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West Elk Mine <br /> <br />2.05-23 Rev. 06/05, 01/06, 03/06, 04/06 & 05/06- PR10; 01/09- MR350; 04/09- TR116; 04/09- MR353; 05/09- MR354; 08/09- TR118; <br />08/09- TR119; 09/12- MR387; 11/12- MR390; 07/18-PR15; 11/18- MR430; MR438- 09/19; MR439- 11/19; 07/20- MR447; 6/22- <br />MR464; 6/22 MR466; 6/22 MR468; 11/22 MR471; 07/23 MR474; 8/23 MR476; 09/23 MR477, 10/23 MR478, MR479, 3/24 MR480, <br />05/24 MR-481 <br />battery powered pagers. Additionally, a two-way radio system is also used at West Elk Mine. This <br />system is used on the surface and underground. <br /> <br />Materials Storage Areas <br /> <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 w as <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 /> <br />Parking Facilities <br /> <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 /> <br />Weather Station <br /> <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 /> <br />Mine Roads <br /> <br /> Haul/Access Roads <br /> <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 /> <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 /> <br /> Upper Haul/Access Road Between the intersection of the Middle Mine <br /> haul/access road and the Main haul access