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STATE OF COLORADO <br />DIVISION OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY <br />Depart menl of Natural Resources <br />1413 Sherman $r, Room 215 <br />Denver, Colorado BU203 <br />Phu in •: 13031 8r~6- 3 56: <br />FAX' 15031 AJ?-a1 OG <br />July 8, 1998 <br />Duane Freeman <br />Delta County Planning Department <br />Planning Director <br />5th & Palmer <br />Delta, CO 51416 <br />Re: Bowie No. 2 hfine (Permit No. C-96-083) <br />Technical Revision Application No. 2 <br />Incidental Boundary Change and Federal Coal Mine Plan <br />Dear Mr. Freeman: <br />~~ <br />DEPARTMENT O~ <br />NATURAL . <br />RESOURCE:, <br />Rny Romer <br />Goatrnor <br />lames 5 Lnchhead <br />E~ecmrve Dircaur <br />nscnao~ o t.,nR <br />Uivi~inn Dtreclor <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 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 initiate from this dale of filing. <br />This revision proposes to add 158 acres to 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 aze located in Sections 2, 4 and 11 of Township 13 South, Range 91 West, located m <br />[he 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, l4, 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 at 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 S[ree[, Denver, Colorado 80203, (303) 866-3567. in order for us to <br />comply with regulatory time frames, we request that comments be submi«ed 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 />1 5 ~ .~JF.""'^ <br />seph Du ash <br />Environmental Protection Specialist <br />M?OSSU RC,TE NPRU8U8 )U: 11 D <br />