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
DIVISION OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY
Department of Natural Resources
1313 Sherman St., Room 215
Denver, Colorado 80203
Phone: [phone]
FAX: [phone]
November 24, 2004
Assistant State Supervisor
Fish and Wildlife Enhancement
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
764 Horimn Drive, South Annex A
Grand Junction, CO 81506-3904
Re: Bowie Mine No. l (Permit No. C-1981-038)
Technical Revision Application No. 45 (TR-45)
Reduction of Subsidence Monitoring
Dear Sir or Madam:
COLORADO
DIVISION OF
MIN SRALS
GEOLOGY
0.ECLAN ATION•MIN ING
SArETY•Sp ENCE
Bill Owens
Governor
Russell George
Executive DireROr
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 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.
ht 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 are 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 area.
There has not been any mining at the Bowie No. 1 Mine since December 1997.-The mining method was room and
pillaz 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 potential for impacts to threatened or
endangered species of plants or animals, or wildlife species otherwise protected by federal law.
in order for us to approve this revision, we are required to make a finding that "the activities would not affect the
continued existence of endangered or threatened species or result in the destruction or adverse modification of their
critical habitats as determined under the Endangered Species Act of 1973...." We request your review and
recommendation pursuant to this finding. Please advise us if you require additional information.
Office of Office of Colorado
Mined Land Reclamation Active and Inactive Mines Geological Survey