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STATE OF COLORADO <br />DIVISION OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY <br />Depanmem of Natural Resources <br />1313 Sherman 8i., Room 215 <br />Denver. Color, do BO203 <br />Phone: 1.103)866.356: <br />FAx: 13031 832-8106 <br />July 8, 1998 <br />Ann Morgan <br />U.S. Bureau of Land Management <br />Colorado State Office <br />2850 Youngfield Street <br />Lakewood, CO 80215 <br />Re: BoH~e 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. Morgan: <br />~~ <br />DEPARTMENT' <br />NATURAL <br />RESOURCE:, <br />Rov Rumer <br />Gu~crnor <br />dames 5. LuchheaJ <br />rixr ume Director <br />m~~naei o. Lon1 <br />Dirivun Dueitu, <br />The Division of Minerals and Geology hereby issues notice, in accordance with Tile 34, Article 33, Section 1 l6, Paragraph <br />4, of the Colorado Revised Statutes, 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. All <br />review and comment periods as provided in the Act and the Regulations ini[iate 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 are owned by Bowie Resources and by the Bureau of Land <br />Management. The proposed additions aze located N Sections 2, 4 and 11 of Township 13 South, Range 91 Wes[, 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 />Portions of Sections 2, 3, 4, 9, 10, I I, 14, I5, 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 [echnical revision application is available Cor public inspection at the Delta County Cour[house, 5th & Palmer, <br />Delta, CO 81416, and at the Division office. For additional information or [o provide written corttments, 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 submitted within fifteen (IS) 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, the <br />applicant's proposal. <br />Sincerely, <br />(' r~ ~~.. <br />~seph J. Dudish <br />Environmental Protection Specialist <br />1JD/JRC <br />N •.OSS~R(.~TE.MPROJ09J I] IID <br />