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United States Department of the Interior <br />BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT <br />UNCOMPAHGRE FIELD OFFICE <br />2465 South Townsend <br />Montrose, CO 81401 <br />bI in.pav/colorado <br />Delivered via email to: Clayton.weiii@state.co.us <br />Clayton Wein <br />Environmental Protection Specialist <br />Division of Reclamation, Mining & Safety <br />1313 Sherman St., Room 215 <br />Denver, CO 80203 <br />RE: Bowie Resources, LLC, Bowie No. 2 Mine <br />TR -112, Oxbow Drilling <br />Dear Mr. Wein: <br />JUN 14 ZOO <br />We have reviewed the subject technical revision application dated May 11, 2017. The proposed <br />revision involves both BLM managed lands and Federal coal lease COC61209. We provide the <br />following comments: <br />1. BLM sees no apparent benefit of this action from a technical mining perspective. Because <br />all underground mining activity has ceased and the mine workings are sealed, we anticipate <br />no additional extraction of the federal coal resource. Lacking such benefit to mining, we <br />cannot support the proposed revision. <br />2. In addition, BLM sees a potential detrimental effect on the flexibility and economics of <br />any future mining operations, should re -opening the mine be proposed. It is reasonable to <br />assume that breaking the seals in order to balance the mine atmosphere would require any <br />future operator to initially ventilate a larger mine volume, potentially at greater difficulty <br />and/or expense. <br />If you have any questions please call Desty Dyer, Mining Engineer, at 970-240-5302. <br />Sincerely, <br />[fir or ars n <br />Field Manger6 <br />CC: Peter Cowan, BLM Colorado State Office, CO -920 <br />Doug Siple, BLM Colorado State Office, CO -921 <br />