2011-05-09_REVISION - C1996083

• Permit No: C1996083
• IBM Index Class Name: REVISION
• Doc Date: 5/9/2011
• Doc Name: Adequacy Review
• From: DRMS
• To: Bowie Resources, LLC
• Type & Sequence: MR123
• Email Name: JJD
• 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]
May 9, 2011
Mr. William A. Bear
Bowie Resources LLC
P.O. Box 483
Paonia, Colorado 81428
RE: Bowie No. 2 Mine, Permit No. C-1996-083, Bowie Resources LLC
Minor Revision No. 123, Six Gob Vent Bore Holes, Adequacy Review
Dear Mr. Bear:
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 Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety (Division) has finished its adequacy review
of Minor Revision No. 123 (MR-123) for the Bowie No. 2 Mine. The Division has no adequacy
questions or comments other than the reclamation cost estimate.
Attached is the Division's reclamation cost estimate for MR-123. The cost estimate consists of eight
tasks (a summary sheet and tasks 271-277) and represents an increase in liability of $98,074.00. Bowie
Resources LLC (BRL) is currently under bonded by $125,607.00 so additional bond monies will need
to be submitted before MR-123 can be implemented.
The Division's estimate is $53,773.00 more than the estimate of $44,301.00 submitted by BRL. One
reason is that BRL uses an hourly dozer cost of $90.00 when the actual dozer cost is $198.57/hour.
Additionally, BRL does not include a cost for topsoil replacement on the pads and roads (a direct cost
of $6,735.00). Finally, BRL only has a cost for reseeding one drill pad of 0.92 acres instead of the
required six drill pads, resulting in a direct cost difference of $8,751.00.
Please review the Division's reclamation cost estimate and inform the Division in writing whether or
not the cost estimate is acceptable to the Division.
The Division also requests that BRL reexamine the total disturbance acreage for MR-123. The MR-
123 cover letter and application form state that the total disturbance is 8.1 acres. However, the Division
calculates the total disturbance to be 9.26 acres. This value is based on six drill pads with nominal
dimensions of 200 feet by 200 feet (0.92 acres each for a total of 5.51 acres) and 6,811 feet of road,
nominally 24 feet wide ( for a total of 3.75 acres). Please submit a revised application form with the
corrected disturbance value if you agree.
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