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MINE ENGINEERING <br />MINE RECLAMATION <br />May 22, 2012 <br />Brock Bowles <br />Division of Reclamation, Mining & Safety <br />1313 Sherman St., Room 215 <br />Denver, CO 80203 <br />Re: Bowie Resources, LLC, Bowie No. 2 Mine <br />Technical Revision #72, Expand Gob Pile #2 to the west <br />Adequacy Response #1 <br />Permit C- 1996 -083 <br />Dear Mr. Bowles: <br />BOW -2: Please see revised Page 1. <br />J. E. STOVER & ASSOCIATES, INC. <br />2352 NORTH 7 STREEET, UNIT B <br />GRAND JUNCTION, COLORADO 81501 <br />PHONE: (970) 245 -4101, FAX 242 -7908 <br />MAY 2 2012 <br />Dlv►$IOn or�K d Safety <br />n, <br />Mining <br />CIVIL ENGINEERING <br />CONST. MANAGEMENT <br />The DRMS' letter dated April 4, 2012 requested additional information. On behalf of Bowie <br />Resources, LLC, enclosed is the requested data. <br />1. DRMS: On the application form, a change in permit area of 1.8 acres is proposed. This may <br />be a typo and was supposed to be a 1.8 acres change in disturbed area. Please correct this <br />change in permit acreage. <br />BOW -2: Please see the attached revised application form. The correct acreages should be <br />1.8 acres in additional disturbed and affected area since the area has not been undermined. <br />2. DRMS: In the text of Volume IX, the Introduction section beginning on page 1 is somewhat <br />confusing, and partially obsolete. The tenses are contradictory, and the chronology is difficult to <br />follow. Please re -write the second paragraph on page 1 to clearly communicate the <br />history of development of Coal Mine Waste Disposal Areas 1, 2 and 4. <br />3. DRMS: In the proposed application, the revised reclamation section of Volume IX, page 11 , <br />states that "31 acres of the gob pile ... will need to be revegetated." The current permit (same <br />section an page number) states that "37 acres of the. gob pile need to be revegetated." The <br />reduction of 6 acres that need to be revegetated is not reflected in the 2010 or 2011 Annual <br />Reclamation Reports as Phase I, II or III bond released. Please clarify /explain the reduction <br />in acres that need to be revegetated. <br />BOW -2: Please see revised page 11, correct acreage should be 37 acres. <br />4. DRMS: In Appendix A of the proposed revision - Coal Mine Waste Disposal Area Table, the <br />topsoil volumes (cy) in the reclamation volumes section are incorrect. The total for this column <br />in the proposal is 54,203 which is the same value as the current Appendix A without the gob #2 <br />