2019-11-27_PERMIT FILE - M2019058 (10)

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D-29 shift. Operating hour schedules and employee counts may be modified if production and/or market conditions warrant such. Plant Facilities Plant Loadout and Service Roads Plant access will be established via a roller-compacted-concrete or asphalt-surfaced entrance road(80-ft. width) exiting easterly off Weld County Road 59 (refer also to Exhibit A: Legal Description and the therein provided Figure A-2: Site Entrance—Keenesburg No.2 Mine). The onsite traffic flow will be unidirectional, (i.e., "one-way"), eastbound through the entrance, thence northbound to the exit. At a distance approximately 500 ft.interior to the Permit Area,the site entrance road will divide,retaining the unidirectional traffic pattern(now generally northbound) for both, with the plant loadout road turning north,subsequently trending north-northwesterly while widening to a nominal 185-ft.width as it approaches the assemblage of six(6)product storage silos(for loading/scaling). The plant service road will continue east for a short distance and similarly turn north-northwesterly, thereafter passing through and extending along the western edge of the primary plant facility installation. Some 750 ft. (m/1)north of the loadout installation,the two roads re-converge,forming a two-lane(30 ft.width)roadway as it extends westerly for approximately 250 ft.to intersect Weld County Road 59,at which point the(perpendicular)egress point is to be established. Both the ingress and egress points,since connecting to Weld County Road 59,will be subject to,and adhere to,Weld County design standards. Virtually all exiting traffic will then turn(left)south onto Weld County Road 59 in order to access Interstate 76 at a point approximately 3 miles south. Other dedicated internal travel-ways will be established within and throughout the plant area to facilitate routine operations;however,it is not envisioned that these access routes will be"improved"roadways,but rather bladed and compacted travel surfaces,to be installed where operational demands require such. While specific locations and/or extent remains indeterminate at this juncture, these routes will be utilized for increased efficiency in heavy equipment movement, maintenance activities, supplies delivery, routine supervisory pickup truck travel,and mined/processed material movement throughout the plant area. Keenesburg No. 2 Mine-112 Reclamation Operation—November 22, 2019