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STATE OF COLORADO <br />DIVISION OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY <br />Depdriment of Natural Resources <br />1313 Sherman 51., Room ? I S <br />Denver, (_OlOrddo 80203 DIVISION O F <br />Phone: 0031 856-3557 MINERAL S <br />FAX: U03) 832-8106 & <br /> GEOLOGY <br /> RECLAMATION <br />April 27, 1999 MINING•SAFETY <br />Delta County Health Department sou owes: <br /> Governor <br />2$5 Wesl6 <br /> GregE Watcher <br />Delta, CO 81416 Ezecmrve Director <br /> hnchael B. Long <br />Re: Bowie Mine No. 1 (Permit No. C-81-038) D~~~:.on Director <br />Technical Revision Application No. 31 (TR-31) <br />Incorporate Revised Air Emissions Permits into Permit <br />Dear Sir or Madam: <br />The Division of Minerals and Geology hereby issues notice, in accordance with Title 34, Article 33, Section 116, Paragraph <br />4, of the Colorado Revised Statutes, that on April 26, 1999, an application to revise coal mining operations at the Bowie Mine <br />No.l wasconsideredcompleteforthepurposesoffiling. TherevisionwassubmittedbyBowieResourcesLimitea. All review <br />and comment periods as 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. I <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 [he train loadout from 1.7 million tons per year [0 3.0 million tons per year. The air emissions permit <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 facilitiesor the hydrologic protection system. There will be an increase in the water consumptiveuse at the nain <br />loadout. <br />The undergroundcoal mining operation is on land located approximately 3 miles north of Paonia, Colorado. The permit area <br />is further described as follows: <br />Portions of Sections I, 2, 3, 10-I5, 22-25, Township 13 South, Range 92 Wes[ of the 6th P.M. <br />Portions of Sections 5-8. 17-19, 29-32, Township l3 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 technical revision application is available for public inspection at the Delta County Courthouse, 5th &: Palmer, <br />Delta, CO 81416, and at the Division office. For additional informationor to provide written comments, contact the Division <br />of Minerals and Geology, Room 215, 1313 Sherman Street, Denver, 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 the Division within thirty (30) days of the publication of the public notice of the completeness <br />for th is Technical Revision. If no comments are received by then, we will proceed on [he assumption that you have no concerns <br />with, or objections to, the applicant's proposal. <br />Sincerely, <br />. ~~~ <br />sep 1. Dudash <br />Environmental Protection Specialist <br />11D/JRC M`OSSU0.C\TE?IPROJOie0811D <br />