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<br />STATE OF COLOI~DO
<br />DIVISION OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY
<br />Dep. rtmem of Natural Resources
<br />I } 13 Sherman 51 . Room ? 13
<br />Denver, ColoraJo 80'_03
<br />Phone: 1303) 8h6-3567
<br />FAX: (3031 fi3? I}105
<br />May 27, 1999
<br />U.S. Bureau of Land Management
<br />Nlontrose District
<br />2465 South Townsend
<br />Montrose, CO 51401
<br />DIVISION OF
<br />MINERALS
<br />GEOLOGY
<br />RECTA MATION
<br />MINING•SAFETY
<br />Bdl Owens
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<br />Michael tl. long
<br />Division Direaoi
<br />Re: Bowie No. 2 ;vfine (Permit No. C-96-083)
<br />Permit Revision Application No. 3 (PR-3)
<br />Conveyor, Coal Stockpile, Truck Loading System, New Pond and Production Increase
<br />Dear Sir or Madam:
<br />The Division of Minerals and Geology hereby issues notice, N accordance with Title 34, Article 33, Section 1 l8, Paragraph
<br />3, of the Colorado Revised Statues, that on May 27, 1999, an application to revise coal mining operations at the Bowie No.
<br />2 Mine was considered complete for the purposes of filing. All review and comment periods as provided in the Act and the
<br />Regulations initiate from this date of filing.
<br />Approval of this permit revision would allow for the construction of a downhill conveyor, 350,000 ton maximum coal
<br />stockpile, coal haul truck loading facility, a sedimentation pond and an increase in the anticipated annual coal produc[ion at
<br />the Bowie No. 2 Mine from the present 2 million tons per year to 5 million [ons per year. The coal stockpile and the truck
<br />loading facility would be in an azea north and immedia[ely adjacent to Old Highway 133. The new sedimentation pond, which
<br />would replace the present western-mos[ pond B, would be located south and immedia[ely adjacent to Old Highway 133,
<br />enlarging the permit area by 6 acres on land owned by Bowie Resources. The designed water holding capacity of the new
<br />pond is 4.1 acre-Feet. The present pond B holds 2.49 acre-feet of water.
<br />The underground coal mining operation is on land located approximately 5 miles northeas[ of Paonia, Colorado. The permit
<br />area is funkier described as follows:
<br />Portions of Sections 2, 3, 4, 9, 10, 11, 14, 15, and 16, Township 13 South, 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 />A copy of the revision application is available for public inspection at the Delta County Courthouse, 5th & Palmer, Delta,
<br />CO 81416, and a[ the Division office. For additional information, to provide written comments, or to request an informal
<br />conference, contact the Division of Minerals and Geology, Room 215, 1313 Sherman Street, Denver, Colorado 80203, (303)
<br />866-3567, within thirty (30) days af[er the last public notice in the Delra Corrrtry Irrdependenr.
<br />Sincerely,
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<br />J -eph 1. Dudish
<br />Envirottmental Protection Specialist
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