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STATE OF COLORADO <br />DIVISION OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY <br />Depanmenl of Natural Resources <br />1311 Sherman 51., Room ? 15 <br />Denver, ColoraJo 90?OS <br />Phunn: 13031 H66~3567 <br />F\%:131131 83?-8106 <br />July 8, 1998 <br />Lawrence Kline <br />Office of Surface Mining <br />Western Regional Coordinating Center <br />1999 Broadway, Suite 3320 <br />Denver, CO 80202-5733 <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 Mr. Kline: <br />~~ <br />1~~~~ <br />DEP.gRI'MENT Of <br />NATURAI . <br />RESOURCE;. <br />Roy Rnme~ <br />Gnvernw <br />Wines i. LochheaJ <br />E+ecwive Direaur <br />Arirhael B. Lnng <br />Drvimon Uireuor <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 the 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 11 of Township <br />]3 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 approximate]y 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 Counry 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 tune frames, we request that <br />comments be submitted within fifteen (l5) days of this letter. [f no comments are received by then, we will <br />proceed on the assumption that you have no concerns with, or objections to, the applicant's proposal. <br />Sincerely, <br />D~.~ <br />s~J6 eph J. D'udash <br />Environmental Protection Specialist <br />M ~O.SSVROTENPRO70B)W 11D <br />