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STATE OF COLORADO <br />DIVISION OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY <br />Deparlmum of Natural Resources <br />1313 Sherman Sr. Roam 215 <br />Denver, Colnradu 80203 <br />Phone: 13011 Bbb-}567 <br />FAX: 13031 83281 OG <br />July 8, 1998 <br />Marie Stiles <br />U.S. Bureau of Land Management <br />Montrose Distric[ Office <br />2465 South Townsend Avenue <br />Montrose, CO 81401 <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. Stiles: <br />~~ <br />~~ <br />DEPARTMENT OI <br />NATURAI . <br />RESOURCE` <br />Roy Romer <br />Gnvemor <br />lames S. Lochhead <br />E..ecmrve Dlrennr <br />bYChael 8. Lony <br />Drviswn Dl~eunr <br />The Division of Minerals and Geology hereby issues notice, in accordance with Tile 34, Article 33, Section 116, Paragraph <br />4, of the Colorado Revised Statutes; tha[ 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 initia[e from this date of (ding. <br />This revision proposes to add 158 acres to the permit area of a va]id 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 are located in Sections 2, 4 and 1 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 nonheast of Paonia, Colorado. The permit <br />area is further described as follows: <br />Poaions of Sections 2, 3, 4, 9, 10, 1 I, 14, l5, 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 & 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 [o <br />comply with regulatory [ime frames, we request that comments be submitted within fifteen (IS) days of this letter. If no <br />cortunents 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 />J seph 1. Dash / <br />nvironmental Protection Specialist <br />JJD/1RC <br />N]OSSVROTEMf•.ROlOBJU 11U <br />