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Bowie Resources, LLC <br />Page 2 <br />1/19/2018 <br />Rule 2.04.7 — Hydrologic Description <br />5. During the Months of August 2017 and October 2017, six of the sediment ponds <br />at the Bowie No. I Mine were backfilled, regraded and seeded. Binwall Ponds 1 <br />through 4 and the Waste Pile Pond were removed at the East Mine, and the ROM <br />Pond was removed at the ROM Pile Area. These ponds were included in the <br />Phase I request for the SL -6 Bond Release Application. The SL -6 Application is <br />currently under review by the Division and has completed the Adequacy Review <br />process. There are two sediment ponds located at the Paonia Loadout and two <br />ponds that remain in place at the West Mine. According to the reclamation plan <br />in the C-1981-038 Permit, these four ponds will be included in future reclamation <br />activities. <br />Rule 2.04.11— Fish and Wildlife Resources Information <br />6. Please review Section 2.04.11 of the permit (Volume 1 and Volume 7) and update <br />as necessary. Please ensure that the Threatened and Endangered Species list is <br />updated if necessary. <br />Rule 2.05.4 — Reclamation Plan: <br />7. The reclamation plan in Volume 7, for the Paonia Loadout, requires additional <br />information relating to reclamation activities remaining at the site. The 4,600 volt <br />substation, the tunnel under the Black Bridge Road, the metering point on Stevens Gulch <br />Road, the segment of the Farmer's Ditch in the culvert, the two sediment ponds, and the <br />trail trestle over the North Fork of the Gunnison River have been main concerns included <br />in comment letters to the Division. Please update the Reclamation Plan in Volume 7 <br />to include in depth detail about the reclamation activities to occur at the Paonia <br />Loadout. Please include a time table for reclamation activities that have already <br />occurred and future activities that have yet to occur at the site. <br />Rule 3.02.2 — Determination of Bond Amount <br />8. The Division currently holds two bonds totaling $3,315,000.00. The Bond held by the <br />Division is in the form of two corporate sureties. The remaining reclamation work to be <br />conducted at the Bowie No. l East Mine, West Mine and Paonia Loadout requires a <br />o� -cow <br />mow, <br />555 Street Address, Room 555, Denver. CO 55555-5555 P 555.555.5555 <br />* 1876 <br />