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• <br />DIVISION OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY <br />Department vi Natural Resources <br />1313 Sherman SL, Ruom ? 15 <br />Denver, Colorado 80203 <br />Phane~ (7031 866-3567 <br />FAX: (3031 83:-0106 <br />February 9, 2000 <br />Chuck Roberts <br />Departrnent ofNamral Resources <br />Division of Water Resources <br />1313 Sherman Sheet, Roam 818 <br />Denver, CO 80203 <br />Re: Bowie No. 2 Mine (Permit Na. C-1996-083) <br />Technical Revision Application No. 12 (TR-12) <br />Freeman Culch Vent Shaft <br />Dear Mr. Roberts: <br />~~ <br />DIVISION OF <br />MINERALS <br />GEOLOGY <br />RECLAMATION <br />MINING•SAFE iY <br />Bill Owens <br />Governor <br />Gres; E. `+'falcher <br />Execmive Director <br />Michael B Lang <br />Drv~sion Dveclor <br />The Division of Minerals and Geology hereby issues notice, in accordance with Title 34, Article 33, Section 116, Paragraph 4, <br />of the Colorado Revised Statutes, that on February 9, 2000, an application to revise coal mining operations at the Bowie No. 2 <br />Mine was considered complete for the purposes of filing. The revision was submitted by Bowie Resources L invited. All review <br />and comment periods az provided in the Act and the Regulations initiate from this date of filing. <br />Approval of this technical revision would allow the construction of a ventilation shaft in the northeast section of the Bowie No. <br />2 permit area. Access to the site would be through the BLM Freeman Gulch public road, and then by an already-existing <br />exploration drill site light use road (the surface owned by BLM and by Bowie Resources). The shaft site is at a former <br />exploration drill pad site (the surface owned by Bowie Resources). Bowie Resources has applied for access to the BLM portion <br />of the road through Federal Right-of--Way COC-63617. The shaft wi!I be 6 to 8 feet in diameter and lined with steel. The shaft <br />will be about 400 feet deep and any water that is encountered will drain into the mine. The initial drill hole did encoun[er some <br />water in the upper colluvium but not in the formations themselves. There will not be a fan on the ventilation shaft. The <br />disturbed area for this project is about one acre, most of which has aUeady occurred through the exploration drilling program. <br />The underground coal mining operation is on land located approximately 5 miles norheazt of Paonia, Colorado..The permit <br />area is further described az follows: <br />Portions of Sections 2, 3, 4, 9, 10, I I, 14, I5, and 16, Township 13 South, Range 91 West of the 6th P.M. <br />The above-mentioned tracts of land are shown on USGS 7.5 minute Quadrulgle map of Bowie. <br />A copy of the technical revision application is avai{able for public inspection at the Delta County Courthouse, 5th & Palmer, <br />Delta, CO 81416, and at the Division office. For additional information or to provide written comments, contact the Division <br />of Minerals and Geology, Room 215, 1313 Sherman Street, Denver, Colorado 80203, (303) 866-3567. In order for us to <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 then, we will proceed on the assumption that you have no concerns with, or objections to, the <br />applicant's proposal. <br />Sincerely, <br />~~ D,.~ <br />eph Du h <br />Environmental Protection Specialist <br />J1D/Jrc <br />,, iii iiiiiiiiiiiiiii <br />STATE OF COLORADO <br />C-TR-0J C199b08J 11D :0000309 I N900 AM da <br />