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been disturbed by surface developments. The total area approved to be disturbed by surface <br />operations presently is 149 acres. <br />In the original permit application review, following discussions with the OSM in Denver and <br />based upon the specific recommendations of the OSM, it had been determined that the Bowie <br />No. 2 Mine would be considered a private mine for the purposes of permitting and inspection <br />regulation. However, the Bowie No. 2 Mine became a federal mine upon approval of Technical <br />Revision No. 16. Through that revision, BRL was granted permission to conduct mining in a <br />limited area of the Iron Point Tract Federal Lease. <br />The Bowie No. 2 Mine is located in Delta County, approximately five (5) miles northeast of <br />Paonia, Colorado. The mine permit area is located on lands depicted on the U. S. Geological <br />Survey 7.5 minute Bowie Quadrangle Map, and the Bowie No. 2 mine portals are located <br />northwest of the Old King Mine portals (also known as the Bowie Mine). The surface facilities <br />are located north of Old State Highway 133 neaz the old townsite of Bowie. The mine is located <br />between Terror Creek and Hubbard Creek. A portion of the surface facilities is within 100 feet of <br />the outside right-of--way of old State Highway 133. The location of these facilities extends from <br />the old townsite of Bowie to about 500 feet east of the old Bowie power plant. <br />The original Bowie No. 2 Mine permit application indicated that mining would be conducted <br />using the room and pillaz mining method. Permit Revision No. 3 changed the mining method to <br />longwall mining but kept the rate of production at two million tons per yeaz. Approval of Permit <br />Revision No. 3 increased maximum mine production to five million tons per yeaz. Approval of <br />Permit Revision No. 6 increased coal production to 6 million tons per yeaz. Mining is in the D-2 <br />coal seam. Detailed information regarding the Bowie No. 2 Mine and BRL is located in the eight <br />(8) binders which comprise the Bowie No. 2 Mine permit application document. <br />Land Use and Cultural and Historic Resource Information - <br />Detailed information regarding land uses and cultural and historic resources within the Bowie <br />No. 2 Mine permit azea is provided in Sections 2.04.3 and 2.04.4 of the permit application <br />document. A brief summary is provided below, and this summary is derived from the <br />information presented within Sections 2.04.3 and 2.04.4 of the permit application document. <br />The Bowie No. 2 Mine permit and adjacent azea includes a mix of land uses. The lower elevation <br />areas aze used for pasture, orchards, residential and industrial uses. Approval of Permit Revision <br />No. 6 added hayland to the list of permit area land uses. Agricultural uses are served by irrigation <br />water. The higher elevations within and adjacent to the permit area support some rangeland use, <br />and the azeas offer abundant wildlife habitat. The lands also support various recreational uses. <br />Historic and current mining operations also exist in the general area. The Bowie No. 1 Mine is <br />located west of the Bowie No. 2 Mine permit area. The Terror Creek Loadout is located to the <br />south of the Bowie No. 2 Mine permit area. The reclaimed new Blue Ribbon Mine is also located <br />nearby along Hubbazd Creek, as are outlying facilities associated with the Sanborn Creek Mine. <br />Historic coal mines located within and adjacent to the Bowie No. 2 permit boundary include the <br />11 <br />