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COLORADO <br />Division of Reclamation, <br />Mining and Safety <br />Department of Natural Resources <br />1313 Sherman Street, Room 215 <br />Denver, CO 80203 <br />July 1, 2016 <br />Basil Bear <br />Bowie Resources, LLC. <br />P.O. Box 1488 <br />Paonia, CO 81428 <br />RE: Bowie No. 2 Mine, Permit No. C-1981-038 <br />Minor Revision No. 135 (MR -135) <br />Preliminary Adequacy Review <br />Dear Mr. Bear, <br />The Division received Bowie Resources, LLC's (BRL's) application for a technical revision (MR -135) on June <br />7, 2016. The application was determined to be complete on June 16, 2016. No comment letters were <br />received. The Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining, and Safety has completed its preliminary <br />adequacy review of the proposed minor revision and submitted one adequacy comment in a letter dated <br />June 27, 2016. Please respond to the following comments or concerns as necessary: <br />1. The June 27, 2016 preliminary adequacy comment was as follows, based on a review of the <br />proposed Ownership and Control updates by the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation Applicant <br />Violator System (AVS), there appears to be missing information concerning individuals identified <br />within the proposed changes. Please provide and information concerning the justification for <br />ending ownership. This information was not provided when conducting an AVS check of the <br />proposed ownership and control information. <br />Based on an OSM AVS review discrepancies exist within the Federal Applicant Violation System <br />within the ownership and control of Bowie Resources, LLC. Please address the following <br />discrepancies: <br />a. The hierarchy of the organizational structure differ between each individual state <br />within the AVS system. The changes proposed in Colorado are not reflected in other <br />states in which ownership and control information is being changed. Please address <br />why the parent company is changing in Colorado, but the change is not reflected in <br />other states. <br />b. The approved organizational chart of Bowie Resource Partners, LLC. States that Galena <br />US Holdings, Inc. and Ceders Energy, LLC are the parent companies of Bowie Resources, <br />LLC. However, the AVS notes that Ceders Energy, LLC and Galena US Holdings, Inc are <br />QF c010 <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 * 1876 {` <br />