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2.05.3(7) Coal Handling Structures fn compliance by exception. All coal-handling structures have been demolished. 2.05.3(8) Wastes [n compliance by exception. There is no coal mine waste at the site. Non-coal processing wastes are buried during backfill of the pits (Permit, page 104). 2.05.3(9) Waste Disposal Incompliance by exception. There is no return of coalmine waste to abandoned workings. Rule 2.05.4 Reclamation Plan 2.05.4(1) The Plan Incompliance (Permit, pages 113 through117). Of the 822.37 acres in the Permit area, 413 acres were disturbed. The Keenesburg Mine was a surface mine, thus Affected acreage equals Disturbed acreage at 413 acres. Of the 413 disturbed acres, 194.4 acres have been reclaimed and revegetated (AHR, 1998, page 124). In its 1996 Bond Release Application, CEC applied for Phase I and II release of 111.5 acres of 179.6 reported as vegetated. The mine is in a state of reclamation. There aze no coal processing wastes or mine development wastes on site, nor will any be generated by current or anticipated activities. Backfill of flyash and spoil is complete in Pit A, and topsand is being placed. Pit B is being backfilled with flyash imported from the Trigen-Colorado L.L.L.P. power plant in Golden (and a small quantity of hard-rock mine waste), and reclaimed in accordance with the reclamation plan described in the Permit. Flyash is placed five (5) feet above the re-established local ground water table, covered by six feet of spoil and two feet of topsoil (topsand), and revegetated (Permit, Sec 2.05.4). There will be some non-coal wastes generated by demolition of facilities. These wastes are to be placed in the pits between the limits of five (5) feet above the local ground water table and four (4) feet below Approximate Original Contour (AOC). (Application, 2.05.4, page 113, line 41- 42). All facilities at the site are currently scheduled for removal, with the exception of electrical lines not owned by CEC, Sedimentation Pond 2 with perimeter collection ditches, and a dueout pond. The facilities to be removed include the office, shop and warehouse; equipment parking lot; sewage treatment facility; all roads; electrical distribution system (to the extent owned by CEC); potable water system; explosive storage facilities, and monitoring wells. (Sec 2.05.3, page 106). Pit backfill will eliminate highwalls (Final Contour and Drainage Plan). A part of Section 2.05.3, on revised page 103, 2nd and 3`d lines, is outdated. That part that currently reads "A-pit is presently being used for ash disposal." Might be change to read: ]5 ~ 7 September 1999