2024-09-16_GENERAL DOCUMENTS - C1981028

• Permit No: C1981028
• IBM Index Class Name: General Documents
• Doc Date: 9/16/2024
• Doc Name: Proposed Decision and Findings of Compliance
• From: DRMS
• To: Coors Energy Company
• Type & Sequence: SL12
• Permit Index Doc Type: Findings
• Email Name: RDZ
• Email Name: AME
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

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I. PROCEDURES AND SUMMARY OF THE REVIEW PROCESS

With the SL-12 bond release application, CEC applied for Phase II and Phase III bond release of a
portion of the Keenesburg Strip Mine under the Colorado Surface Coal Mining and Reclamation Act.
CEC requested release of 30.55 acres and $98,287.00.

CEC has previously requested and been approved for eleven bond releases as follows:

1. Bond release SL-0l was approved on August 11, 1998, for Phase I release on 179 acres and
Phase II release on 111 acres. The Division approved the release of $1,787,113.00 of the
reclamation liability.
2. A second bond release application, SL-02, was approved on September 1, 2005. Bond
release SL-02 was a Phase I bond release on 51.76 acres. The Division approved
$146,955.00 for release from the reclamation liability for Phase I bond release on ten
reclamation parcels.
3. A third bond release application, SL-03, was approved on April 18, 2006. Bond release
SL-03 was a Phase II bond release on 53.90 acres. The Division approved the release of
$157,573.80 of the reclamation liability for Phase II bond release on ten reclamation
parcels.
4. A fourth bond release application, SL-04, was approved on October 19, 2009. Bond release SL-
04 was a Phase III bond release on 165.29 acres. The Division approved the release of
$167,911.00 of the reclamation liability for Phase III bond release on 17 reclamation parcels.
5. A fifth bond release application, SL-05, was approved on September 10, 2010. Bond release SL-
05 was a Phase II bond release on 51.05 acres. The Division approved the release of
$120,385.00 of the reclamation liability for Phase II bond release on 11 reclamation parcels.
6. A sixth bond release application, SL-06, was approved on January 4, 2012. Bond release SL-06
was a Phase III bond release on 42.29 acres. The Division approved the release of $44,735.78 of
the reclamation liability for Phase III bond release on nine reclamation parcels.
7. A seventh bond release application, SL-07, was approved on April 2, 2015. Bond release SL-07
was a Phase I bond release on 27.10 acres. The Division approved the release of $342,547.09 of
the reclamation liability for Phase I bond release on three reclamation parcels.
8. An eighth bond release application, SL-08, was approved on February 8, 2016. Bond release
SL-08 was a Phase I, II, and III bond release on 56.12 acres. The Division approved the release
of $431,867.06 of the reclamation liability for Phase I, II, and III bond release of Areas P1 and
P2, which had been approved for an industrial post-mining land use.
9. A ninth bond release application, SL-09, was approved on September 6, 2018. Bond release SL-
09 was a partial Phase I bond release on 19.38 acres. The Division approved the release of
$16,418.87 of the reclamation liability for Phase I bond release of Areas 33 and 34.
10. A tenth bond release application, SL-10, was approved on May 26, 2020. Bond release SL-10
was a partial Phase II bond release on 29.84 acres. The Division approved the release of
$23,298.95 of the reclamation liability for Phase II release of Areas 31, 32, and 33.
11. An eleventh bond release application, SL-11 , was approved on December 1, 2022. Bond release
SL-11 was a partial Phase I bond release on 101.28 acres. The Division approved the release of
$383,157.00 of the reclamation liability for Phase I release of the B Pit, the reclaimed Long
Term Spoil Area, roads, and other areas.