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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR ~~ OFFICE OF SURFACE MINING RECLAMATION AND ENFORCEMENT FINDING OF NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACT FOR Bowie No. 2 Mine Federal Coal Lease COC-61209 Mining Plan Decision Document Introduction Bowie Resources LTD. submitted a permit application package (PAP) for a permit revision for the Bowie No. 2 Mine to the Colorado Division of Minerals and Geology (CO-DMG). The PAP proposed extending underground mining operations into approximately 560 acres of Federal ]ease COC-61209. Under the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920, the Assistant Secretary, Land and Minerals Management, must approve, approve with conditions, or disapprove the new mining plan for Federal lease COC-61209. Pursuant to 30 CFR Part 746, the Office of Surface Mining (OSM) is recommending approval of the mining plan action without special conditions. 2. Statement of Environmental Significance of the Proposed Action The undersigned person has determined that the above-named proposed action would not • have a significant impact on the quality of the human environment under section 102(2)(C) of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA), 42 U.S.C. 4332(2)(C), and therefore, an Environmental Impact Statement is not required. C. Reasons This finding of no significant impact is based on the attached Bureau of Land Management and U. S. Forest Service prepared Environmental Assessment entitled Final Environmental /mpact Statement -Iron Point Exploration License, -Iron Point Coal Lease Tract, -Elk Creek Coal Lease Tract, Delta and Gunnison Counties, Colorado, February 2000, which has been independently evaluated by OSM and determined to assess the environmental impacts of the proposed action adequately and accurately and to provide sufficient evidence and analysis for this finding of no significant impact. OSM takes full responsibility for the accuracy, scope, and content of the attached environmental assessment. ~~~ Chief, Northwest Branch ll/Gr,C/ Date