ENFORCE25938

• Permit No: C1996083
• IBM Index Class Name: Enforcement
• Doc Date: 8/12/1997
• Doc Name: NOV CV-97-013 BOWIE 2 MINE PN C-96-083 BOWIE RESOURCES LTD
• From: DMG
• To: BOWIE RESOURCES LTD
• Violation No.: CV1997013
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

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STATE OF COLORADO
D16'ISION OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY
Depanmom of Nalurzl Resources
1 J 1 7 Sherman 51., Rnom ] I S
Denver, Colorado HO'_OJ
Phone: O(131 tl66-3567
FA%:11031 H3?-ft106
August 12, 1997
Mr. William A. Bear Jr.
Bowie Resources Limited
Bowie No. 2 Mine
P.O. Box 483
Paonia, Colorado 81428
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DEPARTMENT OF
NATURAL
RESOURCES
Roy Romrr
Governor
lames 5. Lochhead
EvecWive Dveclor
Michael d. Long
Division DirKlar
RE: Notice of Violation CV-97-013, Bowie No. 2 Mine, Permit No. C-96-083, Bowie
Resources Limited.
Dear Mr. Bear:
As I had informed you in our telephone conversation of August 11, 1997, the Division is
issuing Notice of Violation (NOV) CV-97-013, for failure to provide proper notification
of blasting and for failure to keep proper blasting records. This NOV was the result of a
citizen's complaint inspection and subsequent review of blasting information. The details
of the citizen's complaint inspection were sent to Bowie No. 2 in a letter dated July 31,
1997. The blasting information had been requested in a letter from this Division to Bowie
No. 2, in a letter dated July 23, 1997. The blasting information was received at the
Division on August 1, 1997 and August 8, 1997. The NOV is enclosed with this letter.
NOV CV-97-013 cites four Regulations which were violated. The first cited regulation is
4.08.3(1)(a). This rule requires that the blasting schedule public notice must be published
at least 10 days, but no more than 20 days, before the commencement of any blasting
program that uses at least 5 pounds of explosives. However, the blasting schedule public
notice tivas published on May 7, 1997, while the first blast, which used 900 pounds of
explosives, occurred on May 13, 1997, which is less than the 10 day minimum time
period. Because there is no possibility of reinitiating the blasting notification publication,
this part of the Notice of Violation has no abatement step.
The second cited regulation is 4.08.3(1)(6), which requires that copies of the blasting