2008-08-13_REVISION - C1996083 ‎(3)‎

• Permit No: C1996083
• IBM Index Class Name: REVISION
• Doc Date: 8/13/2008
• Doc Name: Request for Assistance
• From: Joe Dudash
• To: Jim Stark
• Type & Sequence: MR89
• Email Name: JRS
• 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 C O L O R A D O
D I V I S I O N O F
Phone: [phone] RECLAMATION
FAX: [phone] MIN I N G
DATE: August 13, 2008 SAFETY
Bill Ritter, Jr.
TO: Jim Stark Governor
Harris D. Sherman

FROM: Joe Dudash
C Executive Director
Ronald W. Cattany
Division Director
RE: Bowie No. 2 in , Permit No. C-1996-083, Bowie Resources LLC Natural Resource Trustee
Minor Revision No. 89, Light Use Road Designs, Request for Assistance
I am requesting your assistance in the review of Minor Revision No. 89 (MR-89), submitted by
Bowie Resources LLC (BRL) for the Bowie No. 2 Mine. In MR-89, BRL proposes to incorporate
into the Bowie No. 2 Mine permit a generalized light use road design for the light use roads that
had already been approved in Technical Revision No. 52 (TR-52). TR-52 involved 13 gob vent
boreholes on Forest Service land.
At the time of the TR-52 approval, it was assumed that the road designs would be consistent with
past practices. However, it was agreed that BRL would submit a revision to the Division if the
TR-52 road construction was different from the normal light use road construction now in use.
The Forest Service, then, requested changes to the road design for TR-52 so MR-89 was
submitted.
Figure 1 of the MR-89 submittal shows the new light use road design for the light use roads
approved in TR-52. The basic difference appears to be that the new designs will not allow any
side casting of material. Therefore, haul distances might change.
Therefore, I am asking you to determine whether the reclamation cost estimate for TR-52 has to
be modified in MR-89 to take into account the new road construction techniques presented in
MR-89.
I will call MR-89 complete on August 21 so the decision due date will be Tuesday, September 2.
If I could get your memo back by Friday, August 29, I would appreciate it. I will be in the field
from August 25 through the 28.
Attached is one complete copy of the MR-89 submittal, as well as Map 9 from TR-52 which
shows the road locations. If you need any other information, please let me know. Thanks for your
assistance!
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