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STATE OF COLORADO
<br />DIVISION OF RECLAMATION, MINING AND SAFETY
<br />Department of Natural Resources
<br />1313 Sherman St., Room 215
<br />Denver
<br />Colorado 80203 COLORADO
<br />, D
<br />DIVIE SION OF
<br />Phone: (303) 866-3567 RECLAMATION
<br />FAX: (303) 832-8106 MINING
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<br /> SAFETY
<br />October 6, 2008
<br />Bill Ritter, Jr.
<br />Arch Crouse Governor
<br />Colorado Dept of Public Health/ Environment Harris D. Sherman
<br />Air Pollution Control Division Executive Director
<br />4300 Cherry Creek Drive South Ronald W. Cattany
<br />Denver, CO 80222-1530 Division Director
<br />Natural Resource Trustee
<br />Re: Bowie No. 2 Mine (Permit No. C-1996-083)
<br />Technical Revision Application No. 56 (TR-56)
<br />Coal Waste Pile No. 2 Stability Evaluation
<br />Dear Mr. Crouse:
<br />The Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety hereby issues notice, in accordance with Title 34, Article 33, Section 116,
<br />Paragraph 4, of the Colorado Revised Statutes, that on October 6, 2008, an application to revise coal mining operations at the
<br />Bowie No. 2 Mine was considered complete for the purposes of filing. The revision was submitted by Bowie Resources, LLC.
<br />All review and comment periods as provided in the Act and the Regulations initiate from this date of filing.
<br />In Technical Revision No. 56, Bowie Resources LLC is proposing to steepen the outslopes of the 50 foot high benches that are
<br />above the first bench at coal waste bank pile No. 2. The bench outslopes would be steepened from the currently approved slope
<br />of 5 horizontal to 1 vertical to a steeper slope of 3 horizontal to 1 vertical. By steepening the bench outslopes, the operator
<br />would be able to place more coal waste at this site.
<br />The underground coal mining 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, 5, 8, 9, 10, 11, 14, 15, 16, and 22, Township 13 South, Range 91 West of the 6th P.M. Portions of
<br />Sections 33 and 34, Township 12 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 />The applicant is required to publish notice in a local newspaper that this application has been deemed complete. At the time of
<br />publication of this notice, the applicant is additionally required to place a copy of this application at the Paonia Public Library,
<br />140 Grand Avenue, Paonia, CO 81428, and at the Division office. For additional information or to provide written comments,
<br />contact the Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety, Room 215, 1313 Sherman Street, Denver, Colorado 80203,
<br />(303) 866-3567. In order for us to comply with regulatory time frames, we request that comments be submitted within fifteen
<br />(15) days of this letter. If no comments are received by then, we will proceed on the assumption that you have no concerns
<br />with, or objections to, the applicant's proposal.
<br />Sincerely,
<br />V osep J. dash L ,.,4
<br />nvironmental Protection Specialist
<br />JJD/Ahd
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