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STATE OF COLORADO
<br />DIVISION OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY
<br />Department of Natural Resources
<br />1373 Sherman St., Room 275
<br />Denver, Colorado 80203
<br />Phone: (303) 666-3567
<br />FAX: (303) 832-8106
<br />Mazch 4, 2004
<br />Cazl Johnston
<br />Office of Surface Mining
<br />Western Regional Coordinating Center
<br />1999 Broadway, Suite 3320
<br />P.O. Box 46667
<br />Denver, CO 80201-6667
<br />Re: Bowie No. 2 Mine (Permit No. C-1996-083)
<br />Technical Revision Application No. 32 (TR-32)
<br />Dri112 GOB Vent Boreholes And Get Bond Reduction For 4 Eaploration Holes
<br />Deaz Mr. Johnston:
<br />OLORADO
<br />(VISION O F
<br />IN SRALS
<br />EOLOGY
<br />:LAMATION•MINING
<br />SAFETT•SCIENCE
<br />Bill Owens
<br />Governor
<br />Russell George
<br />Executive DireQOr
<br />Ronald W. Cattany
<br />Division Director
<br />Natural Resource Trustee
<br />The Division of Minerals and Geology hereby issues notce, in accordance with Title 34, Article 33, Section 116, Paragraph 4,
<br />of the Colorado Revised Statutes, that on March 4, 2004, 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 Limited. 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. 32, Bowie Resources Limited (BRL) is proposing to drill three gob vent boreholes and to delete
<br />from the drltling plan, and obtain a bond reduction for, four tmdtilled exploration holes. The three proposed gob vent borehole
<br />drill sites are in the southwest comer of the pemtit azea. Of these tluee gob vent boreholes, two aze located on land owned by
<br />BRL while one is on land managed by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). Right of entry to the BLM site is through
<br />Federal Coal Lease COC-61209. Two of the sites will be on existing drill sites and one will be on a wide section of the road.
<br />Therefore, there will not be any new sur&ce disturbance associated with these three drill sites. The four deleted exploration
<br />drill sites were proposed for the Terror Creek azea.
<br />The underground coal Irlining operntion 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, l 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 aze 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
<br />of publication of this notice, the applicant is additionally required to place a copy of this application at the Paonia Public
<br />Library, 140 Grand Avenue, Paonia, CO 81428, and at the Division office. For additional information or to provide written
<br />comments, contact the Division of Minerals and Geology, Room 215, 1313 Sherman Skeet, Denver, Colorado 80203,
<br />(303) 866-3567. Tn order for us to comply with regulatory time frames, we request that comments be submitted within
<br />fifteen (15) days of this letter. If no comments aze received by then, we will proceed on the assumption that you have no
<br />concerns with, or objections to, the applicant's proposal.
<br />Sincerely, /~
<br />r~ ~L9ia-c~F-~
<br />J seph . DuddsN
<br />nvironmental Protection Specialist
<br />C-Taft@g6f996083_JJD_20040304_30821 PM Offce of Colorado
<br />Mined Land Reclamation Active and Inactive Mines Geological Survey
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