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• I. INTRODUCTION <br />This report presents the results of the annual revegetation monitoring for the <br />Keenesburg Mine (Colorado Division of Minerals and Geology permit C-81-028) <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. Vegetative sampling is required by the Colorado Division of <br />Minerals and Geology (CDMG) as part of ongoing reclamation monitoring. Vegetation <br />sampling was performed in compliance with Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Board <br />Surface Coal Mining Rules 2.04.10 and 4.15 and current botanical and plant ecological <br />methods. Field sampling was conducted between August 19 and 22, 199'7 by Savage <br />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 1997 were <br />bacld-illed, 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 />• evaluate these azeas aze those currently in effect under the Colorado Surface Coal <br />Mining Reclamation Act (CRS 34-33- 101 et seq) and the Keenesburg Mining and <br />Reclamation Permit (C-81-028). <br />u <br />-1- <br />