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<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 />March 21, 2008 <br />Jim Stover, P.E. <br />J. E. Stover & Associates <br />P.O. Box 60340 <br />Grand Junction, CO 81506 <br />STATE OF COLORADO <br /> <br />RE: Bowie No. 1 Mine, Permit No. C-81-038, Bowie Resources LLC <br />Technical Revision No. 48, Reclamation Plan Revisions, Adequacy Review <br />Dear Mr. Stover: <br />COLORADO <br />D I V I S ION OF <br />RECLAMATION <br />MINING <br />SAFETY <br />Bill Ritter, Jr. <br />Governor <br />Harris D. Sherman <br />Executive Director <br />Ronald W. Cattany <br />Division Director <br />Natural Resource Trustee <br />The Colorado Division of Minerals and Geology (Division) has finished its review of the Bowie Resources <br />LLC (BRL) submittal of Technical Revision No. 48 (TR-48) for the Bowie No. I Mine. The Division has <br />several questions and comments concerning the TR-48 submittal. In addition, the TR-48 adequacy review <br />generated additional questions on other aspects of the Bowie No. 1 Mine reclamation plan. Since BRL is <br />beginning new reclamation activities at the Bowie No. 1 Mine, the Division believes that these reclamation <br />issues need to be dealt with in some way now. <br />1. There is an apparent typographical error in the first sentence of the second paragraph of revised <br />page 63 of the reclamation plan. Distributed should apparently be disturbed. Please correct the <br />error. <br />2. Appropriate planting window(s) should be specified in the Revegetation Schedule on amended <br />page 68. Language in the first paragraph of the schedule is confusing and lacks specificity. Also, <br />Figure 2.05-5 of the Final Abandonment Appendix, in Volume 6A, presents a schedule for <br />completion of various reclamation tasks in specified areas. Backfilling of the East Mine area is <br />scheduled for 2007, but no time frame is specified for seeding and mulching. There is no entry for <br />revegetation tasks associated with West Mine reclamation. <br />Please amend the narrative on page 68 and the Figure 2.05-5 schedule to clarify planned <br />revegetation timeframes. <br />The section heading on amended page 68 should apparently be (2) (e) rather than (2)(a). Please <br />amend the section heading as appropriate. <br />4. On amended page 72, extensive surface roughening is proposed for south and west facing slopes. <br />Due to favorable effects on steep slope seed catchment, micro-sites for seedling establishment, <br />moisture retention, and erosion control, we would recommend use of extensive roughening on all <br />final reclamation surfaces to be broadcast or hydro-seeded. <br />Please amend the narrative to specify extensive roughening seedbed preparation on all areas <br />to be broadcast or hydro-seeded, and provide additional detail regarding the extensive <br />roughening procedure(s) to be employed (e.g. track-hoe gouging or contour dozer ripping <br />specifications). <br />Office of Office of <br />Mined Land Reclamation Denver Grand Junction • Durango Active and Inactive Mines