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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 O RA D O
<br />Denver, Colorado 80203 D I V I S l 0 tJ O r
<br />Phone: (303) 8663567 MINERAL S
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<br />FAX: (303) 832-8106 G E O L O G Y
<br /> REC LAM ATION•NINING
<br /> EAFETY•EOIENCE
<br />April 15, 2005
<br /> Bill Owens
<br />North Fork Water Conservancy District covemor
<br />F G BOX 217 Russell GeoBe
<br />HOtchklSS, CO 81419 Executive Director
<br />Ronald W. Cattany
<br />Re: Bowie No. 2 Mine (Permit No. C-1996-083) Division Director
<br />Technical Revision Application No. 40 (TR-40) Natural Resource Trustee
<br />Enlarge Pond B
<br />Deaz Sir or Madam:
<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 April ] 5, 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. 4Q Bowie Resources LLC (BRL) is proposing to enlarge the holding capacity of Pond B, with the
<br />intention of increasing the sediment settling capacity of the pond. The pond will be enlarged by excavating to the east. The
<br />newly excavated area will be at an elevation that is above the level of the existing primary gated discharge pipe, so that the
<br />surface area and volume of the existing dead pool of water in the pond will not change. However, the total capacity of the pond
<br />will be increased from 4.72 acre-feet to 7.6 acre-feet.
<br />About 0.7 acres of new disturbance on land owned by BRL will result from this project. The excavation will be within 100 feet
<br />of the right-of--way of state highway 133B so an opportunity is being offered for the public to request a public hearing
<br />concerning the project. Five hundred feet of new guardrail will be installed between the pond and the highway.
<br />The underground 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, 1 Q, 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 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 information or to provide written comments,
<br />contact the Division of Minerals and Geology, Room 215, ] 313 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
<br />J sep . Dt~ash.LJs•.b„io-yl~J
<br />nvironmental Protection Specialist
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<br />Office of Office of Colorado
<br />Mined Land Reclamation Active and Inactive Mines Geological Survey
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