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STATE OF COLORADO <br />DIVISION OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY <br />Department n( Natural Resources <br />I J 13 Sherman SL, Room 27 5 <br />Denver, Columrlo 80203 <br />Phono: 13031 H66-356: <br />FAX: 130Ji HJ2-BI Ofi <br />July 8, 1998 <br />Chuck Roberts <br />Department of Natural Resources <br />Division of Water Resources <br />1313 Sherman Street, Room 8l8 <br />Denver. CO 80203 <br />Re: Bowie No. 2 Mine (Permit No. C-9ti-083) <br />Technical Revision Application No. 2 <br />Incidental Boundary Change and Federal Coal Mine Plan <br />Dear Mr. Roberts: <br />~~- <br />DEPARTMENT OF <br />NATURAI. <br />RESOURCE" <br />Roy Romer <br />Governor <br />lames S. Lod+head <br />E cecmrve Duedor <br />hLChaei B. Lnng <br />Division DireclDr <br />The Division of Minerals 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 a[ the Bowie No. <br />2 Mine was considered complete for the purposes of filing. The revision was submitted by Bowie Resources Lirni[ed. All <br />review and comment periods as provided in the Act and the Regulations initiate from this date of filing. <br />This revision proposes to add 158 acres to the permit azea of a valid and existing pern»t 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 Hubbazd Creek drainages. This revision can no[ 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, I0, 11, L4, l5, and 16, Township l3 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 inspec[ion at the Delta Coun[y Courthouse, 5th & Palmer, <br />Della, 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 (or us to <br />comply wi[h regulatory time frames, we request that comments be submitted within fifteen (l5) 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 />~~ °~~~ <br />seph 1. D ash <br />Enviromnental Protection Specialist <br />11D/1RC <br />M ~OSSV RC1TEp1 P.RUJ09) I S lI D <br />