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existing road crosses Coalmont-fluesch complex soils on which the <br />hazard of water erosion is "moderate". Soils were mapped and <br />evaluated by the U.S. Soil Conservation Service. The history of <br />the road and evaluation by local government authorities both also <br />support the finding that additional culverts are not needed. <br />Load-out. It is planned either to truck the coal to market <br />directly from the pit or to haul coal to the load-out for crushing <br />and rail transport to market. The Northgate load-out facility com- <br />prises a 2.82 acre private parcel to be leased from the Union Pacific <br />Railroad. It includes a 2.66 acre piece plus a 20 ft, side strip of <br />land from the edge of Colorado State Highway 125 into the general <br />loading area. The boundaries of the lease are shown on Plate 19. <br />Walden Coal plans to utilize Jackson County Road 38 going into the <br />lease area. Therefore, the county will grade and maintain this road. <br />Walden Coal plans to strip the topsoil and stockpile it as shown <br />on Plate 19. The topsoil stockpile will contain no more than 6500 Yd3; <br />a maximum of 2000 tons of coal will be placed in the other stockpile. <br />The topsoil stockpile figure was based on SCS soil depths for the Bangsto <br />' and Tine series. Jerry Filpi of the Soil Conservation Service in <br />Walden conducted a site specific profile and found the area corres- <br />ponds to the SCS soil survey of Jackson County. The topsoil at <br />the load-out is made up of the Bangston and Tine series and runs <br />from 0-26 inches in depth. <br />The portable crusher, topsoil stockpile and coal stockpile will <br />be completely bermed to prevent any runoff. The only precipitation <br />that will occur at the site will be rain or snow and the area receives <br />only 9.9 inches per year (20 year average?. The Cumberland Ditch, <br />which has been abandoned for years, runs onto the property. According <br />to Jerry Filpi there hasn't been any water in the ditch for several <br />years and he foresees no further use for the abandoned ditch. <br />The slope of the land runs from 1 to 2 percent and the soil <br />type is rated as moderate in regards to erosion potential. Since <br />there will be no water coming onto or off of the permit area <br />there should be no problem with sediment deposition. A check with <br />the division of water resources revealed that there are no registered <br />wells in this section of Jackson County. The disturbed surface <br />drainage area is very small and there will be no mixture of surface <br />drainage with any other workings, so the load-out will meet water <br />~ D-8 <br />