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COLORADO <br />* Division of Reclamation, <br />Mining and Safety <br />Uepartment of Natural ReSOUTCeS <br />1313 Sherman Street, Room 215 <br />Denver, CO 80203 <br />April 30, 2014 <br />William A. Bear <br />Bowie Resources, LLC <br />P.O. Box 483 <br />Paonia, CO 81428 <br />Re: Bowie No. 2 Mine (Permit No. C- 1996 -083) <br />Technical Revision No. 77 (TR- 77) <br />Topsoil Substitute Proposal for Gob Pile #2 <br />Fourth Adequacy Review <br />Dear Mr. Bear: <br />The Division has reviewed the response provided by JE Stover and Associates on behalf of <br />Bowie Resources, LLC (BRL) to our third round of adequacy questions with TR -77 for the Bowie <br />No. 2 Mine. The revision originally proposed the use of overburden materials as a substitute for <br />topsoil in the Gob Pile #2 area; BRL has since revised the proposal to remove this request. The <br />proposal now focuses on topsoil and subsoil handling and the material balance on Gob Pile #2. <br />We have the following remaining comments and questions regarding the application; the <br />numbering follows our first adequacy review letter. <br />5. b. DRMS: BRL, with revised Map 32 and Appendix A of Volume IX, has provided locations <br />and volumes of material stockpiles, as requested by the Division. <br />i. DRMS: Appendix A indicates that there is a total of 263,719 cy of cover material <br />available for reclamation of the gob piles. Included in that figure is the material that <br />has been placed on Gob Pile #1, and Benches #1 and #2/ #3/ #4 of Gob Pile #2. The <br />material placed on those areas was placed at a depth of 4'. The revised proposal is to <br />place 3.5' of cover on all of the gob areas. BRL presents a calculation to demonstrate <br />that a total of 263,135 cy of cover material will be required to cover the gob piles at a <br />depth of 3.5'. Unless BRL is proposing to remove and relocate the upper 6" of <br />material on Gob Pile #1 and Benches #1 and #2/ #3/ #4 of Gob Pile #2, the 6" of surplus <br />material cannot be included as available material for other areas of the gob pile. <br />Please revise the material balance to differentiate between material placed and <br />1313 Sherman Street, Room 215, Denver, CO 80203 P 303.866.3567 F 303.832.8106 http: / /mining.state.co.us <br />John W. Hickenlooper, Governor I Mike King, Executive Director I Virginia Brannon, Director <br />aF °to <br />t��j <br />I �* * ic <br />1976 4L <br />