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Act are fully met...". The same rule goes on to state, "No acreage shall be released from the permit area <br />until all surface coal mining and reclamation operations on that acreage have been completed in <br />accordance with the approved reclamation plan." <br />The post -mining land use designated for the SL8 bond release parcels P 1 and P2, the main access road <br />and shop facilities is designated as Industrial/Commercial. The facilities considered in the application are <br />the Shop/Office building and associated utilities (waste water system and gas utility), the fenced parking <br />area around the buildings, the storage/fuel tank area and storage yard, the vehicle turn -around area, the <br />main access road, and the topsoil piles and reference areas along the road. Rules 3.02.3(2)(c), 4.15.10(2), <br />and 4.16.3 apply to the Shop Facilities Area and access road. The approved reclamation plan for the parcels <br />in SL8 requires no reclamation on the Facilities and Access Road (permit section 2.05.4 page I I4a-114b). <br />III. OBSERVATIONS AND FINDINGS <br />Technical Revision 45 revised the approved post -mining land use for the office, shop, warehouse, <br />equipment yard, parking area, and main entrance road, which make up parcels PI and P2. The Main <br />Access Road was an extension of County Road 59 to serve the mine and was to be removed at the end of <br />mining activities. Since that time, other businesses and land owners (Waste Management, Al Organics, <br />Gusher Oil Field Services, and Guttersen Ranch) are now using the road to access their businesses and <br />plan to do so long-term. This road is also used by the public to some extent to access these businesses. <br />Letters were provided to the Division by all land owners in support of the change from rangeland to <br />industrial/ commercial post -mining land use. The facilities at CEC are currently being leased in part by <br />Gusher Oil Field Services including part of the building, equipment yard, and parking lot. Gusher Oil Field <br />Services has provided a letter to the Division that they intend to use the entire facilities area when no longer <br />needed by CEC. CEC is currently in the process of selling the office, shop, and warehouse buildings, <br />equipment yard and associated facilities to Gusher Oil Field Services. <br />The bond release inspection was conducted on December 10, 2015 with the purpose of evaluating the <br />property proposed for Phase I, II, and III bond release to Industrial/Commercial post -mining land use. <br />The SL -8 application was submitted to the Division October 30th 2015. Present at the inspection <br />were Danny Kipp and Ben Moline with Coors Energy Company, Robin Bay with Habitat Management, <br />Inc., Troy Florian with Colorado Parks and Wildlife, and Tabetha Lynch and Dan Hernandez with the <br />Division of Reclamation Mining and Safety. The weather was partly cloudy. <br />Phase I, Il, and III bond release was requested for the main access road. The road is currently being <br />used by other businesses along the road and is in part accessible by the public for access to an area <br />landfill owned by Waste Management of Colorado. Gusher Oil Field Services/ Guttersen Ranches <br />5 1 Page <br />