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utilize the entire length of the road proposed to be released in association with an oil and gas support <br />operation. <br />The area proposed for bond release is currently serving as Industrial/Commercial use, which is the <br />approved post -mining land use. The facilities on site include the shop and office building, parking lots <br />and equipment storage lots, the waste treatment area, a shed, and facility associated utilities. These <br />facilities are currently being leased in part by Gusher Oil/ Guttersen Ranches as well as continued use <br />of reclamation equipment by Coors Energy. <br />There are topsoil piles along the road that were to be used to reclaim the road that will be left in place <br />at the request of the landowners. Letters to support this request were filed with Technical Revision 45, <br />which changed the post -mining land use of the proposed bond release area to Industrial/Commercial. <br />Topsoil pile numbers are referenced from permit map Appendix A-3, adjacent property owners within <br />one mile of Keenesburg mine permit area 2.03.4. The inspection began at the south end of the road <br />and topsoil pile #5. Topsoil pile areas 3, 4, and 5 are owned by Waste Management of Colorado. <br />Topsoil piles 1, 2, and 2A are owned by WJW Properties LLC. These areas are noted as topsoil piles <br />on the permit map, but two (#2 and #2A) are former reference areas established prior to the vegetation <br />standard being changed to a numeric standard. Erosion control on the facilities area is sufficient to <br />prevent off-site sedimentation. The facilities area will continue to house and be a storage and office <br />area for ongoing reclamation of at the site. <br />Acreage discrepancies were found between the application text and that shown in the application map. <br />Both the text in the SL8 application and the text in the permit refer to the road and facilities area as <br />being 48 acres. The acreage presented on the map for the two parcels P1 and P2 totals 56.12 acres. <br />These acreages have been compared to the 2014 Annual Reclamation Report as well as other maps in <br />the permit to verify that no additional land was being included and that it was a discrepancy between <br />historical permit text and the actual acreage. The text in the permit will be corrected to represent correct <br />acreage values in a future technical revision. <br />Summary and Conclusions <br />Based upon a review of the mine permit, the applicant's bond release application, and site inspections, the <br />Division finds that Coors Energy Company has complied with the approved reclamation plan for parcels <br />P1 and P2. The Division finds that the reclaimed area subject to this bond release is not contributing <br />suspended solids to streamflow or runoff outside the permit area in excess of pre -mining levels or in excess <br />of adjacent non -mined areas. <br />The post -mining land use for Parcels P 1 and P2 of the SL8 application was converted to industrial use <br />with the approval of TR45. The flat topography and existing vegetation provide erosion control as required <br />by rule 4.15.10(2). <br />6 1 Page <br />