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STATE OF COLORADO <br />DIVISION OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY <br />Depanmem of Nalu ral Resources <br />t } 13 Sherman SL, Room 21 5 <br />Denver, Culorado 80?03 <br />Phone: UU3) A66-3567 <br />FAX. U04) A32~8106 <br />July 8, 1998 <br />Jane[ Coles <br />Natural Areas Program <br />Parks and Outdoor Recreation <br />1313 Sherman Street, Room 618 <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. Coles: <br />~i <br />~~~ <br />DEPARTMENT Of <br />NATURAL . <br />RESOURCES, <br />Roy Romer <br />Governor <br />lames 5. LochheaA <br />E~ecu~ivr Dvraor <br />ALdwel B Lnnti <br />DIYI+i,/n DirrClGr <br />The Division of Minera]s and Geology hereby issues notice, in accordance with Title 34, Article 33, Section l 16, <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 1 l of Township <br />13 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, 1 I, 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 far 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 time frames, we request that <br />comments be submitted within fifteen (15) days of this letter. if 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 />J~.dl~ <br />seph J. Du~sh <br />Environmental Protection Specialist <br />M'sOSSURPTE V PsR0708710 Il D <br />