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United States Department of the <br />NT OF <br />QPp1a ~' tNF, Interior <br />aW 9 <br />°_ ~ Bureau of Land Management <br />~ ~_. em Uncompahgre Field Oftce <br />4RCN ] ~9 ?505 South'fownsend Avenue <br />`'® Montrose, Colorado 81401 <br />~~~~~~ ~ <br />H1AR ~ 6 2005 <br /> <br />In Reply <br />Refer to: CO-150 <br /> <br />°i°°~ SLOPING NOTICE MAR 1 4 2005 <br />~iyision of Minecats and Ge <br />BOWIE RESOURCES, LLC REQUESTS COAL LEASE MODIFICATION <br />Bowie Resources LLC submitted an application to the Bureau of Land <br />Management (BLM)-requesting a modification to-the-Iron-Point coal-lease: A-eoal-]ease-- <br />modification is noncompetitive and must be contiguous to the existing lease. The <br />proposed lease modification would add approximately 82 acres to the existing lease, <br />COL-61209, and is located Delta County, Colorado northeast of the town of Paonia. The <br />mineral estate is managed by the BLM and most of the surface estate is privately owned <br />with approximately 22 acres managed by the BLM (Map attached). The coal would be <br />mined by underground mining methods from the existing Bowie No. 2 facilities. <br />Approximately 65,000 tons of federal coal from the B seam would be recovered from the <br />modification area. The additional coal would not increase the production level of the <br />Bowie No. 2 Mine. <br />The Uncompahgre Field Office of the BLM is preparing an environmental <br />assessment (EA) for the modification. The purpose of the EA is to evaluate the potential <br />impacts of the lease modification issuance upon the environment. Issues to be considered <br />and addressed in the EA should be sent to Lynn Lewis, BLM, Uncompahgre Field Office, <br />2505 S. Townsend Ave., Montrose, Colorado. The comment period ends Apri14, 2005. <br />