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Fish and Wildlife Information - <br />Detailed fish and wildlife information is presented within Section 2.04.11 of the Bowie No. 2 <br />Mine permit application document. This summary is derived from the referenced permit <br />document section. <br />A detailed list of wildlife species known to occur within the Bowie No. 2 Mine permit azea is <br />presented in Volume III, Exhibit 9 of the permit application document. The Bowie No. 2 Mine <br />area is located in an area designated as critical range for deer and elk. The surrounding cliffs are <br />possible nesting and/or roosting sites for all species of raptors. The Colorado Division of <br />Wildlife and the United States Fish and Wildlife Service were both involved with the Bowie No. <br />2 Mine permit application review. Correspondence from both agencies, regarding the proposed <br />Bowie No. 2 Mine, aze contained within Volume III, Exhibit 9 of the Bowie No. 2 permit <br />application document. <br />Specific site surveys were conducted to ascertain the presence of and potential impacts on <br />threatened or endangered wildlife species. The field surveys did not identify any such species, or <br />predict any such impacts. <br />Description of the Operation and Reclamation Plans <br />Detailed information regazding the operation and reclamation plans for the Bowie No. 2 Mine is <br />presented in Section 2.05 of the Bowie No. 2 Mine permit application document. Section 2.05 of <br />the permit also contains numerous references to maps and other information related to the Bowie <br />No. 2 Mine operations and reclamation plans, which aze contained in various sections of the <br />permit application document binders. The following summary is derived from the information <br />presented in the Bowie No. 2 Mine permit application document. <br />The Bowie No. 2 Mine is a coal mine, and coal has been extracted using the room and pillar <br />mining method. Retreat mining of some of these sections has occurred. Approval of Permit <br />Revision No. 3 allowed the mining method to change to longwall mining. Mining is currently <br />being conducted only in the D-2 coal seam. The construction of a coal wash plant was approved <br />in Technical Revision No. 27. Approval of Permit Revision No. 7 permitted the construction of <br />support facilities in order to mine the B-2 coal seam. The initial mine plan approval to mine the <br />B-2 coal seam was sought through Permit Revision No. 8. In Permit Revision No. 9, the B-seam <br />mine plan was amended. A third panel is projected in the west section of the mine. The permit <br />boundary was expanded to encompass the entire Federal coal lease (COC 61209) boundary and <br />two proposed lease modification areas. No mining under Terror Creek is proposed. <br />The D-2 coal seam has been accessed from three (3) entries which were constructed at an <br />elevation of 6880 feet above sea level. This is the elevation where the D-2 coal seam generally <br />outcrops, within the Bowie No. 2 permit area, and this elevation is approximately 800 feet above <br />17 <br />