REV13458

• Permit No: C1996083
• IBM Index Class Name: Revision
• Doc Date: 9/11/2000
• Doc Name: BOWIE 2 MINE PN C-1996-083 TECHNICAL REVISION APPLICATION 18 TR 18 CHANGE IN MINE PLAN FOR D2 & D3 P
• From: DMG
• To: DWR
• Type & Sequence: TR16
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

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STATE OF COLOIZAi~O
DIVl510N OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY
Department of Natural Resources
1313 Sherman St., Room 215
Denver, Colorado 80203
Phone: [phone]
FAX: [phone]
September I I, 2000
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DIVISION OIL
MINERALt
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GEOLOGY'I
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M INING•SAFETY•'
Chuck Roberts gill pwens
Department of Natural Resources Governor
Division of Water Reseurces Greg E Watcher
1313 Sherman Street, Room 818 Executive Director
Denver, CO 80203 Michael g. Long
Division Director
Re: Bowie No. 2 Mine (Permit No. C-1996-083)
Technical Revision Application No. 18 (TR-18)
Change in Mine Plan for D2 & D3 Panels
Dear Mr. Roberts:
The Division of Minerals and Geology hereby issues notice, in accordance with Title 34, Article 33, Section 116, Paragraph 4,
of the Colorado Revised Statutes, that on September I I, 2000, an application to revise coal mining operations a[ the Bowie No.
2 Mine was considered complete for the pttrposes of filing. The revision was submitted by Bowie Resources Limited. All
review and comment periods as provided in the Act and the Regulations initiate from this date of filing.
Approval of this technical revision would allow a change in the approved mine plan. The change would permit longwall mining
in the western portions of two longwall panels, within the currently approved permit boundary. The proposed limited longwall
mining would occur in private and federal coal. The federal coal is managed by the Bureau of Land Management. The right of
entry to the federal coal has been obtained through the approved Iron Point Tract Federal Coal Lease COC-61209. About
904,000 tones of private coal and 286,000 tons of federal coal are involved in this revision. No new surface disturbance would
occur, although subsidence of the surface will take place with longwall mining.
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, 9, 10, 11, 14, I5, and 16, Township 13 South, Range 91 West of the 6th P.M.
The above-mentioned trace of land are shown on USGS 7.5 minute Quadrangle map of Bowie.
The applicant is requred 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 place a copy of this application at the Paonia Public Library,
140 Grand Avenue, Paonia, CO 81428, and at the Division ooTice. For additional information or to provide written comments,
contact the Division of Minerals and Geology, Room 215, 1313 Sherman Street, Denver, Colorado 80203, [phone]. In
order for us to comply with regulatory time frames, we request [hat comments be submitted within fifteen (IS) days of this
letter. If no comments are received by then, we will proceed on the assumption that you have no concerns with, or objections
to, the applicant's proposal.
Sincerely,
os ph 1. Dudl~ ~~
vironmental Protection Specialist
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