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<br />STATE OF COLOIZP~vO
<br />DIVISION OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY
<br />Department of Natural Resources
<br />1313 Sherman Sr.. Room 215
<br />D=over, Colorado 80203
<br />Phone: (3031 9fifi~3567
<br />FAx: 1303) 832-8106
<br />May 31, 2001
<br />Susan Starcevich
<br />Western Area Power Administration
<br />12155 West Alameda Parkway
<br />Lakewood, CO 80223
<br />Re: Bowie No. 2 Mine (Permit No. C-1996-083)
<br />Permit Revision Application No. 5 (PR-5), Mine Plan Change
<br />Dear Ms. Starcevich:
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<br />DIVISION OF
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<br />Governor
<br />Greg E. Walther
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<br />M¢hael B. Long
<br />Division Direrror
<br />The Division of Minerals and Geology hereby issues no[ice,in accordance with Title 34, Article 33, Section 118,
<br />Paragraph 3, of the Colorado Revised Statutes, that on May 29, 2001, an application to revise coal mining
<br />operations at the Bowie No. 2 Mine was considered complete for the purposes of filing. All review and comment
<br />periods as provided in the Act and the Regulations initiate from [his date of filing.
<br />Approval of this permit revision would increase the permit boundary to the west by 560 acres and allow for
<br />longwall 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 />constmcted. All 560 proposed additional acres are on Federal land and, with this approval, would bring [he
<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 retreat mining of a room and pillar operation.
<br />Larry Routten of the Division had contacted you on April 18, 2000 concerning the possibility of the Bowie No. 2
<br />Mine conducting underground coal mining near or beneath the Curecanti-RiFle 230/345-KV transmission line.
<br />With this proposed action, underground mining would come within about 1200 feet of the transmission line, and
<br />the effects from subsidence even closer than that. Enclosed is a copy of a portion of the mine plan map.
<br />The Underground coal mining operation is on land located approximately 5 miles Northeast of Paonia, Colorado.
<br />The permit area is further described as follows:
<br />Portions of Sections 2, 3, 4, 9, 10, 11, 14, 15, 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 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
<br />Avenue, Paonia, CO 81428, and at the Division office. For additional information, to provide written comments,
<br />or to request an informal conference, contact the Division of Minerals and Geology, Room 215, 1313 Sherman
<br />Street, Denver, Colorado 80203, (303) 866-3567, within thirty (30) days after the last public notice in [he Uelta
<br />County Ltdependent.
<br />Sincerely,
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<br />Environmental Protection Specialist Enclosure cPR-os_clveeoaz_»D zoolossl _1lnaa3 Ant.dne
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