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Introduction <br />This document is the proposed decision of the Colorado Division of Minerals and Geology (the <br />Division) in response to a request for Phase II bond release at the Keenesburg Strip Mine, Division <br />permit number C-1981-028. The Division file number for the bond release application is SL-03. The <br />application was submitted to the Division on July 5, 2005. After receipt of proof of publication of a <br />corrected public notice, the application was deemed complete on September 27, 2005. The bond release <br />inspection was conducted on October 6, 2005. <br />The package contains four parts. These include: 1) procedures and summary of the bond release <br />process; 2) criteria and schedule for bond release; 3) observations and findings of the Division regarding <br />compliance with the bond release requirements of the Colorado Surface Coal Mining and Reclamation <br />Act and regulations promulgated thereunder; and 4) the Division's proposed decision on the request for <br />bond release. <br />Detailed information about the review process can be found in the Act and the Regulations of the <br />Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Board for Coal Mining. All Rules referenced within this document <br />are contained within the Regulations. Detailed information about the mining and reclamation operations <br />can be found in the permit application on file at the Division offices, located at 1313 Sherman Street, <br />Room 215, in Denver, Colorado. <br />The Keenesburg Strip Mine is a surface mine which is permitted and operated by Coors Energy <br />Company. The Keenesburg Strip Mine permit azea covers approximately 612.5 acres. The bond release <br />area consists often (10) pazcels totaling 53.9 acres. The ownership of the land for which bond release <br />has been requested is private, and the coal ownership was state and private. Reclamation for which <br />bond release has been requested was conducted in 1995, 1997 and 1999. <br />C-1981-028, SL-3 2 4/18!2006 <br />