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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 />February 4, 2013 <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 />3rd and 4th Quarter 2012 Coal Mine Waste Banks Daily Compaction Reports <br />3rd and 4th Quarter Pond Inspections <br />Instrumentation Monitoring <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 reviewed the above mentioned reports submitted by J.E. Stover & Associates, <br />Inc. on behalf of Bowie Resources, LLC (BRL) for the Bowie No. 2 Mine permit, and has the <br />following comments: <br />Waste Bank Daily Compaction Reports: <br />1. It appears that there are two compaction test locations that were reported as not <br />meeting the standard that were not subsequently retested. <br />a. For the 3rd quarter or 2012, on August 28, 2012, Test Number 738 was reported <br />at 80.1% compaction. It does not appear that this test site was reevaluated in <br />the 3rd or 4th quarters. Please provide data from retesting that indicates that <br />this area was properly compacted, or retest the area and provide the <br />compaction data. <br />b. For the 4th quarter of 2012, on October 2, 2012, Test Number 755 was reported <br />at 84.0% compaction. Subsequent retests on October 10, 2012 (755A - 82.1 %) <br />and November 8, 2012 (7558 - 87.2 %) were also below the standard. Please <br />provide data from retesting that indicates that this area was properly <br />compacted, or retest the area and provide the compaction data. <br />Office of Office of <br />Mined Land Reclamation Denver • Grand Junction • Durango Active and Inactive Mines <br />