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STATE OF COLORADO <br />DIVISION OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY <br />Deparlmem o(Natural Resources <br />1313 Sherman SL, Room 215 <br />Denvcr, Colorado 8003 <br />Phone' (3(131 866-3567 <br />FAx: 11031 83'-8106 <br />]uly 8, 1998 <br />Mike Ward <br />U.S. Forest Service <br />Paonia Ranger District <br />P.O. Box 1030 <br />Paonia. CO 84128 <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 Mr. Ward: <br />~''~: <br />DEPARTMENT CB-,:. <br />NATURAL. <br />RESOURCE <br />Roy Romer <br />Governor <br />lames S. Luchhead <br />E+ecW rve DheUOr <br />Mirhael H Lonl; <br />Dicisinn Dneanr <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 opera ions at the Bowie No. <br />2 Mine was considered complete for the purposes of filing. The revision was submitted by Bowie Resources L'united. 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 area of a valid and existing permit and to change the mine plan to include <br />federal coal. The surface and subsurface of the addi[iottal acreage aze 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 9I 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 />Ponions of Sections 2, 3, 4, 9, 10, 11, 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 at the Division office. For additional information or to provide written comments, contac[ the Division <br />of Minerals and Geology, Room 215, 1313 Sherman Stree[, 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 (15) 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 objec[ions to, the <br />applicatt['s proposal. <br />Sincerely, <br />seph 1. Dtldash~~ <br />Environmental Protection Specialist <br />n^ <br />