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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 />September 9, 2010 <br />Mr. William A. Bear <br />Bowie Resources LLC <br />P.O. Box 483 <br />COLORADO <br />D I V I S ION OF <br />RECLAMATION <br />MINING <br />SAFETY <br />Bill Ritter, Jr. <br />Governor <br />Mike King <br />Executive Director <br />Loretta <br />ire to E. Pineda <br />Paonia, Colorado 81428 D <br />RE: Bowie No. 2 Mine, Permit No. C-1996-083, Bowie Resources LLC <br />Technical Revision No. 67, Terror Creek Vent Shaft, Second Adequacy Review Letter <br />Dear Mr. Bear: <br />The Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety (Division) has finished its review of Bowie <br />Resources LLC's (BRL) August 25, 2010 responses to the Division's adequacy review letter dated <br />August 18, 2010. The following is the status of the issues. Only item number one remains. <br />Rule 2.03.6 - Right of Entry and Operation Information <br />1. Please provide documentation that the Bureau of Land Management, the surface manager, <br />approves of this specific project. <br />BRL has asked the BLM for their concurrence but no response has been received yet. <br />Rule 2.05.4 - Reclamation Plan <br />2. Attached is the Division's reclamation cost estimate for TR-67. The estimate is comprised of <br />three tasks (a summary sheet and tasks 261 and 262) and represents an increase in liability of <br />$198,905. 00. The estimate includes costs for plugging, filling and capping the vent shaft and <br />removing the emergency hoist and nitrogen generator. Please inform the Division in writing <br />whether or not the cost estimate is acceptable to BRL. <br />This issue is resolved. BRL accepted the Division's reclamation cost estimate. <br />Rule 2.05.6 - Mitigation of the Impacts from Mining Operations <br />3. The proposed construction of the Terror Creek ventilation shaft will destroy monitoring well <br />TC-03-03. However, the issue of the groundwater monitoring plan for the Bowie No. 2 Mine is <br />being handled in Permit Revision No. 12. <br />Office of Office of <br />Mined Land Reclamation Denver • Grand Junction • Durango Active and Inactive Mines