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STATE OF COLORADO <br />DIVISION OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY <br />Department of Natursl Resources <br />1313 Sherman St., Room 215 <br />Denver, Colorado 80203 <br />Phone: (303) 8663567 <br />FAX: (303) 832-8106 <br />August 10, 2005 <br />Mr. William A. Bear <br />Bowie Resources LLC <br />P.O. Box 483 <br />Paonia, Colorado 81428 <br />RE: Bowie No. 2 Mine, Permit No. C-1996-083, Bowie Resources LLC <br />Permit Revision No. 9, Revise B-Seam Mine Plan, Adequacy Review <br />Deaz Mr. Bear: <br />COLORADO <br />DIVISION O F <br />MINERALS <br />GEOLOGY <br />0.ECLAHATION•HINING <br />sAFETY•rCIENCE <br />Bill Owens <br />Governor <br />Russell Geroge <br />Executive Director <br />Ronald W. Cattany <br />Division Director <br />Natural Resourrn Trustee <br />The Colorado Division of Minerals and Geology (Division) has finished its adequacy review for <br />Permit Revision No. 9 (PR-9), submitted by Bowie Resources LLC's (BRL) for the Bowie No. 2 <br />Mine. In PR-9, BRL is proposing to modify the approved B-seam mine plan. The Division has <br />the following questions and/or comments: <br />Rule 2.03 <br />Under Rule 2.03.6(1), before the Division can make a proposed decision on PR-9, BRL <br />must provide documentation to the Division that Lease Modification Number 2 to Federal <br />Coal Lease COC 61209 has been secured. Please provide this right-of--entry <br />documentation as soon as it becomes available. <br />Rule 2.05 <br />2. Please revise Map 7 and Map 9 to show the revised mine plan area, per Rule 2.05.3(2)(b). <br />3. Please add an annotation to Map 27 that describes what the small green-outlined <br />rectangles represent. They appeaz to be drill pads (reclaimed?). <br />4. As required in Rule 2.05.6(6), please discuss the potential for new rockfall hazazds due to <br />the proposed change in the B-seam mine plan. Please include in the discussion the trailer <br />residence that is located just to the south of the west mining district, in the middle of the <br />extreme west end of Section 15, where BRL planned on building a rockfall protection <br />berm. <br />Office of Office of Colorado <br />Mined Land Reclamation Active and Inactive Mines Geological Survey <br />