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• • III IIIIIIIIIIIIIIII <br />STATE OF COLORADO <br />DIVISION OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY <br />Depanmenl of Natural Resources <br />1313 Sherman SL. Room 215 <br />Derner. Colorado 80'_03 <br />Phone: (3011 866-3 5 67 <br />FAX: (303) 832-8106 <br />June 17. 1999 <br />Richard Rudin <br />~~ <br />DIVISION O F f~ Y <br />M I N E R A L S <br />GEOLOGY--' <br />R EC LAM ATION <br />MINING•SAFE7Y <br />Concerned Garvin Mesa Citizens Blu ovens <br />Box 1607 c°°°`°°` <br />Creg E K'alcher <br />Paonia, Colorado 81428 E<ecuuve D~reuor <br />Michael B. Long <br />Re: Response To Citizen Complaint, Bowie No. 1 and No. 2 Mines, Bowie Resources Limit~idis~on Dnec~°r <br />Dear Mr. Rudin: <br />The Division has received your letter, dated May 26, 1999, in which you expressed your organization's <br />opposition to any permit expansion concerning Bowie Resources Limited. The Division has several <br />revisions in-house which, if approved, would expand the operations at the Bowie No.] Mine and the <br />Bowie No. 2 Mine. At present, the proposed revisions would increase production at the Bowie No. 1 <br />loadout to 3 million tons per year (Technical Revision No. 31) ,allow longwall mining within the <br />present permit area and at the present rate of 2 million tons per year at the Bowie No. 2 Mine (Perini: <br />Revision No. 2) and add support facilities and increase production to 5 million tons per year at the <br />Bowie No. 2 Mine (Permit Revision No. 3). <br />The Division is in the process of performing a thorough review of these revisions for those issues <br />which the Division has jurisdiction over. Before the Division issues its proposed decisions, there is a <br />public comment period for each revision and an opportunity to request an informal conference for each <br />of the permit revisions. Afrer the Division issues proposed decisions on these revisions, the public can <br />request a hearing before [he Mined Land Reclamation Board. <br />At the date of this letter, the public comment period for Technical Revision 31 has expired. The public <br />comment periods and opportunity to request an informal conference for Permit Revisions Nos. 2 and 3 <br />are still open. The notices announcing the public comment periods and the opportunity to request an <br />informal conference were published in the Delta County Independent. When the Division issues <br />proposed decisions for these revisions, notices will be published announcing the opportunity to request <br />a hearing before the Mined Land Reclamation Board. <br />If you have any questions or need additional information, please call me. <br />Sincerely, n <br />t ~y-~Ce-~-Y. <br />~seph . DI}fiash <br />Environmental Protection Specialist c:\ms97\bowie2\citletl <br />