2008-02-12_REVISION - C1996083 ‎(2)‎

• Permit No: C1996083
• IBM Index Class Name: REVISION
• Doc Date: 2/12/2008
• Doc Name: Completeness Letters
• From: DRMS
• To: State & Federal and County Agencies and Landowners
• Type & Sequence: PR11
• 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]
February 13, 2008
Tom Spezze
SW Regional Wildlife Manager
Colorado Division of Wildlife
SW Regional Service Center
415 Turner Drive
Durango, CO 81303
Re: Bowie No. 2 Mine (Permit No. C-1996-083)
Permit Revision Application No. 11 (PR-11)
Northern Extension of B-Seam Mine Plan, Federal Coal Lease Modification
Dear Mr. Spezze:
COLORADO
D I V I S I ON OF
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 118, Paragraph 3, of the Colorado Revised Statutes, that on February 12, 2008, an application to revise coal
mining operations at the Bowie No. 2 Mine was considered complete for the purposes of filing. All review and
comment periods as provided in the Act and the Regulations initiate from this date of filing.
In Permit Revision No. I 1 (PR-11), Bowie Resources LLC (BRL) is proposing to revise its approved mine plan by
extending mining of the B-seam coal to the north. The revised mine plan is needed due to difficult mining conditions.
The current mine plan involves longwall panels that trend generally east-west and are located just south of Dove
Gulch. The effects from subsidence are at least one mile from the Bruce Park Dam and the Terror Creek Reservoir. In
PR-11, BRL is proposing longwall panels that trend generally north-south and extend northward under Dove Gulch
and beyond the currently approved northern permit boundary. The effects of subsidence would be within 1370 feet of
the Bruce Park Dam and within 750 feet of the Terror Creek Reservoir. BRL has applied for a Federal coal lease
modification to Federal coal lease COC 61209 for this additional northern area, which would increase the permit area
by about 560 acres. A cultural resource survey is planned for the lease modification area.
The mine plan change proposed in PR-11 supersedes the mine plan change that had been proposed in Permit Revision
No. 10 (PR-10), which is currently under review. However, PR-10 also contains a general proposal to mine within one
mile of the Bruce Park Dam and the Terror Creek Reservoir and to set up an accompanying seismic and subsidence
monitoring program. Therefore, the review of PR-10, as it relates to this general proposal, will continue.
The proposed mine plan change in PR-11 is associated with surface lands that are owned or managed by BRL, the
Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and the USDA-Forest Service. The coal is managed by the BLM. Other than the
effects of mine-induced subsidence and seismicity, no surface disturbance is proposed in PR-11. No increase in the
rate of coal production and no increase in water consumption are proposed in PR-11 either.
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
Office of
Mined Land Reclamation Office of
Denver • Grand )unction Durango Active and Inactive Mines