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1,1!30199 09:59 F.SC 19i0:i66933 FFA rti}002 <br />MINE ENOMEERINC <br />MINE RECLAftATlON <br />November 5, 1999 <br />J. E. STOVER & ASSOCIATES <br />2758 COMPASS DRIVE, SLITE 101 <br />GRA.'VD JUNCTION, COLORADO 81506 <br />PHCNE: (97Q1 245-dt01, =PX 242-7908 <br />I <br />~r~-' ~~- <br />CIVIL ENG NE8RRi0 I f_ n • <br />CONST. MANA6EMENi r <br />(~~6Q8ML~g <br />Nov o ~ jsss <br />U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service liX1f-vun..,.,,,,:n.;;,~ <br />Western Colorado Sub-0fi'ice ~ ~ACNn•I[!NC7fON Cr) ~,~. <br />764 Horizon Drive, South Annex A <br />._ __ Grand Junction_CO 81506 __.... , ___. _- .~_ _. -_~.,,_ _~ . <br />Re: Bowie Resources Limited <br />Conservation Measure Commitment <br />DMG Permit Nos. C-96-083 & C-81-038 <br />DMG Permit Actions (#2 Mine PR-03 & #1 Mine TR-32) <br />Dear Sirs: <br />Bowie Resources Limited is revising its operations at the Bowie No. 1 & 2 Mines. <br />Production at the Bowie No. 2 Mine will increase to 5.0 million tons per year. This coat wiii <br />be loaded at the Bowie No. 1 Mine loadout These changes increase the predicted flea <br />depletion in the Colorado River by 155.6 acre feet per year. This additional depletion may <br />affect four endangered species of fish in the Colorado River. <br />Bowie Resources Limited hereby commits to implement the conservation measures the U. <br />S. Fish and Wildlife Service believes are necessary to mitigate the affect the depletion <br />may have on the four endangered species. The conservation measures inGude a one Ume <br />contribution of 52,234.42 to the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation. The amount of the <br />contribution•is calculated by-fnd4tipiyiFlg the. timsted annw~l• depletion of 155:6 acre feet <br />bye a cllontributio~;l actor of $14.36 per acre f~ot of depletion. I• <br />Sincehely, ' <br />~~ <br />" J. E. Stover, P.E.I <br />Consulting Engineer <br />cc: Wm. A. Bear, Jr. <br />J. J. Dudash, DMG <br />• <br />