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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 />June 2, 2009 <br />Mr. William A. Bear <br />Bowie Resources LLC <br />P.O. Box 483 <br />Paonia, Colorado 81428 <br />RE: Bowie No. 2 Mine, Permit No. C-96-083, Bowie Resources LLC <br />Minor Revision No. 104, Relocate GVB-9B, Adequacy Review <br />Dear Mr. Bear: <br />COLORADO <br />D I V I S 10 N 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 Reclamation, Mining and Safety (Division) has finished its adequacy review for <br />Minor Revision No. 104 (MR-104), submitted by Bowie Resources LLC for the Bowie No. 2 Mine. The <br />Division does not have any adequacy review questions. The Division does have two comments, however: <br />1. Attached is the Division's reclamation cost estimate for MR-104. The estimate is comprised of <br />seven tasks (a summary sheet and tasks 351 through 356) and represents an increase in liability of <br />$22,486.00. <br />This estimate is $12,936.00 more than the estimate of $9,550.00 submitted by BRL because the <br />Division's hourly costs to regrade the pads and roads and replace topsoil using a dozer is more <br />expensive than that used by BRL ($207.53/hour versus $90.00/hour). Additionally, the Division <br />estimates the task time on an individual task basis while BRL uses a set number of hours per acre. <br />There was no change to the estimate for changing the plugging and sealing of GVB-9B since this <br />was included in TR-52. <br />Please inform the Division whether or not BRL approves of the reclamation cost estimate. <br />2. Attached is a copy of the USDA-Forest Service concurrence letter with Attachment A. <br />If you have any questions, please call me. <br />Sincerely, <br />Yoseph J. dash <br />Environmental Protection Specialist <br />Attachments <br />cc: Jim Stover P.E. (J.E. Stover & Associates) with attachments <br />c: \word2007\bowie2\mr 104adeq 1 <br />Office of <br />Office of <br />Mined Land Reclamation Denver • Grand Junction • Durango Artive and Inartiva Mina,;