2012-11-26_REVISION - C1996083 ‎(4)‎

• Permit No: C1996083
• IBM Index Class Name: Revision
• Doc Date: 11/26/2012
• Doc Name: Completeness Letter
• From: DRMS
• To: Landowners
• Type & Sequence: TR76
• Email Name: SLB
• Email Name: SB1
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

STATE OF COLORADO
DIVISION OF RECLAMATION, MINING AND SAFETY
Department of Natural Resources
1313 Sherman St., Room 215
Denver, Colorado 80203
Phone: [phone]
FAX: [phone]
November 26, 2012
The Fire Mountain Canal & Reservoir Company
P.O. Box 414
Paonia, CO 81428
Re: Bowie No. 2 Mine (Permit No. C- 1996 -083)
Technical Revision No. 76 (TR -76)
Expansion of Coal Mine Waste Pile No. 2
Dear Sir or Madam:
COLORADO
ID IV I S I O N O F
RECLAMATION
MINING
SAFETY
John W. Hickenlooper
Governor
Mike King
Executive Director
Loretta E. Pineda
Director
The Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety hereby issues notice, in accordance with Title 34,
Article 33, Section 116, Paragraph 4, of the Colorado Revised Statutes, that on November 23, 2012
an application to revise coal mining operations at the Bowie No. 2 Mine was considered complete
for the purposes of filing. The revision was submitted by Bowie Resources, LLC. All review and
comment periods as provided in the Act and the Regulations initiate from this date of filing.
Bowie Resources, LLC proposes to expand Gob Pile #2 to fill the draw between Gob Piles #2 and
#4 and increase the final height for both waste disposal areas. The expansion would allow for
placement of an additional 600,000 cubic yards of waste material.
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, 5, 8, 9, 10, 11, 14, 15, 16, and 22, Township 13 South, Range 91 West
of the 6th P.M. Portions of Sections 33 and 34, Township 12 South, Range 91 West of the 6th P.M.
The above - mentioned tracts of land are shown on USGS 7.5 minute Quadrangle map of Bowie.
The applicant is required 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, 2 Third Street, Paonia, CO 81428,
and at the Division office.
Office of Office of
Mined Land Reclamation Denver • Grand Junction • Durango Active and Inactive Mines