <br />NATURAL, <br />RESOURCE` <br />Roy Romer <br />Goecrnor <br />lames 5. tochhead <br />E.ecwive Dvecior <br />ntichacl P. loop <br />Dwuion D~reclor <br />The Division of Minerals and Geology hereby issues notice, in accordance with Title 34, Article 33, Section 116, Paragraph <br />4, of the Colorado Revised S[amtes, that on July 7, 1998, an application to revise coal mining operations at the Bowie No. <br />2 Mine was considered complete for the purposes of filing. The revision was submitted by Bowie Resources Limited. Al] <br />review and comment periods as provided in the Act and the Regulations initiate from this 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 plan to include <br />federal coal. The surface and subsurface of the additional acreage aze owned by Bowie Resources and by the Bureau of Land <br />Management. The proposed additions are located in Sections 2, 4 and I I of Township 13 South, Range 91 West, located in <br />the Terror Creek and Hubbard Creek drainages. This revision can not be approved until the federal coal lease has been <br />secured by Bowie Resources. <br />The underground coal mining operation is on land located approximately 5 miles northeast of Paonia, Colorado. The permit <br />area is further described as follows: <br />Pottions of Sections 2, 3, 4, 9, 10, 11, 14, 15, and 16, Township 13 South, Range 90 Wes[ 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 & Palmer, <br />Delta, CO 81416, and at the Division office. For additional information or to provide written comments, contact the Division <br />of Minerals and Geology, Room 215, 1313 Sherman Street, Denver, Colorado 80203, (303) 866-3567. In order for us to <br />comply with regulatory time frames, we request that comments be submi«ed within fifteen (15) days of this letter. If no <br />comments are received by then, we will proceed on the assumption that you have no concerns with, or objections to, [he <br />applicant's proposal. <br />Sincerely, <br />~~~ <br />eph . Du~sh <br />Environmental Protection Specialist <br />JJD/JRC <br />M: ~095U RC1TE N P.R0109)Ob.L D <br />