2010-04-13_REVISION - C1981028 ‎(2)‎

• Permit No: C1981028
• IBM Index Class Name: REVISION
• Doc Date: 4/13/2010
• Doc Name: Completeness Letter
• From: DRMS
• To: OSM
• Type & Sequence: SL5
• Email Name: RDZ
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

STATE OF COLORADO
DIVISION OF RECLAMATION, MINING AND SAFETY
Department of Natural Resources
1313 Sherman St., Room 215
Denver, Colorado 80203
Phone: [phone]
FAX: [phone]
COLORADO
D I V I S ION OF
RECLAMATION
MINING
SAFETY
Bill Ritter, Jr.

April 13, 2010 Governor
James B. Martin
Executive Director
James Fulton Loretta E. Pineda
Office of Surface Mining Director
Western Regional Coordinating Center
1999 Broadway, Suite 3320
Denver, CO 80202
Re: Keenesburg Strip Mine (Permit No. C-1981-028)
Bond Release Application No. 5 (SL-5)
Dear Mr. Fulton:
Coors Energy Company has applied for a bond release at the Keenesburg Strip Mine. The bond release
application was found complete by this Division on April 12, 2010. In letter of February 18, 2010,
Coors Energy Company sent a notice of Application for a Phase II partial bond release for the
Keenesburg Mine. The area totals 51.05 acres and includes areas 2, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 15, 16, 19, 23, and
29. The bond amount requested for release is $179, 646.00. CEC has replace topsand, established
vegetation, and has provided a demonstration that suspended solids contributions to runoff outside the
permit area do not exceed pre-mining levels. The surface ownership is private, and the coal mined
was State and private.
We will contact you to advise you of the Division's required bond release inspection of the site as soon
as it has been scheduled. A proposed decision on the application will be issued within sixty (60) days
of our inspection.
If you have questions or need additional information, please contact me.
Sincerely,
Robert D. Zuber
Environmental Protection Specialist
RDZ/Ahd
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