GENERAL42119

• Permit No: C1996083
• IBM Index Class Name: General Documents
• Doc Date: 5/10/2001
• Doc Name: FEDERAL COAL LEASE COC-61209 APRIL 2001 MODIFICATION
• Permit Index Doc Type: Other Permits
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

United States Department of the Interior
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Memorandum
OFFICE OF SURFACE MINING
Reclamation and Enforcement
1999 Broadway, Suite 3320
Iknver, Colorado 80202-5733
To: Acing Director, Office of Surface Mining
From: Regional Director, Western Regional Coordinating Centel
CO-0103
Subject: Recommendation for Approval, Without Special Conditions, of the Mining Plan
Modification 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 mining plan modification for
Federal lease COC-61209 at the Bowie No. 2 Mine. This is a mining plan modification
for an underground coal mine being permitted tinder the Federal lands program, the
approved Colorado State program, and the cooperative agreement.
My recommendation to approve the new mining plan is based on:
(I) 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 regarding
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 Permit Revision No. 4,
Bowie No. 2 Mine, C-96-083, of the Colorado Division of Minerals and Geology
regarding the PAP and the Colorado State program.