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STATE OF COLORADO
<br />DIVISION OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY
<br />Department of Natural Resources
<br />1313 Sherman St., Room 275
<br />Denver, Colorado 80203
<br />Phone: (303) 866-3567
<br />FAX: (303) 832.8106
<br />Mazch 4, 2004
<br />James S. Geier
<br />Colorado Department of Health
<br />Av Pollution Control Division
<br />4300 Chetry Creek Drive South
<br />Denver, CO 80222-1530
<br />Re: Bowie No. 2 Mine (Permit No. C-1996083)
<br />Technical Revision Application No. 32 frR-32)
<br />Drill2 GOB Vent Boreholes And Get Bond Reduction For 4 Exploration Holes
<br />Deaz Mr. Geier:
<br />COLORADO
<br />DtVI510N OF
<br />MINERALS
<br />GEOLOGY
<br />0.ECLAMATION•MI NINO
<br />EAFETY•SCIENCE
<br />Bill Owens
<br />Governor
<br />Russell George
<br />Executive Director
<br />Ronald W. G3ttany
<br />Division Dln`C(Or
<br />Natural Resource Trustee
<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 Mazch 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. Ali 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 drilling plan, and obtain a bond reduction for, four andrilled exploration holes. The three proposed gob vent borehole
<br />drill sites are in the southwest comer of the permit area, Of these three gob vent boreholes, two are 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 surface disturbance associated with these three drill sites. The four deleted exploration
<br />drill sites were proposed for the Terror Creek area.
<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, 1Q, I I, 14, I5, ] 6, 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, 1313 Shemtan Street, Denver, Colorado 80203, (303) 866-3567. [n
<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, ~fvl (~
<br />J seph . Dudys~
<br />nvironmental Protection Specialist
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<br />Mined Land Rxlama[ion Attive and Inactive Mines Geological Survey
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