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_~ III1111111111111lII 999 STATE OF COLORADO DIVISION OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY Department of Natural Resources 1313 Sherman 51.. Room 2I i Denver. Colorado 80203 Phone: (3031 866-3557 FAX (703183?-8106 May 31, 2001 ~~ DIVISION OF MINERALS GEOLOGY'' 0.ECLAMATION' MI NING•SAFEiY" Assistant State Supervisor colt/°no,°~ Fish and Wildlife Enhancement Greg E. Walther U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service F~e~m~~e Drterror 764 Hori2on Drive, South Annex A Michael 8. Long Grand Junction, CO 81506-3946 D~~ISion Dlrecro~ Re: Bowie No. 2 Mine (Permit No. C-1996-083) Permit Revision Applicafion No. 5 (PR-5) Mine Plan Change Dear Sir or Madam: The Division of Minerals and Geology (DMG) hereby issues notice, in accordance with Tide 34, Article 33, Section 118, Paragraph 3, of the Colorado Revised Statutes, that on May 29, 2001, an application to revise coal mining operations at the Bowie No. 2 Mine was considered complete for the purposes of filing. All review and comment periods as provided in the Act and the Regulations initiate from this date of tiling. Approval of this permit revision would increase the permit boundary to the west by 560 acres and allow for longwall mining west of the present mining, and west of the main fault, but just east of Terror Creek. Additionally, i[ is being proposed that one gob vent borehole and its associated light use road would be cons[mcted. All 560 proposed additional acres are on Federal land and, with this approval, would bring the remainder of [he Iron Point Tract Federal Coal Lease into [he Bowie No. 2 permit. A portion of [he proposed mining had previously been approved as retreat mining of a room and pillar operation. The underground coal mining operation is on land located approximately 5 miles northeast of Paonia, Colorado. The permit area is further described as follows: Portions of Sections 2, 3, 4, 9, (0, 11, 14, 15, and 16, Township 13 South, Range 91 West of the 6th P.M. Portions of Sections 33 and 34, Township 12 South, Range 91 West of the 6th P.M. The above-mentioned tracts of land are shown on USGS 7.5 minute Quadrangle map of Bowie. Because the above referenced permit revision application would incorporate additional lands into the permit area or might otherwise alter previously approved permit conditions or mitigation measures, we are requesting your agency's evaluation of the potential for impacts to threatened or endangered species of plants or animals, or wildlife species otherwise protected by federal law. DMG is required to make a finding that "the activities would not affect [he continued existence of endangered or threatened species or result in the destruction or adverse modification of their critical habitats as determined under the Endangered Species Act of 1973...." We request your review and recommendation pursuant to this finding. Applicable sections of the revision application are enclosed. Please advise us if you require additional information.