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The lands disturbed in Permit Revision No. 6 were primarily pasture and hayland. In constructing certain <br />sections of the railroad track, some areas close to wetlands were disturbed. BRL installed sediment <br />control measures so that the wetlands were not disturbed. <br />The construction of the B -seam portal bench and the associated excavated soil storage area, approved <br />through PR -07, disturbed vegetation that is classed as being mixed shrubland. <br />Fish and Wildlife Information - <br />Detailed fish and wildlife information is presented within Section 2.04.11 of the Bowie No. 2 Mine permit <br />application document. This summary is derived from the referenced permit document section. <br />A detailed list of wildlife species known to occur within the Bowie No. 2 Mine permit area is presented in <br />Volume 111, Exhibit 9 of the permit application document. The Bowie No. 2 Mine area is located in an <br />area designated as critical range for deer and elk. The surrounding cliffs are possible nesting and/or roosting <br />sites for all species of raptors. The Colorado Division of Wildlife and the United States Fish and Wildlife <br />Service were both involved with the Bowie No. 2 Mine permit application review. Correspondence from <br />both agencies regarding the proposed Bowie No. 2 Mine is contained within Volume III, Exhibit 9 of the <br />Bowie No. 2 permit application document. <br />Specific site surveys were conducted to ascertain the presence of and potential impacts on threatened or <br />endangered wildlife species. The field surveys did not identify any such species, or predict any such <br />impacts. <br />Description of the Operation and Reclamation Plans <br />Detailed information regarding the operation and reclamation plans for the Bowie No. 2 Mine is presented <br />in Section 2.05 of the Bowie No. 2 Mine permit application document. Section 2.05 of the permit also <br />contains numerous references to maps and other information related to the Bowie No. 2 Mine operations <br />and reclamation plans, which are contained in various sections of the permit application document binders. <br />The following summary is derived from the information presented in the Bowie No. 2 Mine permit <br />application document. <br />The Bowie No. 2 Mine is a coalmine, and the coal was originally extracted using the room and pillar mining <br />method. Retreatmining of some of these sections has occurred. Approval of Permit Revision No. 3 allowed <br />the mining method to change to longwall mining. Mining is currently being conducted only in the D-2 coal <br />seam. The construction of a coal wash plant was approved in Technical Revision No. 27. Approval of <br />Permit Revision No. 7 permitted the construction of support facilities in order to mine the B-2 coal seam. <br />The initial mine plan approval to mine the B-2 coal seam was obtained through Permit Revision No. 8. In <br />Permit Revision No. 9, the B-2 coal seam mine plan was amended. Athird panel was projected in the west <br />section of the mine. The permit boundary was expanded to encompass the entire Federal coal lease (COC <br />61209) boundary and two proposed lease modification areas. No mining under Terror Creek was proposed <br />The D-2 coal seam was accessed from three (3) entries which were constructed at an elevation of 6880 feet <br />above sea level. This is the elevation where the D-2 coal seam generally outcrops, within the Bowie No. 2 <br />permit area, and this elevation is approximately 800 feet above the old State Highway 133. The main entries <br />have been driven down -dip to the north, with the sub -mains being driven east and west from the mains. <br />18 <br />