2008-02-15_REVISION - C1996083 ‎(4)‎

• Permit No: C1996083
• IBM Index Class Name: REVISION
• Doc Date: 2/15/2008
• Doc Name: Requesting Assistance for Review
• From: Joe Dudash
• To: Kent Gorham
• Type & Sequence: PR11
• Email Name: JJD
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

STATE OF COLORADO
DIVISION OF RECLAMATION, MINING AND SAFETY
Department of Natural Resources
1313 Sherman St., Room 215
Denver, Colorado 80203 COLORADO
Phone: [phone] DIV RECLAMATION I ON OF
FAX: [phone] MINING

SAFETY
DATE: February 15, 2008
Bill Ritter, Jr.
Governor
TO: Kent Gorham Harris D. Sherman
Executive Director

FROM:
/Joe Dudash Ronald W. Cattany
Division Director
Natural Resource Trustee
RE: Bowie No. 2 n, Permit No. C-1996-083, Bowie Resources LLC
Permit Revision No. 11, Northern Extension of B-seam Mine Plan and
Federal Coal Lease Modification
I am requesting your assistance in the review of the subsidence aspects of Permit Revision No. 1 l
(PR-11), submitted by Bowie Resources LLC (BRL) for the Bowie No. 2 Mine.
In PR-11, BRL is proposing to revise its approved mine plan by extending mining of the B-seam
coal to the north. The revised mine plan is needed due to difficult mining conditions. The current
mine plan involves longwall panels that trend generally east-west and are located just south of
Dove Gulch. The effects from subsidence are at least one mile from the Bruce Park Dam and the
Terror Creek Reservoir. In PR-11, BRL is proposing longwall panels that trend generally north-
south and extend northward under Dove Gulch and beyond the currently approved northern
permit boundary. The effects of subsidence would be within 1370 feet of the Bruce Park Dam and
within 750 feet of the Terror Creek Reservoir. BRL has applied for a Federal coal lease
modification to Federal coal lease COC 61209 for this additional northern area, which would
increase the permit area by about 560 acres.
The mine plan change proposed in PR-11 supersedes the mine plan change that had been
proposed in Permit Revision No. 10 (PR-10), which is currently under review. However, PR-10
also contains a general proposal to mine within one mile of the Bruce Park Dam and the Terror
Creek Reservoir and to set up an accompanying seismic and subsidence monitoring program.
Therefore, the review of PR-10, as it relates to this general proposal, will continue.
Attached is one complete copy of the PR-11 submittal. If you need additional information, please
let me know. The adequacy review letter is due Monday, April 14, 2008. I would appreciate
receiving your adequacy review memo by Thursday, April 10, 2008. Thanks for your assistance!
Attachments
cc: Sandy Brown (without attachments)
Dan Hernandez (without attachments)
c:/word/bowie2/prI 1 memo 1
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