ENFORCE29412

• Permit No: C1981038
• IBM Index Class Name: Enforcement
• Doc Date: 5/1/2001
• Doc Name: NOV CV-2000-013 CV-2001-006 BOWIE 1 MINE PN C-81-038
• From: DMG
• To: BOWIE RESOURCES LTD
• Violation No.: CV2000013
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

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DIVISION OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY

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1313 Sherman St., Roam 215 '
Denver, Colorado 80?03 DIVISION O F
Phone. [phone] MINERAL S
Fix: !3031 83?-8706 &
GEOLOGY
RECLAMATION
May 1,2001 MINING•SAFETY
Mr. Keith Sieber Mr. Michael Nemser BillOwens

Bowie Resources Limited
AEI Resources, [nc. Governor

P.O. Box 1488
2000 Ashland Drive Greg E. Walchu
Executive Duector
Paonia. CO 81428 Ashland, Kentucky 41 101 Michael e. Long
Di.is~on Director
Via - US Mail
-Fax to [phone]
-Fax to [phone]
Re: Notices of Violation CV-2000-013 and CV-2001-006 -Bowie No. 1 11-tine,
Permit No. C-81-038
Dear Sirs:
This letter is written as follow-up to our telephone conversations of last week regarding the above-referenced
Notices of Violation. Both of the violations require abatement by May 14, 2001, and both violations require
that the Frontier bond previously posted for the Bowie No. I Mine (Pern3it No. C-81-038) must be replaced
by another bond which fully complies with all applicable statutes and regulations.
To date, Bowie Resources Ltd. has posted a replacement bond in the amount of $1,000,000 (one million
dollars) for the Bowie No. f Mine. The total required bond amount for the Bowie No. I Mine is $6.450,000
(six million four hundred fifty thousand dollars), thus requiring additional replacement bond in the amount of
$5,450.000 (five million four hundred fifty thousand dollars) to abate the above-referenced pending Notices
of Violation.
The required replacement bond for the Bowie No. 1 Mine must be executed in full no later than May 14,
2001. The many circumstances related to this situation prevent us from allowing any further flexibility. We
must ensure that the full bond amount required by State Law is in place for the Bowie No. I Mine. Please be
advised that if a fully and correctly executed bond is not in place by 5:00 p.m. May 14, 2001, we will be
required to issue aFailure-to-Abate Cessation Order which will prohibit all mining and coal loadout-related
activities, and which wilt include an order to reclaim [he site. Civil penalties will also begin to accrue at a
minimum rate of $750/per day.
We appreciate your cooperation in this matter, and look forward to an expeditious and final resolution of the
pending vu~cr~ation.
'Ovid Berry
Coal Program Supervisor
Cc: Michael Long
Cheryl Linden, AGO Bowre 15-I-01 NOV Bond