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STATE OF COLORADO
<br />DIVISION OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY
<br />Department of Natural Resources
<br />1313 Sherman St., Room 215 C O L D RA D G
<br />Denver, Colorado 80203 DIVISION O F
<br />Phone: (303) 866-3567 lK I N &Rt~ L $
<br />FAX: (303) 832-8106 ~ G& O L O G Y
<br /> RECLAN ATION•NINING
<br /> SAFET Y~SOENCE
<br />January 26, 2005
<br /> Bill Owens
<br />Lynn LBW1S Govem«
<br />U.S. Bureau of Land Management Russell George
<br />Uncompahgre Field Office Eaecudve Director
<br />2505 S. Townsend Ave. RGnald w. Cattany
<br />Montrose
<br />CO 81401 Division Director
<br />, Natural Resource Trustee
<br />Re: Bowie No. 2 Mine (Permit No. C-1996-083)
<br />Technical Revision Application No. 36 (TR-36)
<br />Gob Pile No. 2 Geotechnical Report
<br />Deaz Ms. Lewis:
<br />The Division of Minerals and Geology hereby issues notice, in accordance with Title 34, Article 33, Section 116, Paragraph 4,
<br />of the Colorado Revised Statutes, that on January 26, 2005, an application to revise coal mining operations at the Bowie No. 2
<br />Mine was considered complete for the purposes of filing. The revision was submitted by Bowie Resources, LLC. All review
<br />and comment periods as provided in the Act and the Regulations initiate from this date of filing.
<br />In Technical Revision No. 36, Bowie Resources LLC is proposing to add a geotechnica] report into the permit application. The
<br />geotechnical report is a geotechnical stability analysis for the coal waste pile no. 2. This submittal is in response to Stipulation
<br />No. 16 that was attached to Technical Revision No. 30, the revision that approved the construction of the coal waste pile no. 2.
<br />The undergound 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, 5, 8, 9, 10, 11, 14, 15, 16, and 22, Township 13 South, Range 91 West of the 6th P.M.
<br />Portions of Sections 33 and 34, Township 12 South, Range 91 West of the 6th P.M.
<br />The above-mentioned tracts of land aze shown on USGS 7.5 minute Quadrangle map of Bowie.
<br />The applicant is required to publish notice in a local newspaper that this application has been deemed complete. A[ the time of
<br />publication of this notice, the applicant is additionally required to place a copy of this application at the Paonia Public Library,
<br />140 Grand Avenue, Paonia, CO 81428, and at the Division office. For additional information or to provide written comments,
<br />contact the Division of Minemis and Geology, Room 215, 1313 Sherman Street, Denver, Colorado 80203, (303) 866-3567. In
<br />order for us to comply with regulatory time frames, we request that comments be submitted within fifteen (15) days of this
<br />letter If no comments are received by then, we will proceed on the assumption that you have no concerns with, or objections
<br />to, the applicant's proposal.
<br />Sincerely, n
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<br />seph .Dinh
<br />Environmental Protection Specialist
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<br />Office of Office of Colorado
<br />Mined Land Rxlamation Active and Inactive Mines Geological Survey
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