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Fish and Wildlife Information - Detailed fish and wildlife information is presented within Section 2.04.11 of the Bowie No. 2 Mine permit application document. This summary is derived from the referenced permit document section. A detailed list of wildlife species known to occur within the Bowie No. 2 Mine permit area is presented in Volume 111, Exhibit 9 of the permit application document. The Bowie No. 2 Mine area is located in an area designated as critical range for deer and elk. The surrounding cliffs are possible nesting and/or roosting sites for all species of raptors. The Colorado Division of Wildlife and the United States Fish and Wildlife Service were both involved with the Bowie No. 2 Mine permit application review. Correspondence from both agencies, regarding the proposed Bowie No. 2 Mine, are contained within Volume III, Exhibit 9 of the Bowie No. 2 permit application document. Specific site surveys were conducted to ascertain the presence of and potential impacts on threatened or endangered wildlife species. The field surveys did not identify any such species, or predict any such impacts. Description of the Oaeration and Reclamation Plans Detailed information regarding the operation and reclamation plans for the Bowie No. 2 Mine is presented in Section 2.05 of the Bowie No. 2 Mine permit application document. Section 2.05 of the permit also contains numerous references to maps and other information related to the Bowie No. 2 Mine operations and reclamation plans, which are contained in various sections of the permit application document binders. The following summary is derived from the information presented in the Bowie No. 2 Mine permit application document. The Bowie No. 2 Mine is a coal mine, and coal has been extracted using the room and pillar mining method. Retreat mining of some of these sections has occurred. Approval of Permit Revision No. 3 allowed the mining method to change to longwall mining. Mining is being conducted only in the D-2 coal seam. Mining in the B-2 coal seam has no[ been approved. The D-2 coal seam has been accessed from three (3) entries which were constructed at an elevation of 6880 feet above sea level. This is the elevation where the D-2 coal seam generally outcrops, within the Bowie No. 2 permit area, and this elevation is approximately 800 feet above the old State Highway 133. The main entries have been driven down-dip to the north, with the sub-mains being driven east and west from the mains. Currently, total annual coal production has been capped at about 5 million tons per year. The mine facilities have been constructed near the old Bowie townsite. Construction has occurred to develop haul and access roads, a conveyor belt system, mine and facility benches, vent shafts, a truck loadout facility, a refuse pile, and various drainage and sediment control facilities. Approval of Permit Revision No. 3 added a downhill conveyor, coal stockpile and coal 14