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<br />pIVISION OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY
<br />Department o(Natural Resources
<br />1313 Sherman St., Room 215
<br />Denver, Colorado 80203
<br />Phone: 13031 866-3 56 7
<br />FAX: (303) 832-8106
<br />August 14, 200]
<br />Carl Johnston
<br />Office of Surface D7ining
<br />Western Regional Coordinating Center
<br />1999 Broadway, Suite 3320
<br />Denver, CO 80202-5733
<br />Re: Bowie No. 2 Mine (Pecladt No. C-1996-083)
<br />Permit Revision Application No. 6 (PR-6)
<br />Unit Train Loadout
<br />Deaz Mr. ]ohnston:
<br />DIVISION OF
<br />MINERALS
<br />GEOLOGY
<br />RECLAMATION
<br />MINING•BAF ETY
<br />gill Owens
<br />Governor
<br />Greg E. Walche~
<br />Eaecutive Director
<br />btichacl B. Lang
<br />Division Director
<br />The Division of Minerals and Geology hereby issues notice, in accordance with Title 34, Article 33, Section 1 !8, Pazagraph 3,
<br />of [he Colorado Revised Statutes, that on August 14, 2001, an application to revise coal mining operations at the Bowie No. 2
<br />Mine was considered complete for the purposes of filing. All review and comment periods as provided in dte Act and the
<br />Regulations initiate from [his date of filing.
<br />Approval of this revision will permit the construction of a unit train loadout south of the present mining operation and allow for
<br />an increase in the annual coal production from 5 million tons per year to 6 million tons pcr year. The proposed Vain loadout
<br />construction will include a conveyor belt system to transport coal from the present coal stockpile, over Old Highway 133, [o a
<br />batch weigh loading system located above [he railroad Vacks. Also, [here will be 11,855 feet of new raiUoad track consVVC[ion
<br />associated with [he train loadout Sediment ,control will consist of one sed'¢nentation pond and several areas protected by
<br />berms, silt fence and sVaw bales. The design capacity of the proposed sedimentation pond is 2.41 acre-feet. The permit area
<br />will increase by 94 acres of private land, 32 acres of which will be disturbed acreage.
<br />The Underground coal mining operation is on land locs[ed approximately 5 miles Northeast of Paonia, Colorado. The permit
<br />area is further described as follows:
<br />Portions of Sections 2, 3, 4, 9, I0, 11, 14, 15, and 16, Township 13 South, Range 91 West of the 6th P.M.
<br />Portions of Sec[ioos 33 and 34, Township 12 South, Range 9I 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 Paonia Public Library, 140 Grand Avenue, Paonia,
<br />CO 81428, and at the Division office. For additional information, to provide written cotnments, or to request an informal
<br />conference, contact the Division of Minerals and Geology, Room 215, 1313 Shermatt SVeet, Denver, Colorado 80203, (303)
<br />866-3567, within thirty (30) days after the last public notice in the Delta County Independent.
<br />Sincerely,
<br />r~ ! ~A..Neo-!~
<br />seph . DIJVash
<br />Endvonmental Protection Specialist
<br />STAT£ OF COLORADO
<br />CPR~OS CI996081_Inl_20010813 236A PM
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