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iii iiiiiiiiuiiiiii <br />999 <br />STATE OF COLORADO <br />DIVISION OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY <br />Department of Natural Resources <br />1 J 1 J Sherman 51 ,Room 215 <br />Denver, Colorado 80203 <br />Phone: (3U.3) 866-3567 <br />FA%. (}031 83?-8106 <br />May 31, 2001 <br />~~ <br />DIVISION OF <br />MINERALS_ <br />GEOLOGI- <br />RECLAMATION <br />MINING•SAFETY- <br /> <br />Leroux Creek Water Users Association B~II Owens <br />envernor <br />P.O. Box 130 ores t. w,lcnor <br />IIOIChkisS, CO 81419 Eneculne Direr-tor <br /> Mir hael B. Long <br /> Orvision Director <br />Re: Bowie No. 2 Mine (PerTrrit No. C-1996-083) <br />Permit Revision Application No. 5 (PR-5) <br />Mine Plan Change <br />Deaz Sir or Madam: <br />The Division of Minerals and Geology hereby issues notice, in accordance with Title 34, Article 33, Section 118, <br />Paragraph 3, of the Colorado Revised Statutes, that on May 29, 2001, an application to revise coal mining <br />operations at the Bowie No. 2 Mine was considered complete for the purposes of filing. All review and comment <br />periods as provided in the Ac[ and [he Regulations initiate from this date of filing. <br />Approval of this petmit revision would increase the permit boundary to the west by 560 acres and allow for <br />longwall mining west of the present mining, and west of the main fault, but just east of Terror Creek. <br />Additionally, it is being proposed that one gob vent borehole and its associated light use road would be <br />constmcted. All 560 proposed additional acres are on Federal land and, with this approval, would bring the <br />remainder of the Iron Point Tract Federal Coal Lease into the Bowie No. 2 permit. A portion of the proposed <br />mining had previously been approved as retreat mining of a room and pillar operation. <br />The Underground coal mining operation is on land located approximately 5 miles Northeast of Paonia, Colorado. <br />The permit area is further described as follows: <br />Portions of Sections 2, 3, 4, 9, 10, 11, 14, 15, and 16, Township 13 South, Range 91 West of the 6th P.M. <br />Portions of Sections 33 and 34, Township ]2 South, Range 9l West 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 revision application is available for public inspection at [he Paonia Public Library, 140 Grand <br />Avenue, Paonia, CO 81428, and at the Division office. For additional information, to provide written comments, <br />or ro request an informal conference, contact the Division of Minerals and Geology, Room 215, 1313 Sherman <br />Street, Denver, Colorado 80203, (303) 866-3567, within thirty (30) days after the last public notice in the Delta <br />County /ndependent. <br />Sincerely, <br />(L`1~/ ~~ <br />eph J. DudBSh <br />Environmental Protection Specialist <br />C PR-OS C19960HJ J1D '_00105JI_I10115 AM.tloc <br />