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16 <br />trucks are approximately 10 feet wide and have a tight turning radius. The width of <br />the road is suitable for its intended use as long as the following rules and procedures <br />are followed. <br />Rules <br />• The RDA haul road may be used by ATV (gators), light vehicles, dozers, <br />graders and haul trucks and other vehicles suitable for road conditions. <br />• The RDA haul road may only be used by haul trucks and water trucks during <br />dry conditions (no rain or snow) and only during daylight hours. <br />• Only one vehicle is to use the RDA access road at a time. <br />• Signs must clearly be visable at the top and bottom of the haul road. The sign <br />is to show "Single vehicle on road only.Radio on channel 1 prior to entry and <br />following exit." <br />• Berms and guards on outer banks on elevated roadways must be intact (as per <br />30 CFR 77.1605(k). <br />Procedure <br />• Prior to crossing highway 12 or entering the top of the RDA haul road (at the <br />RDA end), vehicle operators must advise radio channel I that they are entering <br />the RDA haul road. Words to be used are: "haul truck/light vehicle/gator <br />entering RDA haul road". <br />• The equipment operator must wait at least 30 seconds to allow time for a <br />response from anyone on the RDA haul road. <br />• After clearing the RDA haul road at either end, the equipment operator must <br />advise on radio channel 1 that the RDA haul road is clear. Words to be used <br />are: "RDA haul road is now clear". <br />• Any defects in the RDA haul road must be reported immediately with an <br />assessment made as to what vehicles may use the road prior to remediation of <br />any defects. <br />All vegetation material and topsoil will be removed from the design roadbed, <br />shoulders, and surfaces where associated structures will be placed. Topsoil will be <br />placed in one of the topsoil stockpiles located on site. No vegetation material or <br />topsoil will be placed beneath or in any road embankment. <br />The material for the embankment shall be reasonably free of organic material, coal or <br />coal blossom, frozen materials, wet or peat material, natural soils containing organic <br />matter or any other material considered unsuitable for use in embankment <br />construction by the DRMS. <br />In the placement of embankment for the access road, materials will be spread in <br />layers approximately 12 inches deep before compaction, and such lifts made <br />uniformly over long stretches and for the full width of the embankment. Each layer <br />of the embankment shall be completed, leveled, and compacted before the succeeding <br />layer is placed. Embankment material shall be leveled as placed and kept smooth. <br />Compaction shall be performed to the extent necessary to ensure stability.Where the <br />embankment is placed against the existing slopes, the slopes will be benched and <br />Section 2.05 RN -6 10/17/2016 <br />