REV102297

• Permit No: C1981038
• IBM Index Class Name: Revision
• Doc Date: 4/27/1999
• Doc Name: BOWIE 1 MINE TR31 INCORPORATE REVISED AIR EMISSION PERMITS INTO PERMIT C-81-038
• From: DMG
• To: DELTA CNTY COMMISSIONERS
• Type & Sequence: TR31
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

STATE OF COLORADO
DIVISION OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY
Department of Natural Resources
1713 Sherman St., Room 215
Denver, Colorado 8020) O t v I S I O N O F
Phone: [phone] MINERAL S
FAX: [phone] be
GEOLOGY
April 27, 1999 R E C L A M A T I O N
MI NING•SAFETY
Natural Resources Conservation Service
Delta Field Office Bill Owens
Governor
East Delta Industrial Park
Gre6 E Wakher
690 Industrial Boulevard E<ecuave D~reaor
Delta, CO 81416 nt,cnael a Long
Dieision Direuor
Re: Bowie Mine No. I (Permit No. C-81-038)
Technical Revision Application No. 31 (TR-31)
Incorporate Revised Air Emissions Permits into Permit
Dear Sir or Madam:
The Division of Minerals and Geology hereby issues notice, in accordance with Title 34, Article 33, Section 1 16, Paragraph
4, of the Colorado Revised Statutes, that on April 26, 1999, an application to revise coal mining operations at the Bowie Mine
No. I 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.
The approval of this revision would incorporate revised air emissions permits (construction permits) into the Bowie No. I
permit for the train loadout and for the mine site itself. The revised air emissions permits have increased the maximum
production limit at the train loadout from 1.7 million tons per year to 3.0 million tons per year. The air emissions permit
production limit at the mine site remains at one million tons per year. No new land will be disturbed. 1-here will not be any
changes to the facilities or the hydrologic protection system. There will be an increase in the water consumptive use at [he train
loadout.
The underground coal mining operation is on land located approximately 3 mites north of Paonia, Colorado. The permit area
is further described as Collows:
Portions of Sections 1, 2, 3, 10-15, 22-25, Township 13 South, Range 92 West of the 6th P. M.
Portions of Sections 5-8, 17-19, 29-33. Township 13 South, Range 91 Wes[ of the 6th P.M.
The above-mentioned tracts of land are shown on USGS 7.5 minute Quadrangle map of Bowie.
A copy of the technical revision application is available for public inspection at the Delta County Courthouse, 5th & Palmer,
Delta, CO 81416, and a[ [he Division office. For additional information or to provide written comments, contact the Division
of Minerals and Geology, Room 215, 1313 Sherman Street, Denver, Colomdo 80203, [phone]. In order for us [o
comply with regulatory time frames, we request that comments be submitted within fifteen (IS) days of this letter. However,
commenu may be recieved at the Division within thirty (30) days of the publication of the public notice of the completeness
for this Technical Revision. If no comments are received by then, we will proceed on the assumption that you have no concerns
with, or objections [o, the applicant's proposal.
Sincerely,
seph 1. dash
Environmental Protection Specialist
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