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West Elk Mine <br />Materials Storage Areas <br />Because the mine site is steeply sloped, benches have been or will be constructed and several <br />areas have been designated for the storage of materials and equipment. An access road loop was <br />constructed to create an approximately 3 2/3 -acre storage bench located east of the office <br />building employee parking lot. An approximately 1/3 -acre bench, referred to as the surface lay - <br />down area, was constructed between sediment pond MB -1 and the fresh water pond. The upper <br />and lower portal benches and the old Bear Mine site are also designated for the storage of <br />materials and equipment. Other areas, including near the warehouse, maintenance shop, surface <br />shop, materials storage bench building, water treatment plant and along mine site roadways, and <br />the available surface of the Lower Refuse Pile may also be utilized as needed for materials and <br />equipment storage. <br />Parking Facilities <br />Employee and visitor parking facilities are provided on the bench above the office/bathhouse <br />building. Because the area available for parking is limited, MCC encourages employees to use a <br />park-and-ride system and car-pool. Parking facilities are designed to use the available space as <br />efficiently as possible. <br />Weather Station <br />MCC's weather station is located north of the intersection of the main mine haul/access road and the <br />middle haul/access road. The weather station consists of a set of sensors mounted on a ten -meter <br />tower, and a precipitation gauge with a wind -screen mounted near the ground. The weather station <br />collects "real-time measurements" on a regular interval for wind speed, wind direction, air <br />temperature, relative humidity, precipitation, and barometric pressure. <br />Mine Roads <br />Haul/Access Roads <br />No roads on the West Elk Mine site are specifically designated or utilized only as haul roads. A <br />majority of the roads are considered haul and access roads. They are primarily used as access <br />roads, but coal or coal mine waste are sometimes hauled across the roads. This classification <br />includes the following roads: <br />Road Designation Road Location <br />Silo Haul/Access Road Between silos and the LRP <br />Middle Mine Haul/Access Road Between breaker building and Main <br />haul/access road <br />Upper Haul/Access Road Between the intersection of the Middle Mine <br />haul/access road and the Main haul access <br />road and the Portal access road <br />Main Haul/Access Road Between Highway 133 and the intersection <br />of the Middle Mine haul/access road and the <br />2.05-23 Rev 06105, 01106, 03106, 04106 & 05/06- PRIO, 01/09- MR350, 04/09- TRIM, 04/09- MR353, 05/09- MR354, 08/09- TR118, <br />08/09- TR119, 09/12- MR387; 11/12- MR390; 07/18-PR15 <br />