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<br />STATE OF COLORADO
<br />DIVISION OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY
<br />Dcpanmrrn ui N.uural Fesources
<br />1313 Sherman SL, Room ? 15
<br />Denver, Colurado Bn?03
<br />Phone: (3071 gE,h 35ri7
<br />FAX. (3031 83?~81 UG
<br />May 27, 1999
<br />Leroux Creek Water Users Association
<br />P.O. Box 130
<br />Hotchkiss, CO 81419
<br />DIVISION OF
<br />MINERALS
<br />GEOLOGY
<br />0.ECLAMATIGN
<br />MINING•SAFETY
<br />Bill Owens
<br />Governor
<br />Greg E \V.il<her
<br />Evecuuve Director
<br />M1hchael B. Lonµ
<br />Dwmm~ Duectnr
<br />Re: Bowie No. 2 Mine (Permit No. C-96-083)
<br />Permit Revision Application No. 3 (PR-3)
<br />Conveyor, Coal Stockpile, Truck Loading System, New Pond and Production Increase
<br />Dear Sir or Madam:
<br />The Division of Minerals and Geology hereby issues notice, in accordance with Title 34, Article 33, Section I18, Paragraph
<br />3, of the Colorado Revised Statutes, that on May 27, 1999, an application to revise coal mining operations at the Bowie No.
<br />2 Mine was considered complete for the ptu-poses of filing. All review and comment periods as provided in the Ac[ and the
<br />Regulations initiate from this dale of filing.
<br />Approval of this permit revision would allow for the construction of a downhill conveyor, 350,000 ton maximum coal
<br />stockpile, coal haul track loading facility, a sedimentation pond and an increase in the anticipated annual coal production at
<br />the Bowie No. 2 Mine from the present 2 million tons per year [0 5 million tons per year. The coal stockpile and [he [ruck
<br />loading facility wou]d be in an area north and immediately adjacent to Old Hi~tway 133. The new sedimentation pond, which
<br />would replace the present western-most pond B, would 6e located south and itrtmediately adjacent to Old Highway 133,
<br />enlarging the permit area by 6 acres on land owned by Bowie Resources. The designed water holding capacity of the new
<br />pond is 4.1 acre-feet. The present pond B holds 2.49 acre-feet of water.
<br />The underground coal rnitting operation is on land located approximately 5 miles northeast of Paonia, Colorado. The permit
<br />area is further described as follows:
<br />Portions of Sections 2, 3, 4, 9, 10, l 1, 14, 15, and 16, 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 the revision application is available far public inspection at the Delta County Courthouse, 5th & Palmer, Delta,
<br />CO 81416, and at the Division office. For additional infotTttation, to provide written comments, or to request an informal
<br />conference, contact the Division of Minerals and Geology. Room 215, 1313 Sherman Street, Denver, Colorado 80203, (303)
<br />866-3567, within thirty (30) days after [he last public notice in the Delta Chanty Independent.
<br />Sincerely,
<br />sep J. Dudash
<br />Environmental Protection Specialist
<br />JJD/JRC
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