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STATE OF COLORADO
<br />DIVISION OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY
<br />Department of Natural Resources
<br />1313 Sherman St., Room 215
<br />Denver, Colorado 80203 D r v r 5 t D N O F
<br />Phone: (303) 866-3567 M[ N E RA L S
<br />FAX: (303) 832-8706 &
<br />GEOLOGY
<br />Jlme 2, 2003 M EN I N GM S A F ~ Y
<br />Alan Peazson Bill Owens
<br />Department of Natural Resources Governor
<br />Division of W ater Resources Greg E. watcher
<br />13 ] 3 Sherman Street, Room 818 Executive Director
<br />Denver, CO 80203 Ronald W. Cattany
<br /> Division Director
<br />Re: Bowie No. 2 Mine (Permit No. C-1996-083)
<br />Technical Revision Application No. 26 (TR-26)
<br />Clarification Agent for Pond C Discharge
<br />Deaz Mr. Pearson:
<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 June 2, 2003, an application to revise coal mining operations at the Bowie No. 2 Mine
<br />was considered complete for the purposes of filing. The revision was submitted by Bowie Resources Limited. All review and
<br />comment periods as provided in the Act and the Regulations initiate from this date of filing.
<br />Bowie Resources is requesting percussion to use a clarification agent to ensure that the dischazge from Pond C will be in
<br />compliance with water quality requirements. The clarification agent is NALCO 7880, which contains aluminum chloride
<br />hydroxide and calcium chloride. The clarified water would flow from Pond C into the Deer Trail Ditch and the Fire Mountain
<br />Canal. The Colorado Water Quality Control Division has approved the use of the clarification agent for this purpose at the
<br />Bowie No. 2 Mine.
<br />The underground coal mining operation is on land located approxiaJately 5 miles northeast of Paonia, Colorado. The permit
<br />azea 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 Soutb, Range 91 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 />The applicant is required to publish notice in a local newspaper that this application has been deemed complete. At 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 inforaJa6on or to provide written comments,
<br />contact the Division of Minerals and Geology, Room 215, 1313 Sherman Street, Denver, Colorado 80203, (303) 866-3567. In
<br />order for us to comply with regulatory time flames, we request that comments be submitted within fifteen (15) days of this
<br />letter. ff no comments aze 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,
<br />r, D.~.Q
<br />seph . DudSsh
<br />Environmental Protection Specialist
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