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Introduction <br /> This document is the decision package prepared by the Colorado Division of Reclamation, <br /> Mining and Safety(the Division) for the Keenesburg Strip Mine. This document includes: <br /> 1)the proposed decision to approve the renewal application; 2) a summary which includes a <br /> history of the review of the permit application, a description of the environment affected by the <br /> operation and a description of the mining and reclamation plan; and 3) the written findings of <br /> compliance the Division has made as required by the Colorado Surface Coal Mining <br /> Reclamation Act. Detailed information concerning the findings of compliance can be found in <br /> the Regulations of the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Board for Coal Mining. <br /> The Division has received an application for a renewal to a permit to conduct surface coal <br /> mining and reclamation operations at the Keenesburg Strip Mine. The application was submitted <br /> by Coors Energy Company (CEC). The mine will be operated by CEC. The mine is located on <br /> private lands within Weld County, Colorado. The legal description of the lands included within <br /> the permit area follows: <br /> The Keenesburg Mine is located approximately 4.5 miles north of Keenesburg, Colorado. <br /> The Permit Area consists of a tract of land in Sections 25 and 36, Township 3 North, Range 64 <br /> West of the 6th Principal Meridian, Weld County, Colorado, described as follows: <br /> Base beginning at the Northwest corner of Section 25; Thence South 45°44' 19" East, 564.46 feet <br /> to a point IA designated the Permit Beginning; Thence South 45°44' 19", East 3154.45 feet to <br /> Center '/4 corner of Section 25; Thence North South 89'7' 15" East, 1350.93 feet along the East- <br /> West centerline said Section; Thence South 3°21' 44" East a distance of 642.91 feet; Thence <br /> South 53°16' 39" East a distance of 83.35 feet; Thence North 73' 1' 21" East a distance 130.75 <br /> feet; Thence North 9°42' 10" West a distance of 55.71 feet; Thence North 77°40' 10" East a <br /> distance of 465.51 feet; Thence South 13°4' 48" East a distance of 354.82 feet; Thence South <br /> 77°24' 50" West a distance of 249.13 feet; Thence North 14°18' 32" West a distance of 154.34 <br /> feet; Thence South 78°29' 44" West a distance of 218.37 feet; Thence South 12°47' 57" East a <br /> distance of 352.4 feet; Thence North 77°17' 57" East a distance of 469.45 feet; Thence South <br /> 12°40' 46" East a distance of 1501.75 feet; Thence South 87°54' 7" West a distance of 451.35 <br /> feet; Thence South 9°45' 28" East a distance of 220.05 feet; Thence North 85°18' 24" West a <br /> distance of 121.82 feet; Thence North 9'12' 5 9" West a distance of 888.42 feet; Thence North <br /> 46°41' 2" West a distance of 433.06 feet; Thence North 89°4' 6" West a distance of 1625.6 feet; <br /> Thence North 76°23' 12" West a distance of 809.23 feet; Thence South 19°59' 5" West a distance <br /> of 116.87 feet; Thence South 48°53' 44" West a distance of 316.34 feet; Thence South 12°15' 41" <br /> East a distance of 471.68 feet; Thence South 30°49' 42" West a distance of 32.04 feet; Thence <br /> South 72°12' 3" West a distance of 640.23 feet; Thence North 82'11' 29" West a distance of <br /> 486.72 feet; Thence North 0°34' 36" West a distance of 4447.96 feet to point IA the Beginning. <br /> Said tract contains 225 acres, more or less. <br /> 1 <br />