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III IIIIIIIIIIIII III <br />999 <br />STATE OF COLORADO <br />DIVISION OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY <br />Department o1 Natural Resources <br />1313 Sherman 51., Room 215 <br />Denver, Colorado 80'.03 DIVISION o F <br />Phone: 1303) 866-3567 MINERAL S <br />FAX: (3031832-8106 & <br /> GEOLOG'i' <br /> RECLAMATION` <br />May 31, 2001 MINING•SAFETI' <br />Delta County Commissioners siol ono; s <br />County Commissioner eres t. warner <br />5th & Palmer EKecmive Duecmr <br />Delta, CO 81416 /Michael B Long <br /> Dwn~on Director <br />Re: Bowie No. 2 Mine (Permit No. C-1996-083) <br />Permit Revision Application No. 5 (PR-5) <br />Mine Plan Change <br />Dear Delta County Conunissioners: <br />The Division of Minerals and Geology hereby issues notice, in accordance with Title 34, Article 33, Section ] 18, <br />Paragraph 3, of the Colorado Revised Statutes, that on May 29, 2001, a permit revision application for a permit to <br />conduct coal mining operations, Permit No. C-1996-083 by Bowie Resources Limited, was considered complete <br />for the purposes of filing. All review and comment periods as provided in the Colorado Surface Coal Mining <br />Reclamation Act and the Rules and Regulations of the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Board for Coal Mining <br />initiate from this date of filing. <br />Approval of this permit revision would increase the permit boundary to the west by 560 acres and allow for <br />Iongwall 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 />conswcted. All 560 proposed additional" acres aze 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 retrea[ mining of a room and pillar operation. <br />The Underground coal mining operation is located approximately 5 miles Northeast of Paonia, Colorado. The <br />permit area is further described as follows: <br />Portions of Sections 2, 3, 4, 9, 10, 11, 14, I5, and 16, Township 13 South, Range 91 West of the 6th P.M. <br />Portions of Sections 33 and 34, Township 12 South, Range 91 West of the 6th Y.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 <br />Avenue, Paonia, CO 81428. For additional information, to provide written comments, or request an informal <br />conference, contact the Division of Minerals and Geology, Room 215, 1313 Shermatl Street, Denver, Colorado <br />80203, (303) 866-3567, within thirty (30) days after the last public notice in the Delta County Independent. <br />Sincerely, <br />~~Q <br />eph .Dinh <br />Environmental Protection Specialist <br />C~PR.03 C199b083 JJD 20010571_I11158 AM,EOc <br />