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<br />aTATE III IIIIIIIIIIIIIIII <br />OF COLORADO <br />DIV lS10N OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY <br />Department o(Natural Resources <br />1317 Sherman St., Room 215 <br />Denver, COIoraJo BO203 DIVISION O F <br />Phone: 13031 866-3567 MINERAL S <br />FAX. (307) H32-8106 & <br /> GEOLOGY <br /> <br />February 19, 1999 RECLAMATION <br />MINING•SAFETY <br />North Fork Water Conservency District Bill Owens <br />P.O. Box 130 Governor <br /> <br />FIO[Chk15s, CO 3I4I9 Greq E Watcher <br />Execwive Dlrcnor <br /> Michael B. Long <br />Re: Bowie No. 2 Mine (Permit No. C-96-083) Dmi:ion Olreaor <br />Technical Revision Application No. 9 (TR-9) <br />Incidental Boundary Change <br />Dear Sir or Madam: <br />The Division of Minerals and Geology hereby issues notice, in accordance with Title 34, Article 33, Section 116, <br />Paragraph 4, of the Colorado Revised Statutes, that on February 18, 1999, an application to revise coal mining <br />operations at the Bowie No. 2 Mine was considered complete for the purposes of filing. The revision was submitted <br />by Bowie Resources Limited. All review and comment periods as provided in the Act and the Regulations initiate <br />from this date of filing. <br />Approval of this technical revision would allow an incidental boundary change in order to conduct development <br />mining in federal coal. This technical revision can not be approved until Bowie Resources has secured the federal <br />lease for the right of entry to that federal coal. The incidental boundary change would add 59 acres of private surface <br />and 20 acres of federal surface to the northwest comer of the permit area. The entire 79 acre proposed addition is <br />federal coal. There would not be any change in the conventional room and pillar mining method employed nor <br />would there be any increase in the production rate. <br />The underground coal mining operation is on land located approximately 5 miles northeast of Paonia, Colorado. The <br />permit area is further described as follows: <br />Portions of Sections 2, 3, 4, 9, 10, 1 I, 14, I5, and 16, Township l3 South, Range 91 Wes[ 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 technical revision application is available for public inspection at the Delta County Courthouse, 5th <br />& Palmer, Delta, CO 81416, and at the Division office. For additional information or to provide written comments, <br />contact the Division of Minerals and Geology, Room 21~, 1313 Sherman Street, Denver, Colorado 80203, <br />(303) 866-367. In order for us to comply with regulatory time frames, we request that comments be submitted <br />within fifteen (I ~) days of this letter. If no comments are received by then, we will proceed on the assumption that <br />you have no concerns with, or objections to, the applicant's proposal. <br />Sincerely, <br />~ ~~ G <br />seph J. Dudash <br />Environmental Protection Specialist <br />M 9055'JRCSEMP'J10108311.))D <br />