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Bowie No. 2 Mine (C- 1996 -083) <br />MT- 4 <br />Serviceberry. The meadow community is dominated by annual and noxious plant <br />species, such as bindweed, cheatgrass and Japanese brome, but Alfalfa and Kentucky <br />Bluegrass are also present; <br />• Pasture, Irrigated Hayfield, and Orchard in the area affected by the unit train loadout <br />and Gob Pile #3; <br />• Mountain Shrub, Aspen, and Spruce -Fir in the areas to be affected by gob vent <br />boreholes. <br />Fish and Wildlife Information - <br />Detailed fish and wildlife information is presented within Section 2.04.11 of the Bowie No. 2 <br />Mine permit application document. This summary is derived from the referenced permit <br />document section. <br />A detailed list of wildlife species known to occur within the Bowie No. 2 Mine permit area is <br />presented in Volume III, Exhibit 9 of the permit application document. The Bowie No. 2 Mine <br />area is located in an area designated as critical range for deer and elk. The surrounding cliffs <br />are possible nesting and /or roosting sites for all species of raptors. The Colorado Division of <br />Wildlife and the United States Fish and Wildlife Service were both involved with the Bowie No. <br />2 Mine permit application review. Correspondence from both agencies regarding the proposed <br />Bowie No. 2 Mine is contained within Volume III, Exhibit 9 of the Bowie No. 2 permit application <br />document. <br />Description of the Operation and Reclamation Plans <br />The following summary is derived from the information presented in the Bowie No. 2 Mine <br />permit application document. <br />The D -2 coal seam was accessed from three (3) entries which were constructed at an elevation <br />of 6,880' above sea level. This is the elevation where the D -2 coal seam generally outcrops, <br />within the Bowie No. 2 permit area, and this elevation is approximately 800' above the old <br />State Highway 133. The main entries were driven down -dip to the north, with the sub -mains <br />being driven east and west from the mains. <br />The B -2 coal seam is currently being accessed through three (3) mine entries. The B -2 coal <br />seam portals are located below and just to the east of the D -2 coal seam portals, at an <br />approximate elevation of 6,630'. The development mining and longwall mining of the B -2 coal <br />seam were approved in Permit Revision No. 8. The B -2 coal seam mine plan was amended in <br />Permit Revision No. 9. Mining of the B -2 seam was subsequently expanded with Permit <br />Revisions 10, 11, 12, 13, and 14. <br />Currently, total annual coal production has been capped at 6 million tons per year. Production <br />data from the Colorado Mine Safety and Training Program shows and average production rate <br />of 3.5 million tons over the 2001 -2013 period. <br />Page 6 of 22 <br />