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~ I. INTRODUCTION <br />This report presents the results of the annual revegetation monitoring for the <br />ieenesburg Mine (Coloraoo Division of Minerals and Geology cermrt C-81-0281 <br />owned by Coors Energy Company. Information in this report addresses the vegetative <br />condition of the Osgood Sand Reference Area and the 1985, 1986, and 1987 reclaimed <br />areas at the mine. The 1994 vegetative sampling was required by the Colorado <br />Division of Minerals and Geology (CDMG) as part of ongoing reclamation monitoring. <br />Vegetation sampling was performed in compliance with Colorado Mined Land <br />Reclamation Board Surface Coal Mining Rules 2.04.10 and 4.15 and current botanical <br />and plant ecological methods. Field sampling was conducted between July 19 and 24, <br />1994 by Savage and Savage, Inc. staff. <br />The Keenesburg Mine is located in Weld County, Colorado, approximately seven (7) <br />miles north of Keenesburg, Colorado and is accessed by Weld County Road 59. Coors <br />Energy Company operated the Keenesburg Mine for coal extraction from 1980 to 1988. <br />_ The mine is currently serving as a permitted ash disposal facility for fly ash generated <br />by the Coors Brewery in Golden, Colorado. Reclaimed areas sampled in 1994 were <br />backfilled, graded, topsoiled and revegetated in 1985, 1986, and 1987 in accordance <br />• with the approved mining and reclamation plan. The revegetation standards used to <br />eva'.::ate these areas are those currently in effect under the Colorado Surface Cual <br />Mining Reclamation Act (CRS 34-33- 101 et seg) and the Keenesburg Mining and <br />Reclamation Permit (C-81-028). <br />_1 <br />-I- <br />