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• • iii iuiiniiiiii iii <br />999 <br />STATE 0~= COLORADO <br />DIVISION OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY <br />Department of Natural Resources <br />1313 Sherman SL, Room '_15 <br />Denver, Colorado 80203 <br />Phone: (3031 866-3567 <br />FAI~ (303) 832-8706 <br />October 23, 2000 <br />~~ <br />DIVISION OI <br />MINERAL. <br />GEOLOGY' <br />RECLAMATION <br />MINING•SAFE7Y <br />Richard Rudin <br />Bill Ovens <br />Terror Ditch and Reservoir Company cn.ernor <br />P.Q. BOX 1607 Greg E. V.'alcher <br />Paonla, CO 81428 Ezecunve Dheaor <br /> Michael B. Lung <br /> <br />Re: Bowie No. 2 Mine (Permit Na. C-1996-083) Dwis~on Dueaor <br />Permit Revision Application No. 4 (PR-4) <br />Change in Mine Plan -Iron Point Tract Federal Coal Lease <br />Dear Mr. Rudin: <br />The Division of Minerals and Geology hereby issues notice, in accordance with Title 34, Article 33, Section 118, Paragraph 3, <br />of the Colorado Revised Statutes, that on October 23, 2000, an application to revise coal mining operations at the Bowie No. 2 <br />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 [his date of filing. <br />Approval of this permit revision would revise the current mine plan at the Bowie No. 2 Mine. The operator is proposing to <br />incorporate into [he mine plan the longwall and room and pillar mining of the D seam, for an area that is within the Uon Point <br />Tract Federal Coal Lease COC-61209 and for a much smaller area on the east side of the present permit boundary. The <br />proposed mine plan anticipates mining into the fvst quarter of 2005 at the current rate of ~ million tons per year. This mine plan <br />change does not include the room and pillar mining for the area within Federal Coal Lease COC-61209 that is under Terror <br />Creek, by which the operator would be able to access the B seam coal at the Bowie No. I Mine. That mine plan change is <br />anticipated to be submitted later. <br />This permit revision would incorporate 1751 additional surface acres into the existing permit area, 1632 acres of which are <br />federal and 119 acres of which are private. Federal mineral acreage would increase by 1711 acres while private mineral acreage <br />would increase by 40 acres. Bowie Resources is negotiating for the remaining federal coal and same private coal on the east <br />side of the permit azea. There will not be any new surface disturbance associated with this revision. <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, 9, I0, 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 Paonia Public Library, 140 Grand Avenue, Paonia, <br />CO 81428, and at 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 after the last public notice in the Delra County /ndependenr. <br />Sincerely, <br />os kph 1 Duds tt ~~ <br />vironmental Protection Specialist <br />JJD/Jrc <br />