REV15852

• Permit No: C1981028
• IBM Index Class Name: Revision
• Doc Date: 8/30/2001
• Doc Name: PROPOSED DECISION & FINDINGS OF COMPLIANCE
• Type & Sequence: PR4
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

XX. Rule 4.20 Subsidence Control 24
XXI. Rule 4.21 Coal Exploration 24
XXII. Rule 4.22 Concurrent Surface and Underground Mining 2 4
XXIII. Rule 4.23 Auger Mining 2 4
XXIV. Rule 4.24 Operations in Alluvial Valley Floors 24
XXV. Rule 4.25 Operations on Prime Farmland 25
XXVI. Rule 4.26 Mountaintop Removal 25
XXVII . Rule 4. 27 Operations on Steep Slopes 25
XXVIII. Rule 4. 28 External Plants and Facilities 25
XXD{. Rule 4.29 Situ Processing 25
XXX. Rule 4.30 Cessation of Operations 25
1. Introduction
This document is part of the decision package prepared by the Colorado Division of Minerals
and Geology (the Division) for a permit renewal application (Application) of Permit C-81-028.
The Application was submitted by Coors Energy Company (CEC) for the Keenesburg Strip
Mine. This document includes: 1) the proposed decision to approve the renewal Application; 2) a
summary which includes a history of the permit renewal Application, a description of the
environment affected by the operation and a description of the mining and reclamation plan; and
3) the written findings of compliance the Division has made as required by the Colorado Surface
Coal Mining Reclamation Act. This Findings of Compliance document includes updated
information from the foregoing permit renewal Findings of 1992, 1991, and 1986. Other sources
of information include the current version of the Permit Application Package, Annual Hydrologic
Reports, Annual Reclamation Reports, and other permit records, reports and findings.
Detailed information concerning the findings of compliance can be found in the Regulations of
the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Boazd for Coal Mining.
Permit C-81-018 is for surface coal mining and reclamation operations. This Application is for
continuing reclamation work only, as all coal extraction operations have ceased. Reclamation
work includes the controlled disposal of flyash as a portion of the backfill of mine pits. A
number of documents within the Application were prepared by TERRANEXT, a consultant to
CEC. The mine will be operated by CEC. The mine is located on private lands within Weld
County, Colorado. The legal description of the ]ands included within the permit azea has changed
from the previous (third) permit term. They aze now as follows. These descriptions aze found in
the Index Maps and Legal Description section of the Permit Application Package (PAP).
1.1 Legal Description
An azea of mining, consisting of a tract of land in Sections 25 and 36, Township 3 North, Range
64 West of the 6th P.M., Weld County, Colorado, described as follows:
Permit Renewal 04 Findings
30 August 2001
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