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iii iiiiiiiiiiiiiiii~ <br />STATE OF COLORADO <br />DIVISION OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY <br />DPparOnenl O( Natural ReBOUtCI's <br />1317 Sherman 51 ,Room 215 <br />Denver, Colorado RU2U3 <br />Phone: (3031 R65-3557 <br />FA%:131731 tl32~R 105 <br />February 19, 1999 <br />Chuck Roberts <br />Department of Natural Resources <br />Division of Watel' Resources <br />1313 Shermar, Street, Room 818 <br />Denver. CO 30203 <br />Re: Bowie No. 2 Mine (Permit No. C-96-083) <br />Technical Revision Application No. 9 (TR-9) <br />Incidental Boundary Change <br />Dear Mr. Roberts: <br />DIVISION O F <br />MINERALS <br />GEOLOGY <br />0. ECLAMATION <br />MINING•SAFETY <br />Bill Owens <br />Governor <br />Oreq E. Walther <br />Executive Dnecmr <br />M¢hael B. Long <br />Dmisiun Director <br />The Division of Minerals and Geology hereby issues notice, in.accordance with Title 34, Article 33, Section 116, Paragraph <br />4, of ~'te Colcrado Revised Statutes, that on February I8, 1999, an application to revise coal mining operations at the Bowie <br />No.2~dinewasconsideredcompleteforthepurposesoffiling. The revision wassubmittedbyBDwieResourcesLimited. A!I <br />review and comment periods as provided in the Act and the Regulations initiate from this date of filing. <br />Approval cf this technical revision would allbw an incidental boundary change in order to conduct developmentmtning in <br />federal coal. This technical revision can not be approved until Bowie Resources has secured [he federal lease for the right of <br />entry to that federal coal. The incidental boundary change would add 59 acres of private surface and 20 acres of federal.surface <br />to the northwest comer of the permit area. The entire 79 acre proposed addition is federal coal. There would not be any change <br />in the conventional room and pillar mining method employed nor would there be any increase in the production rate. <br />The undergroundcoalmining operation is on land located approximately 5 miles northeast of Paonia, Colorado. The permit <br />area is further described as follows: <br />Portions of Sections 2, 3, 4, 9, 10, 11, 14, I5, and 16, Township l3 South, Range 91 West of the 6th P.M. <br />The above-mentioned tracts of land are shown on USGS 7.5 minute Quadrangle map of Bowie. <br />A copy of the technical revision application is available for public inspection at the Delta Counry Courthouse, 5th & Palmer, <br />Delta, CO 81416, and at [he Division office. For additional informationor to provide written comments, contact [he Division <br />of Minerals and Geology, Room 215, 1313 Sherman Street, Denver, Colorado 80203, (303) 866-3567. [n order for us [o <br />comply with regulatory time frames, we request that comments be submitted within fifteen (IS) days of this letter. If no <br />comments are received by [hen, we will proceed on [he assumption that you have no concerns with, or objections lo, the <br />applicant's proposal. <br />Sincerely, <br />D"~~ <br />seph . Dudash <br />Environmental Protection Specialist <br />J1D/JRC <br />SI ~OSSURCITE>1PUtUi08i^./ID <br />