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<br />STATE OF COLORADO
<br />DIVISION OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY
<br />Deparimenl of Nalu ral Resources
<br />1313 8herrwn St., Room '_ 15
<br />Denver, Colorado 110203
<br />Phone: 13031 666-35 f,,'
<br />FAX: 0071 832~610ri
<br />May 27, 1999
<br />Mike Ward
<br />U.S. Forest Service
<br />Paonia Ranger District
<br />P.O. Box ]030
<br />Paonia, CO 84128
<br />Re: Bowie No. 2 Mine (Permit No. C-96-OS-;)
<br />Permit Revision Application No. 3 (PR-3)
<br />Conveyor, Coal Stockpile, Truck Loading System, New Pond and Production Increase
<br />Dear Mr. Ward:
<br />DIVISION OF
<br />MINERALS
<br />GEOLOGY
<br />R E C L A M A T I O N
<br />ry INING•SAFE TY
<br />adl o..,,n,
<br />Governor
<br />grey E. w,leher
<br />E.ccume Dir~cror
<br />htichael 9. Long
<br />Dn•isinn 6~eao•
<br />The Division of Minerals and Geology hereby issues notice, in accordance with Title 34, Anicle 33, Sec[ion 118, Paragraph
<br />3, of the Colorado Revised Statues, [hat on May 27, 1999, an application to revise coal mining operations at the Bowie No.
<br />2 Mine was considered complete for the purposes of tiling. All review and comment periods as provided in the Ac[ and the
<br />Regulations initiate from this dale of filing.
<br />Approval of thts permit revision would allow fur 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 an[icipated annual coal production at
<br />[he 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 N an area nonh and immediately adjacen[ 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 4.1 acre-feet. The present pond B holds 2.49 acre-feet of water.
<br />The underground coal muting operation is on land located approximately 5 miles nor[heas[ of Paonia, Colorado. The permit
<br />area is further described as follows:
<br />Portions of Sections 2, 3, 4, 9, 10, 11, 14, l5, and l6, Township 13 South, Range 91 West of the 6[h P.M.
<br />7'he above-mentioned trac[s 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 a[ [he 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 last public notice in the Delta County lndeperldenl.
<br />Sincerely,
<br />D~..~-R
<br />seph J. Du~sh
<br />Environmental Protection Specialist
<br />IJD/JRC
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