2007-12-10_ENFORCEMENT - C1996083

• Permit No: C1996083
• IBM Index Class Name: ENFORCEMENT
• Doc Date: 12/10/2007
• Doc Name: Additional Information
• From: Joe Dudash
• To: Dan Hernandez
• Violation No.: CV2007006
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

STATE OF COLORADO
DIVISION OF RECLAMATION, MINING AND SAFETY
Department of Natural Resources
1313 Sherman St., Room 215
Denver, Colorado 80203
Phone: [phone]
FAX: [phone]
DATE: December 10, 2007
TO: Dan Hernandez
COLORADO
DIVISION O F
RECLAMATION
MINING
- &-
SAF ETY
Bill Ritter, Jr.
Governor
Harris D. Sherman
Executive Director
Ronald W. Cattany
FROM: Joe Dudash ~ ~ Division Director
Natural Resource Trustee
RE: Bowie No. 2 Mine, Permit No. C-1996-083, Bowie Resources LLC
Notice ofViolation CV-2007-006, Proposed Civil Penalty Assessment,
Additional Information
In a memo to you dated December 4, 2007, I requested your assistance in the assessment
of the proposed civil penalty for Notice of Violation (NOV) CV-2007-006, issued to
Bowie Resources LLC (Bowie) for the Bowie No. 2 Mine. This memo is to update the
information concerning the abatement of the NOV.
There were two abatement steps for NOV CV-2007-006, one dealing with the topsoil-like
material and the other dealing with the excess rock. The first abatement step was to
transport the topsoil-like material from the Paonia Water Pollution Control Facility back
to the Hubbard Creek vent shaft construction site for storage or to another topsoil storage
area approved by the Division through a minor revision. Field Minor Revision No. 84
was approved so that the topsoil-like material from the Paonia facility or from the
Hubbard Creek vent shaft construction site could be stockpiled at the Bowie No. 2 unit
train loadout main topsoil stockpile. The due date for abatement of step one was 5 pm on
November 23, 2007. During my field inspection of the Bowie No. 2 Mine on December
5, 2007, I verified that the topsoil-like material had been transported to the Bowie No. 2
unit train loadout topsoil stockpile.
The second abatement step was to transport the excess rock to the Bowie No. 1 Mine as
approved in Minor Revision No. 83 or obtain Division approval through a technical
revision to keep the excess rock at the Paonia facility. The due date for abatement is 5 pm
on December 17, 2007. The operator has submitted a technical revision to keep the
excess rock at the Paonia facility.
The proposed civil penalty assessment is due on Monday, December 17, 2007.
If you need any additional information, please let me know. Thanks for you assistance.
cc: Sandy Brown
c:/word/bowie2/nov2007006pcpmemo2
Office of Office of
Mined Land Reclamation Denver Grand Junction Durango Active and Inactive Mines