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MI 3 <br />J. E. STOVER & ASSOCIATES, INC. <br />2352 NORTH 7th STREET, UNIT B <br />GRAND JUNCTION, COLORADO 81501 <br />PHONE: (970) 245-4101, FAX 242-7908 <br />MINE ENGINEERING <br />MINE RECLAMATION <br />October 26, 2009 <br />J. J. Dudash <br />Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety <br />1313 Sherman St., Room 215 <br />Denver, CO 80203 <br />Re: Bowie Resources, LLC, Bowie No. 2 Mine <br />Midterm Permit Review <br />Permit C-1996-083 <br />Dear Mr. Dudash: <br />CIVIL ENGINEERING <br />CONST. MANAGEMENT <br />By letter dated October 5, 2009, the DRMS transmitted its 2009 midterm permit review. <br />Section IV of the review listed two adequacy review questions. On behalf of Bowie <br />Resources LLC, following are its responses to the two questions. <br />1. Page 2.05-39ii indicates 1,300 cubic yards (160 CY rock and 1,140 CY rock <br />and soil) were hauled to the Bowie No. 1 mine and 1,700 cubic yards of rock <br />were given to the town of Paonia to backfill its sewage lagoons. Thus a total <br />of 3,000 cubic yards were exported from the shaft site. The fourth paragraph <br />on page 2.05-39ii states that permanently exporting 3,000 cubic yards from <br />the shaft site would lower the final contours of the site approximately 1.2 feet <br />which is considered insignificant. <br />The UDSA-FS sold to Bowie 1,860 CY (160 + 1,700) of rock which will not be <br />returned to the shaft site. Therefore, worst case is that Bowie will need to <br />return 1,140 CY or rock and soil to the shaft site. The material is available at <br />the Bowie No. 1 Mine highway coal stockpile area. <br />2. The DRMS has a concern regarding outcrop failure as follows: "As <br />documented in the 2007 Annual Subsidence Report, a landslide had <br />occurred in the Freeman Gulch area in June 2007. Presumably, the landslide <br />was a result of longwall mining on the east end of the B-6 longwall panel. As <br />was required in Exhibit 15 of Volume III and shown on Map 14-B of Volume II, <br />one row of pillars, 100 feet wide, of competent coal had been left in place as <br />an outcrop barrier pillar to prevent outcrop failure. Since outcrop failure had <br />occurred, please reexamine the issue of outcrop barrier pillars and comment <br />on whether or not more protection is needed."