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COLORADO <br />Division of Reclamation, <br />Mining and Safety <br />Department of Natural Resources <br />1313 Sherman St. Room 215 <br />Denver, CO 80203 <br />July 15, 2015 <br />Dick Wolfe <br />Division of Water Resources <br />Department of Natural Resources <br />1313 Sherman Street, Room 818 <br />Denver, CO 80203 <br />Re: Bowie No. 2 Mine (Permit No. C-1996-083) <br />Bond Release Application No. 1 (SL -1) <br />Dear Mr. Wolfe: <br />Bowie Resources, LLC has applied for a bond release at the Bowie No. 2 Mine. The bond <br />release application was found complete by this Division on July 15, 2015. All review and <br />comment periods as provided in the Colorado Surface Coal Mining Reclamation Act and the <br />Regulations of the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Board for Coal Mining initiate from this <br />date of filing. <br />Bond Relese No. 1 requests the partial bond release for 33 acres of Phase I; 49.4 acres of Phase <br />I and II; and 1 acres including 185 drilled holes and two sealed mine shafts for Phase I, II, and <br />III. SL -1 requests the release of $1,500,000 of liability associated with disturbances approved <br />for the Bowie No. 2 Mine. The surface ownership is federal and private, and the coal mined <br />was federal and private. <br />The underground coal mining operation is on land located approximately 5 miles Northeast of <br />Paonia, Colorado. The permit area is further described as follows: <br />Portions of Sections 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10, 11, 14 <br />West of the 6th P.M. Portions of Sections 33 <br />the 6th P.M. <br />15, 16, and 22, Township 13 South, Range 91 <br />and 34, Township 12 South, Range 91 West of <br />The above-mentioned tracts of land are shown on the following USGS 7.5 minute Quadrangle <br />map(s): Bowie. <br />1313 Sherman St. Room 215 Denver, CO 80203 P (303) 866-3567 F <br />John W. Hickenlooper, Governor I Mike King, Executive Director I Virginia Brannon, Director <br />