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• • <br /> <br />STATE OF III Illlllllllllllll <br />999 <br />COLORADO <br />DIVISION OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY <br />Deparlmenl of Natural Resources <br />1 J 13 Sherman SL, Room 215 <br />DIVISION O F <br />Denver, Colorado 80207 <br />Phone: (30J) 866-7567 MINERAL S <br />FAx: (3U7) 832-A106 & <br /> GEOLOGY <br />February 9, 2000 M EN I N GMS ATF EOT Y <br />Delta County Commissioners B~II Owens <br />COUmIy COfmmI5510ner Governor <br />5th & Palmer Greg E. Walther <br />Delta, CO 81416 Executive Director <br /> Michael B. Long <br /> <br />Re: Bowie No. 2 Mine (Permit No. C-1991x083) Division Director <br />Technical Revision Application No. 12 (TR-12) <br />Freeman Culch Vent Shaft <br />Dear Sir or Madam: <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 waz considered complete for the purposes of filing. The revision was submitted by Bowie Resources Limited. AI{ 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 aUeady~xisting <br />exploration drill site light use road (the surface awned 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 haz applied for access to the BLM portion <br />of the road through Federal Right-of--Way COC-63617. The shaft will 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 encoun[ered will drain into the mine. The initial drill hole did encounter some <br />water in the upper colluvilun but not in [he formations themselves. There will not be a fan on the ventilation shaft. The <br />disturbed area for this project is oboe[ one acre, mast of which has already occurred through the exploration drilling program. <br />The underground coal mining operation is on land located approximately 5 miles northeast 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 [he 6th P. M. <br />The above-mentioned trace 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 County Courthouse, 5th & Palmer, <br />Delta, CO 81416, and at the Division office. For addi[ional 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 [he assumption that you have no concerns with, or objections to, the <br />applicants proposal. <br />Sincerely, <br />Joseph . Dud~h <br />Envtronmental Protection Specialist <br />JJD/Jrc <br />C~TR-07 C1996081 11D 20000309 11<BJJ AM.dac <br />