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DIVISION OF RECLAMATION, MINING AND SAFETY <br />Department of Natural Resources <br />1313 Sherman St., Room 215 <br />Denver, Colorado 80203 <br />Phone: (303) 866 -3567 <br />FAX: (303) 832 -8106 <br />June 27, 2011 <br />Mr. Donald MacDonald <br />Coors Energy Company <br />P.O. Box 467 <br />Golden, CO 80402 <br />Dear Mr. MacDonald: <br />STATE OF COLORADO <br />COLORADO <br />D I V I S I O N O F <br />RECLAMATION <br />MINING <br />— &— <br />SAFETY <br />John W. Hickenlooper <br />Governor <br />Mike King <br />Executive Director <br />Loretta E. Pineda <br />Director <br />Re: Keenesburg Strip Mine, Permit No. C -1981 -028, Permit Renewal No. 6, Preliminary Adequacy <br />Review <br />The Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety (Division) has completed a review of the permit application <br />package, inspection reports, previous renewal and midterm documents, and other pertinent information as <br />part of the renewal for Permit Number C- 1981 -028. Particular focus of the review was on the operations <br />plan, reclamation plan, post- mining land use, hydrologic monitoring, re- vegetation, and parts of the permit <br />application package (PAP) related to revisions since the 2009 midterm review. The following questions and <br />issues have been identified. <br />1. On page 2 of the RN -06 application, it appears that Michael Glade should be listed as the <br />Applicant /Operator. <br />2. In the table in the Application Requirements section of the application, map references are missing for <br />Postmining Land Uses, Section 2.05.5, and Alluvial Valley Floors, Section 2.06.8. Please provide this <br />information in a revised table. (It appears that these are the map on page 124a and Appendix I -2, <br />respectively.) <br />3. Please ensure that the information related to Identification of Interests (Section 2.03.4 in the PAP), <br />including start dates and end dates, is current in the permit. If changes and updates are needed please <br />revise the appropriate pages in the permit. In particular, please clarify the name of CEC's parent <br />company: is it Coors Brewing Company or Molson Coors Brewing Company? Both names are listed in <br />the revised pages provided with the application. <br />4. Please revise page 61 (Section 2.04.7 in the PAP). The text on the first line "dated 04/ /11" should be <br />changed to "proposed decision date of 6/10/11." <br />5. In Section 2.05.4 of the PAP, the values for acreages disturbed and soil balance have not been updated <br />since year 2000. Please update the relevant pages or remove the calculations and refer to Annual <br />Reclamation Reports (ARRs). <br />6. Pages 118 to 123 in the PAP, Reclamation Cost Estimate for Bond Calculations, are outdated. Please <br />revise them or clarify why these pages should not be revised. <br />Office of <br />Mined Land Reclamation <br />Office of <br />Denver • Grand Junction • Durango Active and Inactive Mines <br />