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INTRODUCTION <br />This document is the proposed decision of the Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety <br />(the Division) in response to a request for a Phase III bond release at the Keenesburg Strip Mine, <br />Division permit number C- 1981 -028. The package contains four parts: <br />1. Procedures and summary of the review process; <br />2. Criteria and schedule for bond release; <br />3. Observations and findings of the Division regarding compliance with the bond release <br />requirements of the Colorado Surface Coal Mining Reclamation Act and regulations <br />promulgated thereunder (Regulations of the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Board for Coal <br />Mining); and <br />4. The Division's proposed decision on the request for bond release. <br />Detailed information about the review process can be found in the Act and the Regulations. All Rules <br />referenced within this document are contained within the Regulations. Detailed information about the <br />mining and reclamation operations can be found in the permit application on file at the Division offices <br />located at 1313 Sherman Street, Room 215, in Denver, Colorado. <br />The Keenesburg Strip Mine is a former surface mine that is now in reclamation. It is permitted and <br />operated by CEC. The Keenesburg Strip Mine permit area covers approximately 612.50 acres. The <br />total approved disturbed area is 439.00 acres. The bond release area consists of nine parcels (parcels 2, <br />5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 15, 16, and 19) totaling 42.29 acres. The ownership of the land for which bond release has <br />been requested is private. The coal mined from the requested area was owned privately and by the State <br />of Colorado. Reclamation for which bond release has been requested was conducted in 1987, 1995, <br />1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, and 2003 (including re- seeding). <br />Page 1 <br />