REV12169

• Permit No: C1996083
• IBM Index Class Name: Revision
• Doc Date: 6/2/2003
• Doc Name: Completeness Letters
• From: DMG
• To: State & Federal Agencies
• Type & Sequence: TR26
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

STATE OF COLORADO
DIVISION OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY
Department of Natural Resources
1313 Sherman St., Room 215
Denver, Colorado 80203
Phone: [phone]
FAX: [phone]
June 2, 2003
DIVISION OF
MINERALS
GEOLOGY
RECLAMATION
MINING•SAFETY
North Fork Water Consetvency District Bill Owens
P.O. Box 217 Governor
Hotchkiss, CO 81419 Greg E. Walther
Executive Director
Re: Bowie No. 2 Mine (Permit No. C-1996-083) Ronald W. Cottony

Technical Revision Application No. 26 (TR-26) Division Director
Clarification Agent for Pond C Discharge
Deaz Sir or Madam:
The Division of Minerals and Geology hereby issues notice, in accordance with Title 34, Article 33, Section 116, Paragraph 4,
of the Colorado Revised Statutes, that on June 2, 2003, an application to revise coal mining operations at the Bowie No. 2 Mine
was considered complete for the purposes of filing. The revision was submitted by Bowie Resources Limited. All review and
comment periods as provided in the Act and the Regulations initiate from this date of filing.
Bowie Resources is requesting permission to use a clarification agent to ensure that the discharge from Pond C will be in
compliance with water quality requirements. The clarification agent is NALCO 7880, which contains aluminum chloride
hydroxide and calcium chloride. The clarified water would flow from Pond C into the Deer Trail Ditch and the Fire Mountain
Canal. The Colorado Water Quality Control Division has approved the use of the clarification agent for this purpose at the
Bowie No. 2 Mine.
The underground coal mining operation is on land located approximately 5 miles northeast of Paonia, Colorado. The permit
azea is further described as follows:
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.
Portions of Sections 33 and 34, Township 12 South, Range 91 West of the 6th P.M.
The above-menfioned tracts of land aze shown on USGS 7.5 minute Quadrangle map of Bowie.
The applicant is required to publish notice in a local newspaper that this application has been deemed complete. At the time of
publication of this notice, the applicant is additionally required to place a copy of this application at the Paonia Public Library,
140 Grand Avenue, Paonia, CO 81428, and at the Division office. For additional information or to provide written comments,
contact the Division of Minerals and Geology, Room 215, 1313 Sherman Street, Denver, Colorado 80203, [phone]. In
order for us to comply with regulatory time Eames, we request that comments be submitted within fifteen (IS) days of this
letter, If no comments are received by then, we will proceed on the assumption that you have no concerns with, or objections
to, the applicant's proposal.
Sincerely,
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Environmental Protection Specialist
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