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a, Lei o <br />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 />August 16, 2010 <br />Executive Director <br />Western Slope Environmental Resource Council <br />P.O. Box 1612 <br />Paonia, CO 81428 <br />Re: Bowie No. 2 Mine (Permit No. C-1996-083) <br />Revision: TR-68 <br />Incidental Permit Boundary Revision <br />Dear Sir or Madam: <br />COLORADO <br />D I V I S I O N OF <br />RECLAMATION <br />MINING <br />SAFETY <br />Bill Ritter, Jr. <br />Governor <br />Mike King <br />Executive Director <br />Loretta E. Pineda <br />Director <br />The Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety has received a revision for the Bowie No. 2 Mine. Attached is a <br />copy of the pertinent sections of the revision submittal. The revision was called complete on August 16, 2010. <br />The decision due date is October 15, 2010. <br />In Technical Revision No. 68 (TR-68), Bowie Resources LLC (BRL) is proposing to add 80 acres to the west side <br />of the Bowie No. 2 permit area through an incidental boundary change. BRL is also proposing a mine plan <br />modification in this area, which lies to the west of Terror Creek. Only development mining will be conducted <br />under TR-68, with no projected subsidence. The additional permit area and the mine plan modification are needed <br />to continue mining until the western expansion area is approved in Permit Revision No. 12, which is currently <br />under review. <br />BRL has the right to access the coal through federal coal lease C-37210, originally assigned to the Bowie No. 1 <br />Mine but a portion of which will be accessed from the Bowie No. 2 Mine for TR-68. The coal is managed by the <br />Bureau of Land Management and the affected surface land is owned by BRL. No surface disturbance and no <br />increase in the coal production or water usage are proposed in TR-68. <br />This revision is available for review at the Paonia Public Library, 2 Third Avenue, Paonia, CO 81428. <br />If you have any questions, please contact me. <br />Sincerely <br />osep J. dash <br />Environmental Protection Specialist <br />C-CI-01 C1996083 JJD 08162010092419.doc <br />Office of Office of <br />Mined Land Reclamation Denver • Grand Junction • Durango Active and Inactive Mines