2012-04-04_REVISION - C1996083

• Permit No: C1996083
• IBM Index Class Name: Revision
• Doc Date: 4/4/2012
• Doc Name: Adequacy Question #1
• From: DRMS
• To: Tamme Bishop - J.E. Stover & Associates
• Type & Sequence: TR72
• Email Name: BFB
• Email Name: SB1
• 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]
April 4, 2012
Tamme Bishop
J. E. Stover & Associates
2352 North 7 St., Unit B
Grand Junction, CO 81501
Re: Bowie No. 2 Mine Permit No. C- 1996 -083
Technical Revision No. 72 (TR -72), Gob Pile #2 Expansion
Adequacy Questions #1
Dear Ms. Bishop:
COLORADO
D I V I S I ON OF
RECLAMATION
MINING
SAFETY
John W. Hickenlooper
Governor
Mike King
Executive Director
Loretta E. Pineda
Director
The Division of Reclamation Mining and Safety (Division) has reviewed the above referenced
technical revision application material submitted for the proposed west expansion of gob pile 42.
The Division received the application on February 9, 2012 and it was deemed complete on February
17, 2012. The Division has the following adequacy review comments regarding the proposed plan.
General
On the application form, a change in permit area of 1.8 acres is proposed. This may be a
typo and was supposed to be a 1.8 acres change in disturbed area. Please correct this
change in permit acreage.
2. In the text of Volume IX, the Introduction section beginning on page 1 is somewhat
confusing, and partially obsolete. The tenses are contradictory, and the chronology is
difficult to follow. Please re -write the second paragraph on page 1 to clearly communicate
the history of development of Coal Mine Waste Disposal Areas 1, 2 and 4.
In the proposed application, the revised reclamation section of Volume IX, page 11, states
that "31 acres of the gob pile... will need to be revegetated." The current permit (same
section and page number) states that "37 acres of the gob pile... will need to be revegetated."
The reduction of 6 acres that need to be revegetated is not reflected in the 2010 or 2011
Annual Reclamation Reports as Phase I,11 or III bond released. Please clarify /explain the
reduction in acres that need to be revegetated.
4. In Appendix A of the proposed revision Coal Mine Waste Disposal Area Table, the topsoil
volumes (cy) in the reclamation volumes section are incorrect. The total for this column in
the proposal is 54,203 which is the same value as the current Appendix A without the gob 92
west expansion. Also, the topsoil and cover volumes (cy) for the second, third & fourth 50
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