REV88679

• Permit No: C1996083
• IBM Index Class Name: Revision
• Doc Date: 3/4/2004
• Doc Name: Completeness Letters
• From: DMG
• To: State & Federal Agencies
• Type & Sequence: TR32
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

STATE OF COLORADO
DIVISION OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY
Department of Natural Resources
1313 Sherman St., Room 215
Denver, Colorado 80203
Phone: (303) g66-3567
FAX: [phone]
COLORADO
DIVISION O F
MINERALS
GEOLOGY
0.EC LANATION•NINING
SAFETY•SCIENCE
Bill Owens
Governor
Mazch 4, 2004
Tom Speae
SW Regional Wildlife Manager
Colorado Division of Wildlife
SW Regional Service Center
I51 W. ] 6th St.
Durango, CO 81301
Re: Bowie No. 2 Mine (Permit No. C-1996-083)
Technical Revision Application No. 32 (TR-32)
Dri112 GOB Vent Boreholes And Get Bond Reduction For 4 Exploration Holes
Dear Mr. Spezze:
Russell George
Executive Director
Ronald W. Cattany
Division Director
Natural Resource Trustee
The Division of Minerals and Geology hereby issues notice, in accordance with Title 34, Article 33, Section 116,
Paragraph 4, of the Colorado Revised Statutes, that on March 4, 2004, an application to revise coal mining
operations at the Bowie No. 2 Mine was considered
submitted by Bowie Resources Limited. All review
Regulations initiate from this date of filing.
complete for the purposes of filing. The revision was
and comment periods as provided in the Act and the
In Technical Revision No.32, Bowie Resources Limited (BRL) is proposing to drill three gob vent boreholes and
to delete from the drilling plan, and obtain a bond reduction for, four undrilled exploration holes. The three
proposed gob vent borehole drill sites are in the southwest comer of the permit area. Of these three gob vent
boreholes, two are located on land owned liy BRL while one is on land managed by the Bureau of Land
Management (BLM). Right of entry to the BLM site is through 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. Therefore, there will not be any new
surface disturbance associated with these three drill sites. The four deleted exploration drill sites were proposed
for the Terror Creek area.
The underground coal mining operation is on land located approximately 5 miles Northeast of Paonia, Colorado.
The permit area is further described as follows:
Portions of Sections 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10, 11, 14, 15, 16, and 22, Township 13 South, Range 91 West of the 6th P.M.
Portions of Sections 33 and 34, Township 12 South, Range 91 West of the 6th P.M.
The above-mentioned tracts of land aze shown on USGS 7.5 minute Quadrangle map of Bowie.
Because the above referenced technical revision application would alter previously approved permit conditions or
mitigation measures, we are requesting your agency's evaluation of the proposal.
Your comments and concerns relating to the adequacy of fish and wildlife resources information, the fish and
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