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
pIVISION OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY
Department of Natural Resources
1313 Sherman St., Room 215
Denver, Colorado 80203
Phone: [phone]
FAX: [phone]
November 24, 2004
Cazl Johnston
Office of Surface Mining
Western Regional Coordinating Center
1999 Broadway, Suite 3320
P.O. Box 46667
Denver, CO 80201-6667
Re: Bowie Mine No. 1 (Permit No. C-1981-038)
Technical Revision Application No. 45 (TR-45)
Reduction of Subsidence Monitoring
Dear Mr. Johnston:
COLORADO
DIVISION OF
MINERALS
GEOLOGY
REC LAMATION•MINING
SAFETT•SQEN CE
Bill Owens
Governor
Russell George
Executive DirMOr
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 November 24, 2004, an application 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 Resources, LLC. All
review and comment periods as provided in the Act and the Regulations inifiate from this date of filing.
In Technical Revision No. 45 (TR-45), Bowie Resources LLC (BRL) is proposing a reduction in the subsidence monitoring
program at the Bowie No. 1 Mine. BRL is requesting that thirteen wide-spaced subsidence monitoring locations be eliminated
from the program. The subsidence monuments aze located on private surface land and on surface land managed by the Bureau
of Land Management (BLM). The coal reserves aze managed by the BLM. The thirteen subsidence monuments are located in
the East Mine area, the West Mine azea and the Stevens Gulch azea. 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 1, 2, 10-15, 22-25, Township 13 South, Range 92 West of the 6th P.M.
Portions of Sections 5-8, 17-19, 29 and 30, Township l3 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 nofice, the applicant is additionally required to place a copy of [his application at the Paonia Public Library,
140 Grand Ave., Paonia, CO 81428, and at the Division office. For additional information or to provide written comments,
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 (15) 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,
r~ ~.r.-~+-o-~
J seph DudaGtl
nvironmental Protection Specialist
C-TR-03 C198I038 J1D 20041124 102440 AM
Office of
Mined Land Reclamation
Office of
Active and Inactive Mines
Colorado
Geological Survey