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INTEROFFICE MEMORANDUM <br />TO, SUSAN BURGMAIER <br />FROM: JANET BINNS <br />SUBJECT: ACREAGE RELEASES KEENESBURG MINE <br />DATE: MAY 11, 2009 <br />CC: SANDY BROWN, DAN HERNANDEZ <br />Thank you for your memo dated April 30, 2009, regarding an apparent discrepancy in bond release acreage at the <br />Keenesburg Mine (C1928-028). The Keenesburg Mine is operated by Coors Energy Company (CEC). CEC has been <br />approved for phased bond releases on portions of the reclaimed mine through three bond release applications, <br />SL1, SL2, and SL3. CEC has recently submitted SL4 requesting phase III bond release on portions of the mine <br />previously approved for phase I and II bond releases. <br />Your memo is very timely as the Division continues to process phased bond releases at reclaimed mine sites. You <br />had identified several reclaimed parcels that had apparently received phase II bond release without having been <br />approved for phase I bond release. Specific parcels were identified as a portion of Area 3, all of Areas 14, 18 and <br />21. You also illustrate in your maps of bond released areas, that some areas received phase I bond release twice. <br />I researched the SL1, SL2 and SL3 records and found that there actually is not a problem. My records showed that <br />I had researched this concern previously, in July 2006. 1 had constructed an excel table and have printed the <br />pertinent portion. I have also gone back to the bond release applications, and findings of decision for each of the <br />three bond releases in order to confirm which parcels were released with each bond release. <br />The GIS is an awesome tool that aids the Division in catching apparent errors. Fortunately, the discrepancy in this <br />case is in the way that the bond release maps illustrate the bond release areas. The maps included in the bond <br />releases do not do a good job illustrating which parcels received phased bond releases previously, versus which <br />parcel are being requested in the pertinent application. Blending the maps with the bond release applications, <br />and the Division's findings documents, clarifies the situation. <br />I will give you the SL1, SL2, and SL3 bond release maps, along with the portion of the applications that clarify <br />which parcels are considered for each permitting action. I will also give you the portions of the findings that <br />document the Division's approvals. Thank you for your sharp eye in ferreting out a potential problem. Thankfully, <br />resolving the potential problem should be fairly easy once additional information is provided.