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STATE OF COLORADO <br />DIVISION Of MINERALS AND GEOLOGY <br />Deparlmenl of Natural Resources <br />111 3 Sherman 51., Room 215 <br />Denvcr, Colorado 80'07 <br />Phunc: (3071 866-3567 <br />FAY: (30J1 872-8106 <br />July 8, 1998 <br />Hal Simpson <br />Department of Natural Resources <br />Division of Water Resources <br />1313 Sherman Street. Room 818 <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 iltine Plan <br />Dear Mr. Simpson: <br />t;; <br />ay` <br />DEPARTMENT OF <br />NATURAI- <br />RESOURCE.w <br />Rny Romer <br />Governor <br />lame. 5. Ukhhead <br />Eseculive Direcmr <br />Mahael B Lon¢ <br />pit imnn Drteclor <br />The Division of Ivfinerals and Geology hereby issues notice, in accordance with Title 34, Article 33, Section 116, 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 Regulatiotu initiate from this date of filing. <br />This revision proposes to add 158 acres [o the permit azea 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 are located in Sections 2, 4 and 11 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 />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 for public inspection a[ the Delta County Courthouse, 5th & Palmer, <br />Delta, CO 81416, and a[ 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 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 />~a--~ <br />V'oseph 1. Dudash <br />Environmental Protection Specialist <br />1] D/1 RC <br />no <br />