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<br />STATE OF COLORADO
<br />DIVISION OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY
<br />Duparlmem of Natural Fesources
<br />131 3 Sherman 51., Foom '_ 15
<br />D I v 15 l O N O F
<br />Denver, Colorado 80203
<br />Phone: 13031 Bur,-35n~ MINERAL S
<br />FAX (]03)812-ri106 &
<br /> GEOLOGY
<br /> RECLAMATION
<br /> MINING•SAFETY
<br />May 27, 1999
<br /> Bill Oa'ena
<br />Bob Barnes Cnvrmar
<br />Deer Trail Ditch Company c«s E. walcner
<br />1852 4365 Lane Execwne Direuor
<br />Somerset, CO 81434 Michoel B Land;
<br /> Divismn DireUOr
<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 Pood and Production Increase
<br />Dear Mr. Barnes:
<br />The Division of Minerals and Geology hereby issues notice, in accordance with Title 34, Article 33, Section 118, Paragraph
<br />3, of the Colorado Revised Statutes, that on May 27, 1999, an application to revise coal mining operations a[ the Bowie No.
<br />2 Mine was considered complete for the purposes of filing. All review and comment periods as provided in the Act and the
<br />Regulations initiate from this date of filing.
<br />Approval of this permit revision would allow for the 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 tons 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 area by 6 acres on land owned by Bowie Resources. The designed water holding capacity of the new
<br />pond is 4. l acre-feet. The present pond B holds 2.49 acre-fee[ of water.
<br />The underground coal mining operation is on land located approximately 5 miles northeast of Paonia, Colorado. The permit
<br />area is funkier described as follows:
<br />Portions of Sections 2, 3, 4, 9, 10, 11, 14, l5, and 16, Township 13 South, Range 91 West of the 6th P.tvt.
<br />The above-men[ioned 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 Courthouse, 5th & Palmer, Delta,
<br />CO 81416, and at the Division office. For additional informa[ion, to provide written comments, or to request an informal
<br />conference, contact the Division of Minerals and Geology, Room 21~, 1313 Sherman Stree[, Denver. Colorado 80203, (303)
<br />866-3567, within thirty (30) days after the last public notice in the De/rn CounN Dtdependent.
<br />Sincerely,
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<br />J sep 1. ski
<br />Environmental Protection Specialist
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