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SIATE 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 />May 14, 2010 <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 />Permit Revision No. 12, West Mine Expansion, Adequacy Review <br />Dear Mr. Bear: <br />COLORADO <br />D I V I S I ON OF <br />RECLAMATION <br />MINING <br />SAFETY <br />Bill Ritter, Jr. <br />Governor <br />James B. Martin <br />Executive Director <br />Loretta E. Pineda <br />Director <br />The Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety (Division) has finished is adequacy review of <br />Permit Revision No. 12 (PR-12) for the Bowie No 2 Mine. The following are the Division's questions and <br />comments. In addition, the Division forwarded comment letters from the Office of Surface Mining, Bureau of <br />Land Management and the Colorado Historical Society to Bowie Resources LLC (BRL) in a letter dated March <br />31, 2010. <br />Section 2.03.4 Identification of Interests <br />1. Concerning Section 2.03.4(7), there are three inconsistencies between the list of surface owners on <br />revised pages 2.03.4-6 in the permit application and the list of surface owners shown on revised Map <br />1. The inconsistencies are for the landowners numbered 05, 12 and 20. Please rectify the two lists. <br />2. On revised Map 1, there are four landowner names, numbered 09, 13, 18 and 28, that appear in the <br />map list but whose properties are not shown on the map. Please rectify the map list with the map. <br />Section 2.04.3 General Requirements: Site Description and Land Use Information <br />Concerning Section 2.04.3(1) of the Bowie No. 2 permit application, please include the pertinent <br />environmental resources background information from the Bowie No. 1 permit application that <br />appears on pages 1 and 2 of Section 2.04. <br />4. As required by Rule 2.04.3(2)(a), please add a narrative to this section that supports land uses for the <br />current and western expansion permit areas. Please include the relevant narrative from pages 2, 3 and <br />4 of Section 2.04 of the Bowie No. 1 permit application. <br />5. Please update Section 2.04.3(4), if appropriate, if Delta County now has land use regulations that <br />apply to the Bowie No. 2 Mine and to the transferred permit area of Bowie No. 1. <br />Office of Office of <br />Mined Land Reclamation Denver • Grand Junction • Durango Active and Inactive Mines