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STATE OF COLORADO <br />DIVISION OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY <br />Deparimenl n( Natural Resources <br />1317 Sherman St., Raom 215 <br />Denver, Colorado 8020] <br />Phone 13031 d55-3557 <br />FAY: 1303) 832-81 U5 <br />luly 8, L998 <br />North Fork Water Conservancy District <br />P.O. Box L30 <br />Hotchkiss, CO 81419 <br />Re: Bowie No. 2 Kline (Permit No. C-96-083) <br />Technical Revision Application No. 2 <br />Incidental Boundary Change and Federal Coal Dtine Plan <br />Dear Sir or Madam: <br />~I <br />l' <br />DEPARTMENT Ol~:~ <br />NATURAI . <br />RESOURCEG; <br />Ruy RUmer <br />Gm ernor <br />lames 5. Loehhead <br />Execunre Director <br />ntirhael B Lonp <br />o~.n:~~ Din aor <br />The Division of Minerals and Geology hereby issues notice, in accordance with Title 34, Article 33, Section L l6, 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 dte purposes of filing. The revision was submi«ed by Bowie Resources Limited. 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 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 aze 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 l3 South, Range 91 West, located in <br />the Terror Creek and Hubbard Creek drainages. This revision can not be approved until the Cederal coal lease has been <br />secured by Bowie Resources. <br />The underground coal mining operation is on land located approxirnately 5 miles nonheast of Paonia, Colorado. The permit <br />area is further described as follows: <br />Pottions of Sections 2, 3, 4, 9, 10, 11, 14, l5, 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, contact the Division <br />of Minerals and Geology, Room 215, 1313 Sherman Street, Denver, Colorado 80203, (303) 866-3567. In order for us [o <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 objections to, the <br />applicant's proposal. <br />Sincerely, <br />~~~ <br />eph 1. Dudash <br />Environmental Protection Specialist <br />11D/JRC <br />N ~OSSURCITENPRO]Q9]Ob IID <br />