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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 />December 21, 2012 <br />William A. Bear <br />Bowie Resources, LLC <br />P.O. Box 483 <br />Paonia, CO 81428 <br />Re: Bowie No. 2 Mine (Permit No. C- 1996 -083) <br />Technical Revision No. 76 (TR- 76) <br />Gob Pile #2 Expansion <br />Dear Mr. Bear: <br />COLORADO <br />ID I V I S I O N O F <br />RECLAMATION <br />MINING <br />SAFETY <br />John W. Hickenlooper <br />Governor <br />Mike King <br />Executive Director <br />Loretta E. Pineda <br />Director <br />The Division has completed a preliminary adequacy review of the technical revision application <br />(TR -76) submitted by Bowie Resources, LLC (BRL) for the Bowie No. 2 Mine. The revision <br />proposes the expansion of Gob Pile #2 to accommodate an additional 600,000 cubic yards of <br />coal waste material. Overall, the revision application was a comprehensive and well organized <br />submittal. We do, however, have the following comments and questions regarding the <br />application. <br />1. Cross - sections U -U', V -V', and W -W' were removed from Map 18 (this issue was <br />addressed in TR -75 but possibly inadvertently omitted again with TR -76). A cross - <br />section exists on Map 18 for Sections L through T, and a note under that section <br />indicates that all other cross - sections are shown on Map 19. Map 19 does not include <br />Section U, nor are we able to locate the section elsewhere in the permit application <br />package. We are also unable to locate Sections V, W, and X. Please revise Map 18 to <br />include the required cross - sections (Rule 2.05.3(4)(i)(8)J for sections U, V, W, and X, or <br />provide information on their location in the permit application package. <br />2. Please update Map 32, Topsoil Distribution Plan, to include the proposed disturbance <br />area associated with the gob pile expansion. <br />3. Please update the discussion on page 2.05 -12 to update progress to date and include <br />the proposed gob pile expansion. <br />4. Pages EXH 8 -17 and EXH 8 -18 provide a summary of the Pond D watershed. The figures <br />provided add up to 1.75 acres but the total acreage listed is 15.0 acres. Please revise <br />the pages to correctly reflect the watershed area. <br />Office of Office of <br />Mined Land Reclamation Denver • Grand Junction • Durango Active and Inactive Mines <br />