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In Reply Refer to: <br />COC37210, COC61209 <br />United States Department of the Interior <br />BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT <br />Uncompahgre Field Office <br />2465 South Townsend Avenue <br />Montrose, Colorado 81401 <br />www.co.blm.gov <br />RECEIVED <br />MAY 07 2012 <br />Dear Interested Party, Divrssw, Keclarmetion, <br />Mining and Safety <br />The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Uncompahgre Field Office has released its preliminary <br />Environmental Assessment (EA) and unsigned Finding of No Significant Impact ( FONSI) on the <br />Bowie Resources, LLC proposed coal lease modifications to federal coal leases COC37210 and <br />COC61209. Bowie has applied for two coal lease modifications adjacent to its Bowie No. 2 <br />Mine. Bowie's application consisted of adding a total of about 502.43 acres to its leases in order <br />to prevent the bypassing of about 3.25 million recoverable tons of federal coal. The coal lease <br />modifications surface area includes private and public lands in which BLM manages a portion of <br />the surface. The lease modifications are located about five miles northeast of Paonia in Delta <br />County in Township 13 South, Ranges 91 and 92 West, 6 P.M. <br />To review the EA and FONSI, go to <br />http: / /www.blm.gov /co /st /en /BLM Information/nepa/ufo.html <br />(scroll to DOI- BLM- CO -S050- 2012 -0001 EA). <br />Comments must be submitted by Wednesday, May 30, 2012, in writing to the BLM <br />Uncompahgre Field Office, Attn: Desty Dyer, 2465 S. Townsend Ave., Montrose, CO 81401; <br />fax 970 - 240 -5368; or email ddyer@b1m.gov. <br />Please note comments and information submitted regarding this project, including email <br />addresses and street addresses of respondents will be available for public review and disclosure. <br />Individual respondents may request confidentiality. If you wish to withhold your name, e-mail <br />address, or street address from public view or from disclosure under the Freedom of Information <br />Act, you must state this prominently at the beginning of your written comment. Such requests <br />will be honored to the extent allowed by the law. All submissions from organizations or <br />businesses, and from individuals identifying themselves as representatives of officials of <br />organizations or businesses, will be made available for public inspection in their entirety. <br />Sincerely, <br />i <br />Barbara Sharrow <br />Field Office Manager <br />April 30, 2012 <br />TAKE PRIDE" <br />INAMERICA <br />f Sv(- (c EU l'4giZ <br />