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<br />STATE OF COLORADO
<br />DIV1570N OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY
<br />Deparunrm of Naniml Resources
<br />1 313 Sherman 51.. Rnom ? 15
<br />Denver, Colora~b H02(l3
<br />Phone: L03) 856-3567
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<br />May 27, 1999
<br />Natural Resources Conservation Service
<br />Delta Field Office
<br />East Delta Industrial Park
<br />690 Industrial Boulevard
<br />Delta, CO 81416
<br />Re: Bowie No. 2 Mine (Permit No. C-96-083)
<br />Permit Revision Application No. 3 (PR-3)
<br />Conveyor, Coal Stockpile, Truck Loading System, New Pond and Production Increase
<br />Dear Sir or Madam:
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<br />DIVISION OF
<br />MINERALS
<br />GEOLOGY
<br />R E C L A M A T I O N
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<br />Grrvernor
<br />Grep E W~Ic ner
<br />E,e~~r~e Ofreuo:
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<br />The Division of Minerals and Geology hereby issues notice, in accordance with Title 34, Anicle 33, Section 118, Paragraph
<br />3, of the Colorado Revised Statutes, that on May 27, 1999, an application to revise coal mining operations at the Bowie No.
<br />2 Mine was considered complete for the ptuposes of filing. All review and comment periods as provided in the Act and the
<br />Regulations initiate from this dale of filing.
<br />Approval of this permit revision would allow far [he construction of a downhill conveyor, 350,000 ton maximum coal
<br />stockpile, coal haul truck loading facility, a sedimentation pond and an increase in the anticipated annual coal production at
<br />the Bowie No. 2 Mine from the present 2 million tons per year to 5 million tuns per year. The coal stockpile and the truck
<br />loading facility would be in an area north and immediately adjacent to Old Highway 133. The new sedimentation pond, which
<br />would replace the present western-most pond B, would be located south and immediately adjacent to Old Highway 133,
<br />enlarging the permit azea by 6 acres on land owned by Bowie Resources. The designed water holding capacity of the new
<br />pond is 4.1 acre-feet. The present pond B holds 2.49 acre-feet of water.
<br />The underground coal mining operation is on land located approximately 5 miles northeast of Paonia, Colorado. The permit
<br />area is further described as follows:
<br />Portions of Sections 2, 3, 4, 9, 10, 11, 14, 15, and lb, Township 13 South, Range 91 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 the Delta County Counhouse, 5th & Palmer, Delta,
<br />CO 81416, and at the Division office. For additional information, to provide written comments, or to request an informal
<br />conference, contact the Division of Minerals and Geology, Room 215, 1313 Sherman Street, Denver, Colorado 80203, (303)
<br />866-3567, within thirty (30) days after the (as[ public notice in the Delrn County Independeru.
<br />Sincerely,
<br />sepN J. Ch/das~`~~
<br />Environmental Protection Specialist
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