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2.05.3 <br />(c) Haul Roads <br />A road is a surface right-of-way for purposes of travel by land vehicles in coal <br />exploration or surface coal mining and reclamation operations. A haul road <br />is any road used for the transportation of coal, spoil or coal mine waste. <br />A typical haul road section is presented on Figure 2.2-5. Typically haul roads <br />will be 20 to 24 feet wide with an earth and rock safety berm or guardrail on <br />the outside slope and a drainage ditch on the inside. The haul roads will be <br />plated with 10 to 20 -inches of gravel surfacing. Haul roads will be watered <br />and cleaned as necessary to control fugitive emissions. Chemical dust <br />suppression may also be used on heavily traveled roads to control attendant <br />air pollution. <br />Haul roads will be maintained in accordance with Rule 4.03.1(6). The road <br />surface will be patched as necessary and potholes will be filled. Ditches <br />along the roadway will be periodically cleaned with a motor grader and the <br />road shoulders will be smoothed to conform to the traveled surface. Cut and <br />fill sections will be vegetated and gullies, if any, will be repaired at least <br />annually. If the haul road is damaged by a catastrophic event such as a <br />flood or earthquake, it will be repaired as soon as practicable after the <br />damage has occurred. The gravel surfaced haul road to the coal mine waste <br />pile will be similarly maintained. The road surface will be periodically <br />watered and maintained with a motor grader. Gravel will be added to the <br />road surface as necessary. <br />The haul roads in the permit area can be broken into two segments for <br />discussion as follows: <br />1) Haul Road #1 - State Highway 139 to Portal Level <br />General <br />This haul road handles all the coal hauled from the site and is approximately <br />3,275 -feet long. Coal haul trucks enter the property and proceed to the <br />portal level. The trucks are loaded by a front end loader and return to State <br />Highway 139. The drainage from the upper portion of this road is routed to <br />the sediment pond. Alternative sediment control is utilized forthe first 1,400 <br />feet of the haul road. <br />PR -02 2.05-12- 10/12 <br />