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• Access Roads <br />Under the definition of Access Roads provided in Section 1.04 of the Rules, there are no <br />access roads on the site. There are 3 Haul Roads and one Light Use Road in the permit <br />area. The 5'" Street Road is a light use road since mine personnel do not use the road every <br />day. <br />Light-Use Roads <br />At the New Horizon Mine, light-use roads will only be used on an intermittent basis for <br />purposes other than transportation of coal including, but not limited to, roads used for <br />monitoring and periodic maintenance of monitoring facilities and reclamation areas, <br />intermittent equipment passage from one mine area to another mine area, or other <br />occasional use. The only road that meets this criteria at the mine site is the 5'^ Street Road. <br />This road is occasionally used to monitor wells, Pond 007 and the mine discharge into <br />Calamity Draw. <br />• In the New Horizon 2 area, there is a single lane dirt road approximately 0.57 miles long <br />which extends to the west of 5th Street Light Use Road (see Map 2.05.3(3)-8). This road is <br />used by the City of Nucla for access to the city sewage lagoon and to one residence. <br />Alternative access has been provided as required by the Montrose County Commissioners. <br />The Montrose County Commissioners granted Peabody (and by succession, WFC) <br />permission to temporarily close this road during mining (see Attachment 2.05.3(3)-8, County <br />Agreement). WFC will reopen the road to meet or exceed the terms of the Montrose County <br />Road Closure Agreement. <br />All criteria listed below are utilized in the construction of the 5'" Street Road. <br />General Requirements. WFC will construct, maintain and reclaim light-use roads to <br />minimize erosion and siltation, air and water pollution and damage to public and private <br />property. To the extent possible, using the best technology currently available, light-use <br />roads will not cause damage to fish, wildlife, or related environmental values and will not <br />cause additional contributions of suspended solids to stream flow or to runoff outside the <br /> <br />(Revised duly zoos) 2.05.3(3)-40 <br />