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<br />5 December 2000 <br />Liane Mattson <br />USFS Paonia Ranger District <br />Lmatison ~ fs. fed. us <br />Gregory Hunt <br />Bowie Resources Ltd. <br />GhuntbbcC~aol.com <br />RE: Access required to holes drilled this field season (2000) <br />Liane; <br />The following holes were completed as long term monitoring wells: <br />• BRL-IP-00-65A (also known as site 10) Competed above the D-Seam <br />• BRL-IP-00-66A (also known as site 8) Completed below the D-Seam <br />• BRL-IP-00-67 & 67A (also known as site 7) Completed above, below, and in the D-Seam <br />These wells were cotttpleted as groundwater monitoring wells as mandated by Colorado Division of <br />Minerals and Geology. Quarterly water samples are required to be taken from all of these holes and due to <br />the depth to water, truck mounted equipment will be required to collect the samples. Four wheel drive <br />vehicular access is required al all sites. The roads to the sites as presently established will suffice for <br />access. BRL is willing and happy to cooperate with the USFS to restrict access to these sites to only times <br />that monitoring is required. <br />Hole BRL-IP-00-66, a twin to hole BRL-iP-00-66A (also located at site 8) was completed as a gob vent <br />borehole. A 6-inch casing was cemented from approximately 100 feel above the D-Seam up to the <br />surface to conduit methane from the seam during mining. A plug was placed into the top of this hole to <br />prevent gas from Mowing from the hole until the plug is removed at a future date. <br />As it turns out there is some question regarding the need to use this hole as a gob vent hole and thus the <br />final status of surface access is likewise in question. Should the hole be ultimately used as a vent hole a <br />typical surface assembly will be installed. <br />A typical GVB surface assembly consists of a gate valve, check valve, and Flame arrestor (all 6 inch PVC). <br />The Flame arrestor has a vent pipe extending 10 feet above ground. A 6 (oot high steel than link fence <br />approximately 12 feet by 12 feet is professionally installed around the assembly to prevent damage or <br />tampering from persons and or animals. <br />If this hole is not required as a gob vent hole then it could he plugged and reclaimed. However since the <br />twin of this hole BRL-1P-00-66A is located a Few feet from it and access For sampling is required of the <br />twin hole it seems a moot point to determine the final status of the gob vent hole at present. <br />Nancy should have received a request for special use permit covering these same three drill sites. <br />Please call should there be additional questions. <br />Greg Hunt <br />Cc: Bill Bear <br />