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STATE OF COLORADO
<br />DiV151E?N ?f REGEAMATION, WINING AND SAFETY
<br />Department of Natural Resources
<br />1313 Sherman St., Roam 2 ? 5
<br />Denver, ?alorado ?0?03
<br />?I,one; ?3?318Gb-35?T
<br />FAQ(: (3031 83 ?-? t ob
<br />October 19, 209
<br />Carl Johnston
<br />office of Surface Minim
<br />V4?estern Regional Coordir?.ting Center
<br />1999 Broadway, Suite 33 ??
<br />P.?. Box 4bG67
<br />Denver, C? 8421-b667
<br />fie: Bowie No.1 Mine Permit Na. -195-435)
<br />Technicaa Revision Application loo, 52 {TR ?}
<br />lease Inspections at west Ridge foal Mine waste Bank
<br />Dear Mr, Johnston;
<br />??LORA>??
<br />DIVISION QF
<br />RE>~A?4ATI?N
<br />h?INING
<br />?-?-
<br />SAFET?
<br />Bill Ritter, fir,
<br />Governor
<br />Harris D, Sherman
<br />executive Director
<br />Ronald W. Cottony
<br />Division Director
<br />Nat+?ral Resource Trustee
<br />The Division of Reclamation, Minim and Safety hereby issues notice, in accordance with Title ?4, Article ??, Secrion 11?,
<br />Paragraph 4, of the Colorado Revised Statutes, that on Qctaber 1, 2449, an application to revise coal mining operations at the
<br />Bowie 110, 1 Mine was considered complete for the purposes of filing. The revision was submitted by Bowie Resources, L1?C.
<br />All review and comment periods as provided in the Act and the Regulations initiate from this date of filing.
<br />This proposed revision will allow for the cessation of quarterly inspections of the west ridge coal mine waste disposal site.
<br />Rules of tt?e Colorado 1Vlined hand Reclamation Board state that inspections maybe terminated when the coal mine waste bank
<br />has been graded; covered; topsoil has been distributed on the waste bank; and revegetated. Final portions of the west ridge coal
<br />mine waste disposal site were graded, covered, tapsoiled and reseeded in 208.
<br />'The underground coal T111t11r1 operation is on land located approximately ? miles Forth ofPaonia, Colorado. The permit area is
<br />further described as follows:
<br />Portions of Sectzons 1, 2,10-1 ?, ??-2 S, Township 13 South, Range 9? west of the Gth P,M,
<br />Portions ofSections 5-x,17-19, 29 and 3?, Township 13 South, Range 91 west ofthe Gth P..
<br />The above-mentioned traits of land are shown Qn SSG 7.5 minute quadrangle maps of Bowie and Gray Reservoir.
<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 />Third Avenue, Paonia, C? 814$, and at the Division office. For addit7ional information or to provide written comments,
<br />contact the Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety, Room 215, 1 ? 13 Sherman Street, Denver, Colorado 8424,
<br />?303? 8??-SG7. In order for us to comply with regulatory time frames, we request that comments be submitted within fifteen
<br />? 15? days of this letker, 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 />
<br />M3rC1a ?, Talv?t?e
<br />Environmental Protection specialist
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