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tr <br /> <br /> <br />TEMPORARY BALLAST STOCKPILE PLAN RECEIVED <br />SNOWMASS COAL COMPANY UNIT-TRAIN LOADOUT FACILITY <br />FEB 2 ~ 15~; <br />The ballast material we intend to use consists of crushed stone gra ed <br />to a size of 2~' maximum-3/8" minimum. The ballast will be madam ~"Re~F.~,$~R.conL <br />dense rock which has been approved by Denver-Rio Grande RailOp-edDLrPCfuRU RESOURCES <br />The material will be purchased locally and hauled to the site by truck. <br />A front end loader will be used to shape the pile and load the material into <br />a ballast car. The ballast car is rail mounted device designed to transport <br />and place the ballast material along the track as needed. The ballast will <br />act as a load diffusing bedding material. <br />We propose to construct the temporary ballast stockpile immediately to <br />the West of fill stockpile "E" as shown on the accompanying facilities map. <br />The proposed stockpile area was previously stripped of topsoil to a <br />minimum depth of 8 inches during the initial stage of site development. <br />Therefore, construction of a ballast stockpile in this area will not result <br />in new or previously unidentified disturbance. <br />The stockpile will be bordered in near proximity on the Northwest side <br />by the railroad bed, on the East by fill stockpile "E", and by the site <br />access road to the South. <br />Although a total of 9000 cubic yards of ballast will be used at the <br />site, the stockpile volume will not exceed 3000 cubic yards at any one time. <br />The material will be trucked to the site at the approximate rate of <br />300 cubic yards per day, however, the ballast can be transported and placed <br />along the railroad tracks at a much faster rate. Therefore, stockpiling of <br />ballast material at the unit-train 2oadbut site is necessary so that excessive <br />delays resulting from slow ballast delivery can be avoided once the ballast <br />placement phase begins. <br />Ballast material shipment is presently scheduled to begin in early March. <br />The entire ballast project is expected to be completed by May 15, 1981. <br />A metal plate will be placed over the south. end of the irrigation culvert <br />at the proposed stockpile location in order to protect the culvert fzom being <br />damaged or filling with ballast material. <br />J <br />