REV90834

• Permit No: C1981038
• IBM Index Class Name: Revision
• Doc Date: 11/24/2004
• Doc Name: Completeness Letters
• From: DMG
• To: State & Federal Agencies
• Type & Sequence: TR45
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

STATE OF COLORADO
Office of
Active and Inactive Mines
DIVISION OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY
Department of Natural Resources
7313 Sherman St., Room 275
Denver, Colorado 80203
Phone: [phone]
FAX: [phone]
November 24, 2004
The Pitkin Mesa Pipe Line Company
P.O. Box 402
Paonia, CO 81428
Re: Bowie Mine No. 1 (Permit No. C-1981-038)
Technical Revision Application No. 45 (TR-4~
Reduction of Subsidence Monitoring
Dear Sir or Madam
COLORADO
DIVISION O F
MINESRALS
GEOLOGY
REC LANATION•N INING
SAFETY•SOENCE
Bill Owens
Governor
Russell George
Executive Director
Ronald W. Cottony
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 Colomdo Revised Statutes, that on November 24, 2004, an applicaflon to revise coal mining operations at the Bowie
Mine No. 1 was considered complete for the purposes of filing. The revision was submitted by Bowie Resowces, LLC. All
review and comment periods as provided in dre Act and the Regulations initiate from this date of filing.
In Technical Revision No. 45 (TR-45), Bowie Resowces LLC (BRL) is proposing a reduction in the subsidence monitoring
program at the Bowie No. I Mine. BRL is requesting that thirteen wide-spaced subsidence monitoring locations be eliminated
from the program. The subsidence monuments are located on private surface land and on surface land managed by the Bweau
of land Management (BLM). The coal reserves are managed by the BLM. The thirteen subsidence monuments aze located in
the East Mine azea, the West Mine azea and the Stevens Gulch area. There has not been any mining at the Bowie No. 1 Mine
since December 1997. The mining method was room and pillar with partial extraction of the pillars during retreat mining.
The underground coal mining operation is on land located approximately 3 miles north of Paonia, Colorado. The permit area is
further described as follows:
Portions of Sections I, 2, 10-15, 22-25, Township ] 3 South, Range 92 West of the 6th P.M.
Portions of Sections 5-8, 17-19, 29 and 3Q, Township 13 South, Range 91 West of the 6th P.M.
The above-mentioned tracts of land aze shown on USGS 7.5 minute Quadrangle maps of Bowie and Gray Reservoir.
The applicant is required to publish notice in a local newspaper that this application has been deemed complete. At the time of
publication of this notice, the applicant is additionally required to place a copy of this application at the Paonia Public Library,
140 Grand Ave., Paonia, CO 81428, and at the Division office. For additional infomlation or to provide written cotments,
contact the Division of Minerals and Geology, Room 215, 1313 Sherman Street, Denver, Colorado 80203, [phone]. In
order for us to comply with regulatory time frames, we request that comments be submitted within fifteen (]5) days of this
letter. If no comments are received by then, we will proceed on the assumption that you have no concerns with, or objections
to, the applicant's proposal.
Sincerely,
J seph Dud~h
nvironmental Protecfion SDecialist
C-TR-03 CI981038 11D 20041124 102405 AM
Office of
Mined Land Reclamation
Colorado
GeoloXical Survey