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Rule 2: Permits <br />Access Roads <br />• Access roads are frequently traveled roads which aze not used for the transportation of coal. <br />Access road preliminary designs and construction drawings are certified by a qualified registered <br />professional engineer. <br />An existing road provides access from Highway 12 for ranching and timbering up Lorencito <br />Canyon. This road will be upgraded to a haul road from Highway 12 to the Jeff Canyon haul <br />road. From there it will be used as an access road to the office area. This will provide access for <br />personnel and equipment. The access roads aze designed to American Association of State <br />Highway Transportation Officials Policy on Geometric Design for Local Rural Roads. This <br />access road is shown on Map 2.05.3-1. <br />Alignments follow existing roads, ridge lines, and stable slopes when possible; and follow the <br />topography so as to minimize cuts and fills and avoid flood plains. Any crossings of drainages <br />will be done at right angles. Except for crossings, no segments of access road are located in the <br />channel of an ephemeral, intermittent, or perennial stream. Intermittent or perennial natural <br />drainages will not be altered or relocated. No unique, endangered, or special environmental or <br />cultural resources aze known to be impacted by the road system. <br />Access road design will accommodate the needs of specific uses of the road. The design <br />maximum speed is 25 miles per hour. Grades will be limited to 15% for limited distances <br />prescribed by the regulations. <br />• <br />I• <br />A 20-foot-wide travel way is proposed for the main access road. The travel way is crowned <br />(5%), ditched adjacent to cuts, and has culverts or swales when necessary to prevent ponding. <br />Typical cross sections aze shown in Figure 2.05.3-14. <br />Vegetation will be cleared for no more than the width needed for the roadway, drainage control, <br />and any cut and fill. Topsoil will be removed from road cut and embankment footprints and <br />stored for use in reclamation and as a vegetation growth medium for cut and fill slopes. <br />Cut slopes will not be steeper than 1.Sh: 1 v in unconsolidated materials or 0.25h: 1 v in rock. In <br />areas of steep side slopes, the road alignment will be shifted so that the entire road width rests on <br />the cut benches. <br />Embankment materials will be free of organic matter, peat, or other unsuitable (acid- <br />producing) materials. In the event an embankment is required on side-slopes greater than 33%, <br />the embankment will be plowed, stepped, or keyed. Embankment slopes will not be steeper than <br />1.Sh:ly unless the material consists of a minimum of 85% rock, in which case the slopes may be <br />placed up to 1.35hav. Embankment materials containing less than 25% rock lazger than 6 <br />inches will be placed in uniform layers not exceeding 12 <br />Page 2.05-26 (Revised 09/30/03) <br />