GENERAL38047

• Permit No: C1996083
• IBM Index Class Name: General Documents
• Doc Date: 10/13/2000
• Doc Name: FEDERAL COAL LEASE COC 61209 OCTOBER 2000
• Permit Index Doc Type: Other Permits
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

United States Department of the Interior

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OFFICE OF SURFACE MINING
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October 11, 2000
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Memorandum
To: Acting Director, Office of Surface Mining /~~~G~^~r/f~ ,
From: ~hegional Director, Western Regional Coordinating Center ~/~' ~!/
Subject: Recommendation for Approval Without Special Conditions of the New Mining
Plan for Federal Lease COC-61209 at Bowie Resources LTD.'s Bowie No. 2
Mine located in Delta County, Colorado
I. Recommendation
I recommend approval without special conditions of a new mining plan for Federal lease
COC-61209 at the Bowie No. 2 Mine. This is a new mining plan for an underground coal
• mine being permitted under the Federal lands program, the approved Colorado State
program, and the cooperative agreement.
My recommendation to approve the new mining plan is based on:
(1) Bowie Resources LTD.'s complete permit application package (PAP),
(2) compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969,
(3) documentation assuring compliance with applicable requirements of other Federal
laws, regulations, and executive orders,
(4) comments and recommendations or concurrence of other Federal agencies, and
the public,
(5) the findings and recommendations of the Bureau of Land Management regazding
the resource recovery and protection plan, the Federal lease requirements, and the
Mineral Leasing Act, and
(6) the Proposed Decision and Findings of Compliance for Technical Revision No.
16, Bowie No. 2 Mine, C-96-083, of the Colorado Division of Minerals and
• Geology regarding the PAP and the Colorado State program.