2009-12-22_REVISION - C1996083

• Permit No: C1996083
• IBM Index Class Name: REVISION
• Doc Date: 12/22/2009
• Doc Name: Completeness Letters
• From: DRMS
• To: State & Federal Agencies
• Type & Sequence: TR66
• 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
Phone: [phone]
FAX: [phone]
December 22, 2009
Ryan Taylor
U.S. Forest Service
Paonia Ranger District
P.O. Box 1030
Paonia, CO 84128
Re: Bowie No. 2 Mine (Permit No. C-1996-083)
Technical Revision Application No. 66 (TR-66)
Terror Creek Vent Shaft
Dear Mr. Taylor:
COLORADO
D I V I S I O N O F
RECLAMATION
MINING
SAFETY
Bill Ritter, Jr.
Governor
Harris D. Sherman
Executive Director
Ronald W. Cattany
Division Director
Natural Resource Trustee
The Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety hereby issues notice, in accordance with Title 34, Article 33,
Section 116, Paragraph 4, of the Colorado Revised Statutes, that on December 22, 2009, an application to revise
coal mining operations at the Bowie No. 2 Mine was considered complete for the purposes of filing. The revision
was submitted by Bowie Resources, LLC. All review and comment periods as provided in the Act and the
Regulations initiate from this date of filing.
In Technical Revision No. 66, Bowie Resources LLC is proposing to construct a ventilation shaft for the Bowie
No. 2 Mine just west of Terror Creek. The proposed site is about 1.3 miles south of where the USDA-Forest
Service boundary crosses the Terror Creek Road, at a previously approved and disturbed exploration drill hole site.
The activities proposed in this revision will add 0.5 acres of new disturbance to the already disturbed 0.5 acres.
The surface is managed by the Bureau of Land Management and leased to Bowie Resources LLC under Federal
Coal Lease COC-61209.
The ventilation shaft will be about 690 feet deep and have a finished diameter of 18.5 feet. The shaft will be bored
from the bottom up so that the cuttings will remain underground. In order to minimize water infiltration, the shaft
perimeter will be grouted before boring begins. In addition, the shaft lining will be grouted with shotcrete. An
escape hoist and a nitrogen generation system, powered from within the mine, will be installed at the shaft site. No
ventilation fan is planned at this time. The shaft and surface disturbances will be bonded for reclamation.
The site is located in the SWASEA of Section 5, Township 13 South, Range 91 West. Access to the site will be
from Steven's Gulch Road, then south on Terror Creek Road. The proposed site is located about 350 feet
horizontally and 170 feet vertically from Terror Creek. The proposed site is less than 100 feet horizontally from
the Terror Creek Road outside right-of-way so a public hearing can be requested to determine if the proposed
project will protect the interests of the public and affected landowners.
The underground coal mining operation is on land located approximately 5 miles Northeast of Paonia, Colorado.
The permit area is further described as follows:
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 Sections 33 and 34, Township 12 South, Range 91 West of the 6th P.M.
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