REV98653

• Permit No: C1996083
• IBM Index Class Name: Revision
• Doc Date: 3/20/2001
• Doc Name: Completeness Letters
• From: DMG
• To: State & Federal Agencies
• Type & Sequence: TR19
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

STATE OF COLORADO
DIVISION OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY
Department of Natural Resources
1313 Sherman SC, Room 215
Denver, Colorado 80203
Phone: [phone]
FAX: [phone]
March 20,2001
Duane Freeman
Delta County Planning Department
Planning Director
5th & Palmer
Delta, CO 81416
Re: Bowie No. 2 Mine (Permit No. C-1996-083)
Technical Revision Application No. 19 (TR-19)
Add Train Loadout and Stockpile Area to Permit
Dear Mr. Freeman:
DIVISION OF
MINERALS
GEOLOGY
RECLAMATION
MINING•SAFETY
Bill Owens
Governor
Greg E. Walther
Executive Director
Michael R. Long
Division Director
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 March 19, 2001, an application to revise coal mining
operations at the Bowie No. 2 Mine was considered complete for the purposes of filing. The revision was
submitted by Bowie Resources Limited. All review and comment periods as provided in the Act and the
Regulations initiate from this date of filing.
Technical Revision No. 19 provides for [he addition of [he Bowie No. 1 Train Loadout and Stockpile Area,
including the associated reclamation liability, into the Bowie No. 2 Mine Permit. Under a separate revision,
Technical Revision No. 35, the train Loadout and stockpile area, and the associated reclamation liability, would be
removed from the Bowie No. 1 Mine Permit. No other changes would occur with this revision.
The Underground coal mining operation is on land Located approximately 5 miles northeast of Paonia, Colorado.
The permit area is further described as follows:
Portions of Sections 2, 3, 4, 9, 10, 11, 14, I5, and 16, 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 map of Bowie.
The applicant is required to publish notice in a local newspaper that this application has been deemed complete.
A[ the time of publication of this notice, the applicant is additionally required to place a copy of this application at
the Paonia Public Library, 140 Grand Avenue, Paonia, CO 81428, and at the Division office. For additional
information or to provide written comments, contact the Division of Minerals and Geology, Room 215,
1313 Sherman Street, Denver, Colorado 80203, [phone]. In order for us [o comply with regulatory time
frames, we request that comments be submitted within fifteen (IS) days of [his letter. If no comments are received
by then, we will proceed on the assumption [ha[ you have no concerns with, or objections [o, the applicant's
proposal.
Sincerely,
D
eph J. Du~ash
Environmental Protection Specialist
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