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14 <br />(c) Road, Conveyor and Rail System <br />Map 11 New Elk Mine Site Plan East Portal Sheet 3 Facilities and Map 12 Surface <br />Facilities and Roads -West Portal show the locations of all roads necessary for <br />operation of the New Elk Mine for the permit term. Roads within the permit <br />boundary are classified as haul roads, access roads, or light use roads. These roads <br />were constructed as the mine facilities were established in the 1950's. Road <br />specifications, including typical cross-sections for access and haul roads were <br />provided on Map 11. NECC has revised and updated the road system along with the <br />surface drainage control plan. This revision has incorporated the road and drainage <br />plan system to ensure road stability and prevention of additional sediment <br />contribution to the receiving streams. The road system is part of the New Elk surface <br />disturbance area; therefore, all ditches and culverts have been designed to handle <br />runoff from the roads, which ultimately enter sediment ponds prior to discharge. The <br />west -sloping portion of the RDA access road is maintained in accordance with the <br />mine's Storm Water Monitoring Plan. The mine entrance road and roads that <br />paralleled the railroad will remain for maintenance and access (see Maps 15 & 16) <br />after mine reclamation. Roads classified as haul roads will be examined and certified <br />under the direction of a Register Professional Engineer prior to their use as haul <br />roads. <br />Map 11 Sheet 3 -East Portal Facilities shows the conveyor systems for coal and refuse <br />handling. The conveyor in the belt slope will be re-established with 60 -inch structure <br />and belting. The details of the structure are included in Exhibit 28 - Bond <br />Calculations. All other conveyor systems remain unchanged. Dimensions of the <br />conveyors are contained in Exhibit 28, Bond Calculation. Coal is conveyed from the <br />mine portal to the raw coal stockpile area or the clean coal stockpile area and/or the <br />silos for load out. Coal is transferred from the raw coal stockpile to the Prep Plant <br />for processing. From the Plant, clean coal is conveyed to the clean coal stockpile <br />and/or the silos for load out. Refuse from the plant is conveyed to the RDA. Access <br />for maintenance of the RDA belt is provided in the maintenance corridor as shown on <br />Map 11. <br />The batch load out and all rail tracks were removed in the fall of 2003. The mainline <br />grade is the property of the Trinidad Railroad, LLC and is located outside of the mine <br />surface disturbance boundary. Current plans are to have the rail reinstalled by the <br />start of the second year of production. <br />A hoist will assist passage of men and materials in the rope slope. Rail (85 lb./yd.) <br />will be installed in the rope slope (west slope) with surface turnouts as shown on <br />Map 1 l Sheet 1 East Portal Roads, Slope Track and Cut Areas. A typical slope rail <br />section is included on Map 1 l Sheet 1 East Portal Roads, Slope Track and Cut Areas. <br />The 85 lb. ASCE rail spacing is planned at 42 inches. The rail will be set on ironclad <br />steel ties (3" x 8" x 72 ") bedded in ballast/crushed rock. <br />The hoist sheave and the hoist are located as shown on Map l 1 Sheet 3 East Portal <br />Facilities. The main components of the single drum mine hoist are a 300 HP DC <br />Section 2.05 RN -6 10/17/2016 <br />