2012-02-17_REVISION - C1996083 ‎(2)‎

• Permit No: C1996083
• IBM Index Class Name: REVISION
• Doc Date: 2/17/2012
• Doc Name: Completeness Letter
• From: DRMS
• To: Delta County Clerk and Recorder
• Type & Sequence: TR72
• Email Name: BFB
• Email Name: SB1
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

DIVISION OF RECLAMATION, MINING AND SAFETY
Department of Natural Resources
1313 Sherman St., Room 215
Denver, Colorado 80203
Phone: [phone]
FAX: [phone]
February 17, 2012
Ann B. Eddins
Delta County Clerk and Recorder
County Clerk
501 Palmer
Delta, CO 81416
Re: Bowie No. 2 Mine (Permit No. C- 1996 -083)
Technical Revision No. 72 (TR -72)
Provide For Expansion of Coal Mine Gob Pile No. 2
Dear Ms. Eddins:
The above - mentioned tracts of land are shown on USGS 7.5 minute Quadrangle map of Bowie.
Mined Land Reclamation
STATE OF COLORADO
COLORADO
D I V I S I O N O F
RECLAMATION
MINING
SAFETY
John W. Hickenlooper
Governor
Mike King
Executive Director
Loretta E. Pineda
Director
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 February 17, 2012
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.
J. E. Stover and Associates, on behalf of Bowie Resources, LLC, is proposing to expand Coal
Mine Waste Pile #2. The existing hillside slope to the west of the waste pile will be increased to
1.5h:ly slope, the West Diversion Ditch #2 will be relocated to the toe of the slope and the waste
pile will expand to fill in the void created by the steeper slope. The disturbed area will increase by
1.8 acres for an addition storage capacity of 65,000 cy. All proposed disturbances are within the
present permitted boundary and on land owned by Bowie Resources, LLC.
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 applicant is required to publish notice in a local newspaper that this application has been
deemed complete. At the time of publication of this notice, the applicant is additionally required to
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