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• • iii iiiiiiiiuiii iii STATE OF COLOP~ADO DIVISION OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY Department ni Nalury Resources I J 14 Sherman 51., Room ? 15 Phone UO}I 866-356,' FA:b 130}I Bl'_-d106 June 21, 2000 West Regional Wildlife Manager Colorado Division of W ildlife West Regional Service Center 71 I IndependentAve. Grand Junction, CO 81505 Re: Bowie No. 2 Mine (Permit No. C-1996-083) Technical Revision Application No. 16 (TR-16) Incidental Boundary Change Dear West Regional Wildlife Manager: ~~ DIVISION O F MINERAL`S GEOLOGI' REC LAMATIOn' MINING•$AFETt' B~II pwens eo.-e~nrr GregE ~Wlcher Exe<wive Director michael B. Long Division Dveclor The Division of Minerals and Geology hereby issues notice, in accordance with Title 34, Article 33, Section 116, Paragraph 4, of the Colorado Revised Statutes, that on June 19, 2000, an application to revise coal mining operations at the Bowie No. 2 Mine was considered complete for the purposes of filing. The revision was submitted by Bowie Resources Limited. All review and comment periods as provided in the Act and the Regulations initiate from this date of filing. Approval of this technical revision would permit an incidental boundary change in order to conduct development mining in federal coal. This technical revision can not be approved until Bowie Resources has secured Federal Coal Lease COC-61209 for the right of entry to that federal coal. The incidental boundary change would add 169 acres of private surface and 130 acres of federal surface to the northern portion of the permit area. All of the coal to be mined is federal. There would not be any increase in the disturbance area, no additional facilities would be built and there would not be any increase in production through this revision. 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, 10, 1 1, 14, 15, and 16, Township 13 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 technical 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 proposal. Your comments and concerns relating to the adequacy of fish and wildlife resources information, the fish and wildlife plan, and the reclamation plan as it relates to fish and wildlife considerations, including potential impacts to threatened or endangered species, are requested. If wildlife habitat is [Ite proposed postmining land use, we request your evaluation of proposed woody plan[ stocking levels, planting arrangements,and methods for m i[igation of potential adverse impacts. The technical revision cover letterand a map are enclosed. Please advise us ifyou require additional information.