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-~ <br />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. This vegetation report was also included in the Phase II bond release <br />package submitted to the Colorado Division of Minerals and Geology in December, <br />1996. The request for Phase II bond release included the 1985, 1986, and 1987 <br />reclaimed areas. Vegetative sampling is required by the Colorado Division of Minerals <br />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 9 and 11, 1996 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 1995 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 />evaluate these areas are 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 />• <br />-1- <br />