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STATE OF COLORADO <br />DIVISION OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY <br />Deparlmem of Natural Resources <br />131.7 Sherman St., Room 215 <br />Denver, Cololada 110203 ~ DIVISION O F <br />Phone: (307) 866-356: MINERAL S <br />FAX: (3071 A32-8105 & I <br />GEOLOGY <br /> <br />April?7,1999 RECLAMATION <br />MINING•SAFETY <br />Richard Rudin BIII Owens <br /> Governor <br />Terror Ditch and Reservoir Company <br /> <br />P.O. BOx 1607 Greg E. Walther <br />Executive Direnor <br />Paonia, CO 81428 rot~chael B. Lang <br /> Division Direuor <br />Re: Bowie Mine No. 1 (Permit No. C-81-038) <br />Technical Revision Application No. 31 (TR-31) <br />Incorporate Revised Air Emissions Permits into Permit <br />Dear Mr. Rudin: <br />The Division of Minerals and Geology hereby issues notice, in accordance with Title 34, Article 33, Section 116, Parasraph <br />4, of the Colorado Revised Statutes, that on April 26, 1999, an application to revise coal mining opera ions at the Bowie Mine <br />No. 1 was considered complete for the purposes of filing. The revision was submitted by Bowie Resources Limited. All review <br />and comment periods az provided in the Act and the Regulations initiate from this date of filing. <br />The approval of this revision would incorporate revised air emissions permits (construction permits) into the Bowie No. 1 <br />permit for the train loadout and for the mine site itself. The revised air emissions permits have increased the maximum <br />production limit at the train loadout from 1.7 million tons per year to 3.0 million tons per year. The air emissions permi[ <br />production limit at the mine site remains at one million tons per year. No new land will be disturbed. There will not be any <br />changes to the facili[ies or the hydrologic protection system. There will be an increaze in the water consumptive use at the train <br />loadout. <br />The underground coal mining operation is on land loca[ed approximately 3 miles north of Paonia, Colorado. The permit area <br />is furher described as follows: <br />Portions of Sections I, 2, 3, 10-I5, 22-25, Township 13 South, Range 92 West of the 6th P.M. <br />Portions of Sections ~-8, 17-19, 29-32, Township 13 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 [he technical revision application is available for public inspection at the Della County Courthouse, 5[h & Palmer, <br />Delta, CO 31416, and at the Division office. For additional information or to provide written comments, contact the Division <br />of Minerals and Geology, Room 215, 1313 Sherman Street, Deliver, Colorado 80203, (303) 866-3567. In order for us to <br />comply with regulatory time Frames, we request that comments be submitted within fifteen (I S) days of this letter. However, <br />comments may be recieved at [he Division within thirty (30) days of the publication of the public notice of the completeness <br />for this Technical Revision. [f no comments are received by then, we will proceed on the assumption that you have no concerns <br />with, or objections to, the applican['s proposal. <br />Sincerely, <br />~seph J. Du ash <br />Environmental Protection Specialist <br />JJ D/J RC N ~088VRC.TE>IPR0;0781 I IID <br />