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• • iii iiiiiniiiiiiiii 999 STATE OF COLORADO DIVISION OF h11NERALS AND GEOLOGY Deporlmem of Nalu ral Resources 131 { Shrrman SL, Room 215 Denver, Colorado 90203 Phnne~003)db6-3567 FA%. 1303) 8328/ 06 June 21, 2000 Assistant State Supervisor Fish and Wildlife Enhancement U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 764 Horizon Drive, South Annex A GrandJunction,CO 81506-3946 Re: Bowie No. 2 Mine (Permit No. C-1996-083) Technical Revision Application No. 16 (TR-16) Incidental Boundary Change Dear Sir or Madam: DIVISION OF MINERALS GEOLOG`r REC LA MA710h MINING•SAFETI B~II Ovens e~.e~~nr Greg E walehrr Eiecmive DBeclor bl¢hael a Long Dnisiun D~recla~ 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 productionthrough this revision. The underground coal mining operation is on land located approximately 5 miles northeast of Paonia, Colorado. The permit area is furtherdescribedas follows: Portions of Sections 2, 3, 4, 9, 10, 11, 14, 15, and 16, Township 13 South, Range 91 W est 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 [he permit area or might otherwise alter previously approved permit conditions or mitigation measures, we are requesting your agency's evaluation of [he potential for impacts to threatened or endangered species of plants or animals, or wildlife species otherwise protected by' federal law. In order for us to approve this revision, we are required to make a finding that "the activities would not affect the 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. A copy of the technical revision cover letter and a map are enclosed. Please advise us if you require additional information.