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STATE OF COLORADO DIVISION OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY Department of Natural Resources 1313 Sherman St., Room 215 C O I. Q RAD O Denver, Colorado 80203 DIVISION O E Phone: (303) 866-3567 - M I N S RA 1. $ FAX: (303) 832-8106 G E Q 1. C1 Ci Y RECLAMATION•MINING SAFETY•SCIENCE November 24 2004 Bill Owens , Governor Russell George Tom Spezze rxecutive Director SW Regional Wildlife Manager Ronald W. Cattany Colorado Division of Wildlife Division Director SW Reglonal servlce Center Natural Resource Trustee 151 W. 16th St. Durango, CO 81301 Re: Bowie Mine No. 1 (Permit No. C-1981-038) Technical Revision Application No. 45 (TR-45) Reduction of Subsidence Monitoring Deaz Mr. Spezze: 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 initiate 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 are managed by the BLM. The thirteen subsidence monuments are located in the East Mine area, the West Mine area 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 13 South, Range 91 West of the 6th P.M. The above-mentioned tracts of land are shown on USGS 7.5 minute Quadrangle maps of Bowie and Gray Reservoir. 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 offish and wildlife resources information, the fish and wildlife plan, and the reclamation plan as it relates to fish and wildlife considerations, including potential impacts to threatened or endangered species, are requested. If wildlife habitat is the proposed postmining land use, we request your evaluation of potential adverse impacts. Office of Mined I and Reclamation Office of Active and Inactive Mines Colorado Geological Survey