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t:owny Snaie oil Protect cotaudo r,~tRa ~arrn1 N~80~C47 Rev Aug'La, 2a <br />2006 Aflacled Area S;a!us Sumr.~a:y and Re~,:est icr RetlucUOn in Alreded Acreage <br />1.0 Introduction <br />This report was prepared in response to questions raised by Colorado Division of Reclamation, <br />Mining and Safety (DRh4Sj staff during a scheduled sde inspecton on July t9, 2008 It addresses certain <br />areas within the current Iota affected acreage that ExxonMobd believes should quaiAy as complete'y <br />reclaimed in accordance witr. the approved reuamaUOn plan. It also addresses certain areas incWdad <br />wdhin the total affected acreage for which the post-mining lard use is being clarified, to reflect the <br />expected future use of these, areas. In allot tnese latter ;,aces. the current sde conddion Is the same as it <br />would ba in the aftemahve post-mining land usu. which alternative posbmining land use was speciflcalty <br />described in the onginal 1980 permit applicaUOn Accordingly, the two categores described above are <br />lands bung raques'ted for ren~cval 'rom the affected area <br />Colorado DBMS staK responsible for oversight of the Colony m:rong permit vsited the site on <br />June 5, 2007 to inspect all areas requested for release from the affected area. This report has been <br />updated to incorporate their comments and suggestions, as well as tneir ruling regarding (:ertain areas <br />that are not ready for release at this time. <br />2.0 Background <br />The total permuted acreage as currently reflected on DRMS records ~s o 77A acres Because this <br />procoss <br />ilication also mCiuded another -320 acres for two o`fsde parcels, the Parachute Tern <br />tdo River Water Intake sAe However, the "total permit area' figure of 6,778 ac <br />never revisetl to include These offsite properties, na! was it revised to inGude the -9 <br />al ofisde property approved for disturbance in two 1982 amendments. as pointed out C <br />rant to their review of this application. The 1982 offsite additions were the accr <br />on Unocal lands immediately south of COldny's 're5durrR bldCk", and an addlti0r <br />>n laydown yard near Parachute- While the total permit area of 6,778 acres was never <br />ese amendments, the "rota! affected acreage" on lands approvetl for development pu <br />d 1980 permit appLCauon and all subsequent amendmems never exceeded 17°.ro of L' <br />In 1984 an amendment 'Development Plan (or 1984 to 1989', describing ongoing cronstruction <br />actlvlties for the years 1984 to 1989. was approved on Deeember 14. 1984 This amendment described a <br />slightly smaller "Resource Block', but also included the legal descriptions from the onginal 1980 <br />application for the Terminal Sde and the Intako Slte The legal descnpLOn of the smatter "Colony <br />Resource Block' mcludetl m this 1984 amendment was "0.084.2 arras The "resource block" included in <br />this amendment was smaller because ns eastem boundary only extended to the ranter of SecUOn 8, <br />about 1~2 code west of the eastern ooundary .n the onginal 6.778 acre `Dcnv West" resource block. This <br />amendment made the point to declare that the lands described in its Exhibit A should supersede ail <br />previous amendments fVevertheless, the "total permit area' figure of o.778 acres was again not updated <br />As ~s described m more detail later in this report, this request for re'ease seeks to remove from <br />the 'affected acreage" alt of the Parachute lands, and all of the access road improvement lands on former <br />Unocal property. Therefore, the aL•ove describod discrepancies between the'total permit area" and the <br />sum o' the original permit area and all subsequent amendments can easily be rectified by simply limiting <br />the 'total permit area' to the 6,084.2 acrc-s described in Exhibd A of the 1984 amendment. approved <br />Decemoer 1 :. 19A4. Far completeness, a copy of that property description from the 1984 Amardment <br />Exhibit A is included here m Appendix 8 to Isis report Ths 1984 'Colony Resource Block' tract includes <br />all affected acreage romaming after this revision is approved. The area mGuded in this 19A4 "Colony <br />Resource Block" along with the entire ExxonMobu resource block property boundary, are depicted on the <br />small scale insert on Exh~brt F-1 i in Appendix A to this report. <br />