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Bowie Resources, LLC <br />Page 3 <br />6/24/2015 <br />utilized in place of TC- 03 -01(B) and TC -01 -02 respectfully, to serve as downgradiant groundwater <br />wells for the Upper D -Seam or if BRL requests to have these wells terminated from the required <br />monitoring plan, please provide information that will serve as justification for no longer <br />monitoring these sites for field parameters and full sample suite and replacement wells will not <br />be necessary. <br />BRL response - The replacement down gradient wells are 2010 -1 SS and 2010 -1 B. <br />Division Comment - The Division agrees that monitoring can be permanently suspended at sites <br />TC- 03 -01(B) and TC -03 -02 due to the completion of replacement wells 2010 -1 SS and 2010 -1 B to <br />serve as downgradient wells completed in the B -Seam and above the B -Seam respectively. BRL's <br />response is adequate. <br />4. Division's initial comment - A total of 23 monitoring sites are proposed to be temporarily <br />suspended due to the sites not being affected by mining until a date in the future. Based on the <br />water monitoring information which has been collected to date of the sites requested for <br />temporary suspension, the Division agrees to allow BRL to suspend monitoring at the listed 23 <br />sites. However, the Division feels that a commitment to re- initiate monitoring at least one year <br />prior to a site being affected by mining is required. Please provide a revision to the proposed <br />text which includes a commitment to re- initiate the monitoring of each site that is proposed to <br />be temporarily suspended at no later than one year prior to being affected by mining. <br />BRL Response - The requested text was added to the bottom of page 2.05 -130. <br />Division comment - This response is adequate. <br />Division's initial comment - The B -Gulch up, B -Gulch low, C -Gulch up, C -Gulch low, D -Gulch up, <br />and D -Gulch low monitoring sites are requested to be permanently suspended. The B -Gulch low <br />and C -Gulch low sites are located directly above Ponds B and C respectfully. Any discharge from <br />B -Gulch and C -Gulch will be reported to Ponds B and C. The B -Gulch low and C -Gulch low sites <br />provide data as to the quality and quantity of water prior to entering the pond. This information <br />is required prior to removal of a pond or to serve as part of a justification for a pond removal <br />demonstration. Please ensure that BRL intends to permanently suspend these sites or if a <br />temporary suspension may be more appropriate. <br />BRL Response - BRL intends to permanently suspend monitoring at the gulch sites. If quality data <br />is required at B and C Gulch low during final reclamation the monitoring can be re- initiated. <br />Division comment - The Division agrees to permanently suspend monitoring at the gulch sites as <br />noted below: <br />