2008-01-24_REVISION - C1996083 (3)

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STATE OF COLORADO DIVISION OF RECLAMATION, MINING AND SAFETY Department of Natural Resources 1313 Sherman St., Room 215 Denver, Colorado 80203 Phone: (303) 866-3567 FAX: (303) 832-8106 January 24, 2008 COLORADO D I V IS I ON OF RECLAMATION MINING SAFETY Greg Wolff Bill Ritter, Jr. Governor Colorado Historical Society The Colorado History Museum Harris D. Sherman ry Executive Director 1300 Broadway Ronald W. Cattany Denver, CO 80203 Division Director Natural Resource Trustee Re: Bowie No. 2 Mine (Permit No. C-1996-083) Technical Revision Application No. 53 (TR-53) Monitoring Well and Dewatering Well Dear Mr. Wolff: 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 January 24, 2008, 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. 53, Bowie Resources LLC is proposing to construct two drill holes for the Bowie No. 2 Mine. The 0.34 acre drill pad and 1100 feet of new road would be located near the intersection of Dove Gulch and Hubbard Creek, in Section 34 of Township 12 South, Range 91 West. The first drill hole would be used to monitor the water level in the old D-seam mine workings. If water is found in the old workings, the second hole would be drilled and used to pump any water out of the old D-seam mine workings and into Hubbard Creek by way of a water line. Mining of the underlying B-seam coal can not proceed until any water accumulated in the old D-seam mine workings above is removed. A pump powered by a diesel generator would be used to remove the water from the old mine workings and may be in service for three to four years. The operator does not anticipate that the mine water will have to be treated before being directly released into Hubbard Creek but that will need to be demonstrated beforehand. In the revision cover letter, the operator states that they do not have enough information to determine if cultural resource site 5DT1326 might be impacted by the proposed disturbance since the location of the site is not public information. The proposed disturbance is on land managed by the USDA-Forest Service. The operator is working with the Paonia Office of the USDA-Forest Service to determine if impacts to the cultural site might occur. 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. The above-mentioned tracts of land are shown on USGS 7.5 minute Quadrangle map of Bowie. Office of Office of Mined Land Reclamation Denver • Grand Junction • Durango Active and Inactive Mines