2010-01-13_REVISION - C1981038

• Permit No: C1981038
• IBM Index Class Name: REVISION
• Doc Date: 1/13/2010
• Doc Name: Preliminary Adequacy Review
• From: DRMS
• To: Bowie Resources, LLC
• Type & Sequence: TR52
• Email Name: MLT
• 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]
13 January 2010
Basil Bear
Bowie Resources, LLC
P.O. Box 1488
Paonia, CO 81428
Re: Permit No. C-1981-038 - Bowie No. 1 Mine
Technical Revision No. 52 (TR-52)
Cease Quarterly Inspections at the West Ridge Coal Mine Waste Bank
Preliminary Adequacy Review
Dear Mr. Bear:
COLORADO
D 1 v I s 1 O N O F
RECLAMATION
MINING
SAFETY
Bill Ritter, Jr.
Governor
Harris D. Sherman
Executive Director
Ronald W. Cattany
Division Director
Natural Resource Trustee
The Division received your application for Technical TR-52 to the Bowie No. 1 Mine
from J.E. Stover & Associates on 9 October 2009 and determined the application to be
Complete for purposes of filing on the 19th of October. The Public Notice appeared in
the Delta County Independent on 28 October; proof of publication was received on 5
November 2009. TR-52 proposes to allow the cessation of quarterly inspections of the
West Ridge coal mine waste disposal site.
Section 4.10 requires that coal mine waste banks be designed, constructed, inspected and
maintained in accordance with 4.01.1, 4.09.2, 4. 10, and 4.11; and to prevent combustion.
A review of Division records, including the permit application package; quarterly
inspection reports; permit correspondence; and Division inspection reports confirms that
the West Ridge site has been designed, constructed, inspected and maintained in
accordance with the Rules.
Initial construction of the pile commenced in the summer of 1983; professional
certification was received by the Division on 1 September 1983. In 1989, it was
discovered that certain slopes had been constructed steeper than the 211:1 V approved in
the design, and that insufficient compaction had been achieved at several locations.
Repair of the West Ridge site was approved by TR-7, and accomplished in 1991.
Design modifications to the West Ridge CMWB were approved with TR-25 in 1994.
The design included the placement of rock drains in the drainages east and west of the
northern end of the bank. Construction of the rock drains occurred in September 1996,
and certification was provided to the Division in February 1998. The estimated capacity
of the West ridge CMWB is 131,000 cubic yards.
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