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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, Colorado 80203
<br />Phone: (303) 866-3567
<br />FAX: (303) 832-8106
<br />December 28, 2007
<br />Ryan Taylor
<br />U.S. Forest Service
<br />Paonia Ranger District
<br />P.O. Box 1030
<br />Paonia, CO 84128
<br />Re: Bowie No. 2 Mine (Permit No. C-1996-083)
<br />Technical Revision Application No. 52 (TR-52)
<br />Thirteen Gob Vent Bore Holes
<br />Dear Mr. Taylor:
<br />COLORADO
<br />D IV IS I ON OF
<br />RECLAMATION
<br />MINING
<br />SAFETY
<br />Bill Ritter, Jr.
<br />Governor
<br />Harris D. Sherman
<br />Executive Director
<br />Ronald W. Cattany
<br />Division Director
<br />Natural Resource Trustee
<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 December 27, 2007, an application to revise coal mining operations at
<br />the Bowie No. 2 Mine was considered complete for the purposes of filing. The revision was submitted by Bowie Resources,
<br />LLC. All review and comment periods as provided in the Act and the Regulations initiate from this date of filing.
<br />In Technical Revision No. 52 (TR-52), Bowie Resources LLC is proposing to drill thirteen methane degas wells in support of
<br />future mining in the northern section of the permit area, around Sheep Corral Gulch and Dove Gulch. Along with the drill holes,
<br />there will be about 22.5 acres of surface disturbance from the construction of associated drill pads and light use roads. Also
<br />included in TR-52 is a generic drilling mud pit design for the incised pits that will hold the drilling fluids. Right of entry is
<br />through Federal Coal Lease COC-61209. All of the disturbance proposed in TR-52 is on land that is managed by the USDA-
<br />Forest Service. All of the proposed disturbance is within the approved permit area and will be bonded for reclamation.
<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,
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<br />seph J. dash
<br />Environmental Protection Specialist
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