2014-07-11_REVISION - C1996083 ‎(2)‎

• Permit No: C1996083
• IBM Index Class Name: Revision
• Doc Date: 7/11/2014
• Doc Name: Adequacy Response #1
• From: J.E. Stover & Associates, Inc
• To: DRMS
• Type & Sequence: PR14
• Email Name: SLB
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

Susan Burgmaier -5- July 10, 2014
BRL - Pages 2.04 -58 and 59 were revised to include a discussion of the potential impacts of
subsidence on the West Fork of Terror Creek.
15. DBMS - Revised page 2.04 -63 indicates that the augmentation plan for replacement
water will be decreed. The permit revision application cannot be approved until the
augmentation plan (required by Rule 2.04.7(3)) has been provided to the Division.
BRL - The augmentation plan mentioned on page 2.04 -63 will be prepared to satisfy a BLM
lease stipulation. The lease stipulation will state specifically that the augmentation plan
will be in place prior to commencing mining activities on lease COC -75916 that could
cause subsidence.
16. Revised page 2.04 -119, water depletion and Section 7 summary will need to be
updated for Ponds D and J expansion plans, if they are approved prior to the approval
of PR -14.
BRL - Comment noted.
17. DRMS - Map 09 will need to be updated once the final location of SW -12 has been
determined, in accordance with Rule 2.04.7(4)(b).
BRL - The location of SW -12 was moved to the survey location of the flume.
Rule 2.04.9 - Soils Resource Information
18. DRMS - On the revised Map 4A -Soils - NRCS /USFS, soil unit 166 - Leroux -Seitz
Complex, 5 to 40 percent slopes is located in the northwest part of the permit area, west of
Stevens Gulch Road. This soil unit was not included in the discussion in section
2.04.9(1)(b) of the permit. Please include a soil description for soil unit 166.
BRL - A soil description for soil unit 166 was added to page 2.04 -113. Pages 2.04 -113 and
114 are attached.
Rule 2.04.10 - Vegetation Information
19. DRMS - Bowie Resources, LLC (BRL) has committed to collecting baseline data and
designating reference areas for the Spruce Stomp expansion area. A data collection plan
has been approved by DBMS and data collection is planned for late July or early August of
this year by Cedar Creek Associates, Inc.
BRL - BRL will collect baseline data and designate reference area(s) for the Spruce Stomp
expansion area. Cedar Creek Associates collects field data during the summer and
prepares final reports during the winter months.