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1111111111111N1111 - <br />STATE OF CULUI~~U <br />DIVISION OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY <br />Department of Natural Resources <br />I ] I J Sherman St ,Room ? 15 <br />D?nver, Colorado 80203 D I `/ I S I O N o f <br />Phone (303) 866-3567 M[ N E R A L$ <br />FAX. (3031832-8106 & <br />GEOLOGY <br />0.EClAMATION <br />May 31, 2001 MINING•SAFETY <br />Bill Owens <br />Chuck Roberts governor <br />Department of Natural Resources Greg E. Watcher <br />Division of Water Resources Executive Director <br />1313 Sherman Street, Room 818 Michael B. Long <br />Division Director <br />Denver, CO 80203 <br />Re: Bowie No. 2 Mine (Permit No. C-1996-083) <br />Permit Revision Application No. 5 (PR-5) <br />Mine Plan Change <br />Deaz Mr. Roberts: <br />The Division of Minerals and Geology hereby issues notice, in accordance with Title 34, Article 33, Section I I8, <br />Paragraph 3, of the Colorado Revised Statutes, that on May 29, 2001, an application to revise coal mining <br />operations at the Bowie No. 2 Mine was considered complete for the purposes of filing. All review and comment <br />periods as provided in the Act and the Regulations initiate from this date of filing. <br />Approval of this permit revision would increase the permit boundary to the west by 560 acres and allow for <br />longwall mining west of the present mining, and west of the main fault, but just east of Terror Creek. <br />Additionally, it is being proposed that one gob vent borehole and its associated light use road would be <br />constructed. All 560 proposed additional acres are on Federal land and, with this approval, would bring the <br />remainder of the Iron Point Tract Federal Coal Lease into the Bowie No. 2 permit. A portion of the proposed <br />mining had previously been approved as retreat mining of a room and pillar operation. <br />The Underground coal mining operation is on land located approximately 5 miles Northeast of Paonia, Colorado. <br />The permit area is further described as follows: <br />Portions of Sections 2, 3, 4, 9, l0, 11, 14, I5, and 16, Township 13 South, Range 91 West of the 6th P.M. <br />Portions of Sections 33 and 34, Township 12 South, Range 91 West of the 6th P.M. <br />The above-mentioned trncts of land are shown on USGS 7.5 minute Quadrangle map of Bowie. <br />A copy of the revision application is available for public inspection at the Paonia Public Library, 140 Grand <br />Avenue, Paonia, CO 81428, and at the Division office. For additional information, to provide written comments, <br />or to request an informal conference, contact the Division of Minerals and Geology, Room 215, 1313 Sherman <br />Street, Denver, Colorado 80203, (303) 866-3567, within thirty (30) days after the last public notice in the Delra <br />Caunry Independent. <br />Sincerely, <br />~~ ~~~ <br />seVb ph J. Dud"ash <br />Environmental Protection Specialist <br />C PR-OS C19960R3 lID 200105JI_1014f9 AM.tloc <br />