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STATE OF COLORADO <br />DIVISION OF RECLAMATION, MINING AND SAFETY <br />Department of Natural Resources <br />1313 Sherman St., Room 215 <br />Denver, Colorado 80203 <br />Phone: (303) 866-3567 <br />FAX: (303) 832-8106 <br />January 12, 2009 <br />Mr. William A. Bear <br />Bowie Resources LLC <br />P.O. Box 483 <br />COLORADO <br />D IV IS I ON OF <br />RECLAMATION <br />MINING <br />SAFETY <br />Bill Ritter, Jr. <br />Governor <br />Harris D. Sherman <br />Executive Director <br />Paonia, Colorado 81428 Ronald W. Cattany <br />Division Director <br />Natural Resource Trustee <br />RE: Bowie No. 2 Mine, Permit No. C-96-083, Bowie Resources LLC <br />Technical Revision No. 57, Mine Water Discharge into Somerset Mine, Third Adequacy <br />Review Letter <br />Dear Mr. Bear: <br />The Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety (Division) has the understanding that the <br />Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) is concerned about dispersed <br />discharges from mines. Apparently, the CDPHE is concerned that such a discharge situation might <br />be circumventing the intent of a point source discharge. <br />The revised probable hydrologic consequences section of Technical Revision No. 57 states that mine <br />water that will be pumped from the Bowie No. 2 Mine into the abandoned workings of the US Steel <br />Somerset Mine will eventually seep out of the abandoned mine through rock outcrops and flow into <br />the river. This outcrop seepage could possibly be characterized as a dispersed discharge. <br />Therefore, as part of the adequacy review of TR-57, the Division requests that BRL provide <br />documentation from the CDPHE that the pumping of Bowie No. 2 mine water into the abandoned <br />workings of the US Steel Somerset Mine as proposed in TR-57 meets with their approval. <br />If you have any questions, please call me. <br />Sincerely, <br />?kseph J. dash <br />Environmental Protection Specialist <br />cc: Jim Stover P.E. (J.E. Stover & Associates) <br />c:\word\bowie2\tr57adeglet3 <br />Office of Office of <br />Mined Land Reclamation Denver - Grand Junction - Durango Active and Inactive Mines