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is located between Terror Creek and Hubbazd Creek. A portion of the surface facilities is within 100 feet of the outside right-of--way of old State Highway 133. The location of these facilities extends from the old townsite of Bowie to about 500 feet east of the old Bowie power plant. The original Bowie No. 2 Mine permit application indicated that mining would be conducted using the room and pillar mining method. Permit Revision No. 3 changed the mining method to longwall mining but kept the rate of production at two million tons per yeaz. Approval of Perrnit Revision No. 3 increased maximum mine production to five million tons per yeaz. Approval of Permit Revision No. 6 increased coal production to 6 million tons per year. Mining is currently in the D-2 coal seam. Approval of Permit Revision No. 7 permitted the construction of portals and facilities to mine the B-2 coal seam. Detailed information regazding the Bowie No. 2 Mine and BRL is located in the eight (8) binders which comprise the Bowie No. 2 Mine permit application document. Land Use and Cultural and Historic Resource Information - Detailed information regazding land uses and cultural and historic resources within the Bowie No. 2 Mine permit azea is provided in Sections 2.04.3 and 2.04.4 of the permit application document. A brief summary is provided below, and this summary is derived from the information presented within Sections 2.04.3 and 2.04.4 of the permit application document. The Bowie No. 2 Mine permit and adjacent area includes a mix of land uses. The lower elevation areas are used for pasture, orchards, residential and industrial uses. Approval of Permit Revision No. 6 added hayland to the list of permit area land uses. Agricultural uses are served by irrigation water. The higher elevations within and adjacent to the permit area support some rangeland use, and the areas offer abundant wildlife habitat. The lands also support various recreational uses. Historic and current mining operations also exist in the general area. The Bowie No. 1 Mine is located west of the Bowie No. 2 Mine permit area. The Terror Creek Loadout is located to the south of the Bowie No. 2 Mine permit area. The reclaimed new Blue Ribbon Mine is also located neazby along Hubbard Creek, as are outlying facilities associated with the Sanborn Creek Mine. Historic coal mines located within and adjacent to the Bowie No. 2 permit boundary include the King Mine, the Gelwick Mine, the old Blue Ribbon Mine and the Farmers' Mine. The old townsite of Bowie is located within the Bowie No. 2 permit azea. There are no known historical sites that are eligible to the National Register in the areas to be disturbed under Permit Revision No. 6. Three historic sites, not associated with important persons or events in history and not eligible to the National Register, were determined by the CHS to not have much integrity due to deterioration and alteration. As requested by the Colorado Historical Society, BRL has committed to stop construction and evaluate the situation appropriately, in consultation with the Colorado Historical Society, if previously unknovvm cultural resources should be discovered. Geology - Detailed information regarding the geology in and adjacent to the Bowie No. 2 Mine permit area is provided in Sections 2.04.5 and 2.04.6 of the permit application document. A brief summary is 12