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STATE OF COLORADO <br />DIVISION OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY <br />Dep.irtmenl of N~lur~l Resources <br />1 713 Sherman St., Room 21 i <br />Denver, Colorado 80?O7 <br />Phone: 13071 666-1i67 <br />FAX: 130 i1 63'-8106 <br />June 24, 1998 <br />Mr. William A. Bear Jr. <br />V.P. Operations <br />Bowie Resources Limited <br />P.O. Box 1488 <br />Paonia, Colorado 81428 <br />RE: Fugitive Coal Dust, Bowie No. 1 and No. 2 Mines, Permit Nos. C-81-038 and <br />C-95-083, Bowie Resources Limited <br />Dear Mr. Bear: <br />DEPARTMENT OF <br />NATUP.AL <br />RESOURCES <br />Foy Rumer <br />Governer <br />Tames S. Luchhrad <br />Erecwne Directrn <br />tii~chael B. Lang <br />Dins~on Oire<ior <br />The Division has received Bowie Resources' letter, dated June 12, 1998, conceming <br />fugitive coal dust problems along Highway 133. The Division appreciates that Bewie <br />Resources plans on taking a strong stand in controlling the dust from the Bowie No. 2 <br />coal haul trucks and at the Bowie No. 1 loadout. Eliminating the coal stockpile at the <br />truck dump, cleaning up any coal dust on the highway, covering the haul truck trailers <br />with tarpaulins and observing speed limits should minimize the problem. <br />The Division has one comment conceming the proposed plan. The Division believes that <br />it would be prudent to cover the trailers of the "empty" haul trucks as well as of the <br />loaded haul trucks since some of the coal dust appears to be coming from the "empty" <br />trucks. <br />Finally, the Division will accept, at this time, Bowie Resources' proposal not to include <br />these specific actions into the Bowie No. 1 and No. 2 permit applications through the <br />submittal of minor revisions. However, this agreement is with the understanding that the <br />proposed plan will be implemented with diligence and that the coal dust problem will be <br />solved quickly. If further problems arise, then more stringent remedies will be examined. <br />