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<br /> <br /> <br /> 24 C1981-041 RN7 findings <br />Certain roads have been retained for postmining use, in accordance with landowner requests for use <br />following completion of mining and reclamation. Road retention narrative and documentation is <br />provided on Page 14-14 and in Appendix 14-5. New Access Road 1A, has been retained in its entirety <br />for the alternative postmining land use, as will a short upper segment of existing Access Road 1. <br />Landowner request for retention of these road segments is provided on Appendix pages A14-5-29 and <br />A14-29-30. In addition to the haul road and access road segments specified below, portions of Light <br />Use Road 1, Light Use Road 6, and Light Use Road 4 which were pre-existing, minimally modified <br />and used only occasionally by the operator, will be retained following reclamation in accordance with <br />landowner requests. <br /> <br />A. Haul Roads <br /> <br />1. The permittee has made a demonstration, based on site-specific precipitation rates, percent <br />of grade, and soil properties, that use of alternative specifications for culvert and bridge <br />sizing will not result in increased erosion. The Division therefore proposes to approve the <br />use of the alternative specifications for the following culverts or bridges, also referred to <br />as the "dip-sections," where Haul Roads 2, 3, and 4, cross Coal Gulch. The structures are <br />depicted on Exhibits 8A, 9A, 10B, 19, and 51 (4.03.l(4)(e)(vi)). <br /> <br />2. The operator and landowners have requested retention of Haul Road 4 from the CRDA-1 <br />turnoff to the CRDA-3 turnoff, and the entire length of Haul Road 5. Also, Haul Road 3 <br />between the county road and the rail loop will be retained for the postmining land use in <br />its present configuration. The subject roads comply with all applicable performance <br />standards, retention is compatible with the approved postmining land use, and written <br />landowner requests for road retention have been provided (4.03.1(1)(f). These roads have <br />all received Phase III bond release, and subsequently, have been removed from the permit <br />area (TR-0). This information is retained in this document for historical purposes. <br /> <br />B. Access Roads <br /> <br />1. The operator and landowners have requested the retention of a short segment of Access <br />Road 1, and the entirety of Access Roads 1A, 2, and 3 as documented in Appendix 14 -5. <br />Retention is compatible with the approved post mining land use and landowner desires, <br />and the roads comply with all applicable performance standards. Therefore, the Division <br />has approved retention of the access roads as specified in Appendix 14-5 (4.03.2(l)(f)). <br /> <br />II. Support Facilities - Rule 4.04 <br /> <br />Two warehouse buildings at the South Portal facilities area will remain permanent at the <br />request of the landowner and in support of the commercial and industrial post-mining land <br />use. The support facilities have received Phase III bond release approval. The Unit Train <br />Load Out and associated facilities have been approved to remain permanently and are used by <br />Halliburton for commercial and industrial activities. The Unit Train Load Out has been <br />approved for Phase III bond release and has been removed from the permit area. <br /> <br /> <br />III. Hydrologic Balance - Rule 4.05