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
Departmem o(Narural Resources
1313 Sherman St., Room ? 15
Denver, Colorado 80'_03
Phone: [phone]
FAx. [phone]
April 37, 1999
North Fork Water Conservency District
P.G. BOx 130
HDtcnkiss. co x1419
Re: Bowie Mine No. I (Permit No. C-81-038)
Technical Revision Application No. 31 (TR-3l)
Incorporate Revised Air Emissions Permits into Permit
Dear Sir or Madam:
R~II Owem
Governor
C~eg E. Walther
E.eecmive Dveclor
Michael8 Long
Division Director
The Division of Minerals and Geology hereby issues notice, in accordance with Title 34, Article 33. Section 116, 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. 1
permit for the train loadout and for the mine site itself. The revised air emissions pelmi[s 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. There will not be any
changes to the facilities or the hydrologic protection system. There will be an increase in the water consumptive use at the train
loadout.
The underground coal mining operation is on land located approximately 3 miles north of Paonia, Colorado. Thz permit area
is further described as follows:
Potions of Sections I, 2, 3, I 0-15, 22-25, Township 13 South, Range 92 West of the 6th P. M.
Portions of Sections 5-8, 17-19, 29-32, Township l3 South, Range 91 West of the 6th P.M.
The above-mentioned tracts of land aze shown on USGS 7.5 minute Quadrangle map of Bowie.
A copy of the technical revision application is available for public inspection a[ the Delta County Courthouse, 5th S, Palmer,
Delta, CO 81416, and at the Division office. For additional information or to provide written comments, contact [he Division
of Minerals and Geology, Room 215, 1313 Sherman Street, Denver, Colorado 80203, [phone]. In order for us to
comply with regulatory time frames, we request that comments be submitted within fifteen (15) days of this letter. However,
comments may be recieved at the Division within thirty (30) days of the publication of the public notice of the completeness
for [his Technical Revision. If no comments are rzceived by [hen, we will proceed on the assumption that you have no concerns
with, or objections to, the applicant's proposal.
Sincerely,
~I r~~~..~-Q
Wseph1J. Du~sh
Environmental Protection Specialist
DIVISION O F
MIfJERALS
GEOLOGY
RECLAMATION
MI NING•SAFETY
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