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STATE OF COLORADO <br />DIVISION OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY <br />Deparimem of Natural Resources <br />13 U Sherman Si„ Room ? I S <br />Denver, Colorado 80'01 <br />Vhune: (3071 866-3167 <br />FAY. 130}183]-87 n6 <br />July 8, ]998 <br />Natural Resources Conservation Service <br />Delta Field Office <br />East Delta Industrial Park <br />690 Industrial Boulevard <br />Delta, CO 81416 <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 Sir or Madam: <br />I <br />e~~~~ <br />DEPARTMEM" Of. <br />NATURAI . <br />RESOURCE:=• <br />Rcy Romer <br />r~pvemar <br />lames 5. Loc hhead <br />Eaecuave DireUOr <br />Michael B. Lnng <br />Drvisian Direanr <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 Ac[ 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 are located in Sections 2, 4 and I 1 of Township 13 South, Range 9l 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 nor[heast of Paonia, Colorado. The permi[ <br />area is further described as follows: <br />Portions of Sections 2, 3, 4, 9, 10, 11, ]4, I5, and 16, Township 13 South, Range 90 West of the 6th P. ht. <br />The above-mentioned tracts of land are shown on USGS 7.5 minu[e 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 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 30203, (303) 866-3567. In order for us to <br />comply with regulatory time frames, we request [hat comments be submitted within fifteen (15) days of this letter. If no <br />comments are received by then, we will proceed on the assumption tha[ you have no concerns with, or objections to, the <br />applicant's proposal. <br />Sincerely, <br />~J1J..~e-~-~ <br />eph . Duddsh <br />Environmental Protection Specialist <br />N ~OSSVROTE.NPRO10tl JOJ I1D <br />