Laserfiche WebLink
1. Introduction <br />This document is part of the decision package prepared by the Colorado Division of <br />Reclamation, Mining and Safety (the Division) for a permit renewal application (Application) of <br />Permit C -81 -028. The Application was submitted by Coors Energy Company (CEC) for the <br />Keenesburg Strip Mine. This document includes: 1) the proposed decision to approve the <br />Application; 2) a summary which includes a history of the Application, a description of the <br />environment affected by the operation and a description of the mining and reclamation plan; and <br />3) the written findings of compliance the Division has made as required by the Colorado Surface <br />Coal Mining Reclamation Act. This Findings of Compliance document includes updated <br />information from the foregoing permit renewal Findings of 2006. Other sources of information <br />include the current version of the Permit Application Package, Annual Hydrologic Reports, <br />Annual Reclamation Reports, and other permit records, reports and findings. <br />Detailed information concerning the findings of compliance can be found in the Regulations of <br />the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Board for Coal Mining. <br />Permit C -81 -028 is for surface coal mining and reclamation operations. This Application is for <br />continuing reclamation work only, as all coal extraction operations have ceased. Reclamation <br />work includes the controlled disposal of ash and mine waste rock as a portion of the backfill of <br />mine pits. The mine will be operated by CEC. The mine is located on private lands within Weld <br />County, Colorado. The legal description of the lands included within the permit area is found in <br />the Index Maps and Legal Description section of the Permit Application Package (PAP). <br />1.1 Legal Description <br />The Permit Area consists of a tract of land in Sections 25 and 36, Township 3 North, Range 64 <br />West of the 6th Principal Meridian, Weld County, Colorado, described as follows: <br />Beginning at the Northwest corner of Section 25; thence South 45 °44'19" East, 3718.91 feet to <br />the Center % corner of Section 25; thence North 89 °07'15" East, along the east -west centerline of <br />said Section, 2635.63 feet to the East % corner of Section 25; thence South Q °32'57" East, along <br />the east line of said Section, 2639.70 feet to the Southeast corner of Section 25; thence <br />South 0 °04'57" West along the east line of Section 36, 1201.51 feet to a point on said east line of <br />Section 36; thence South 89 °48'08" West, a distance of 1299.18 feet; thence South 3 °14'35" West <br />a distance of 685.76 feet; thence South 88 °02'55" West a distance of 673.51 feet; thence South <br />88 °34'13" West a distance of 422.70 feet; thence North 82 °35'25" West a distance of 40.82 feet; <br />thence North 77°56'14" West a distance of 977.01 feet; thence North 14°32'15" East a distance <br />of 521.25 feet; thence South 89 °47'06" West a distance of 1965.97 feet to a point on the west <br />line of Section 36; thence North 0 °04'35" West a distance of 1140.25 feet to the Southwest <br />corner of Section 25; thence North 0 °36'32" West a distance of 5272.26 feet to the point of <br />Beginning. Said tract contains 571.56 acres, more or less. <br />1 <br />