GENERAL48047

• Permit No: C1981028
• IBM Index Class Name: General Documents
• Doc Date: 10/30/2006
• Doc Name: Proposed Decision & Findings of Compliance for RN5
• Permit Index Doc Type: Findings
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

1. Introduction
This document is part of the decision package prepazed by the Colorado Division of
Reclamation, Mining and Safety (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
Application; 2) a summary which includes a history of the 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 2001. 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-81-028 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 prepazed by Ten•anext, 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 lands included within the permit azea is 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:
Beginning at the Northwest corner of Section 25; thence South 45°44'19" East, 3718.91 feet to
the Center Y< corner of Section 25; thence North 89°07'15" East, along the east-west centerline of
said Section, 2635.63 feet to the East''/e corner of Section 25; thence South 0°32'57" East, along
the east line of said Section, 2639.70 feet to the Southeast corner of Section 25; thence
South 0°04'57" West along the east line of Section 36, 1201.51 feet to a point on said east line of
Section 36; thence South 89°48'08" West, a distance of 1299.18 feet; thence South 3°14'35" West
a distance of 685.76 feet; thence South 88°02'55" West a distance of 673.51 feet; thence South
88°34'13" West a distance of 422.70 feet; thence North 82°35'25" West a distance of 40.82 feet;
thence North 77°56' 14" West a distance of 977.01 feet; thence North 14°32' 15" East a distance
of 521.25 feet; thence South 89°47'06" West a distance of 1965.97 feet to a point on the west
line of Section 36; thence North 0°04'35" West a distance of 1140.25 feet to the Southwest
corner of Section 25; thence North 0°36'32" West a distance of 5272.26 feet to the point of
Beginning. Said tract contains 571.56 acres, more or less.
Permit Renewal OS Findings October 30, 2006
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