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<br />• <br />• <br />1.0 INTRODUCTION <br />Oxbow Carbon and Minerals, Inc. IOXBOWI retained WESTEC, Inc. IWESTEC) in September, <br />1995 to prepare a design and report to aid in the permitting of a new coal mine waste bank <br />near the Sanborn Creek Mine in Somerset, Colorado. Somerset, Colorado is located <br />approximately 11 miles east of Paonia, Colorado on Highway 133. <br />The new coal mine waste bank will expand the existing storage capacity of the mine by <br />developing a new disposal area to the west of the mine site in a draw containing an ephemeral <br />stream bed. Access to this new disposal area will be via the employee parking area on a dual <br />purpose road constructed for Somerset Cemetery and Coal Mine Waste bank access. The <br />required capacity of the proposed coal mine waste bank is 15 to 20 years at 8,000 to 7,000 <br />cubic yards per year (cyy1. <br />The design and recommendations presented in this report were prepared to meet or exceed <br />requirements set forth in the Ren~lations of the Colorado Mined Lnd RetNamaon Board for <br />C.gal Minino, 2 CCR 407.2 ICDNR, 19951. Attached are appendices containing field and <br />laboratory results, sbpe stability results, hydrology and sedimentology results, and the design <br />drawings. <br />96266/1424.RPT Cod Mlrn Wttn~ a4nk 04~pn far tM 34nbom Mgt Mkr <br />Oetol>•r 198e YVEfiTEC, Inc. <br />