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STATE OF COLORADO <br />DIVISION OF RECLAMATION, MINING AND SAFETY <br />Department of Natural Resources <br />1373 Sherman St., Room 215 <br />Denver, Colorado 80203 <br />Phone: (303) 866-3567 <br />FAX: (303) 832106 <br />August 9, 2007 <br />James Fulton <br />Office of Surface Mining <br />Western Regional Coordinating Center <br />1999 Broadway, Suite 3320 <br />P.O. Box 46667 <br />Denver, CO 80201-6667 <br />Re: Bowie No. 1 Mine (Permit No. C-1981-038) <br />Bond Release Application No. 3 (SL-3) <br />Dear Mr. Fulton: <br />COLORADO <br />DIVISION OF <br />RECLAMATION <br />MINING <br />- &- <br />SAFETY <br />Bill Ritter, lr. <br />Governor <br />Harris D. Sherman <br />Executive Director <br />Ronald W. Cattany <br />Division Director <br />Natural Resource Trustee <br />Bowie Resources, LLC has applied for a bond release at the Bowie No. 1 Mine. The bond release <br />application was found complete by this Division on August 9, 2007. Bowie Resources, LLC (BRL) <br />has applied for a Partial Phase One Bond Release at the Bowie No. 1 Mine. The bond release request <br />is for structural demolition and removal at the unit train loadout. The reclamation work was performed <br />during September through November 2006 and involved the truck dump, concrete silos, the rail car <br />loadout with associated structures and conveyors. BRL is requesting release of $1,200.000.00 of the <br />total reclamation liability of $5,756,607.00. The Division currently holds a reclamation bond of <br />$5,761,290.00 for the Bowie No. t Mine. The surface ownership is Federal and private, and the coal <br />mined was Federal and private. <br />We will contact you to advise you of the Division's required bond release inspection of the site as soon <br />as it has been scheduled. A proposed decision on the application will be issued within sixty (60) days <br />of our inspection. <br />If you have questions or need additional information, please contact me. <br />Sincerely, <br />oseph J.~udash <br />Environmental Protection Specialist <br />JJD/Ahd <br />n+aoss~naeemp~c-sr-ot_ciss+aJB_IJ~ osovzaonozsoza« <br />Office of Office of <br />Mined Land Reclamation Denver Grand junction Durango Active and Inactive Mines <br />