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<br />results from the 0-5 year mining panel. Well access roads within each subsequent <br />mining panel will be laid out and constructed in a similar fashion. <br />Prior to road construction, vegetation will be cleared and topsoil will be stockpiled. <br />Topsoil will be reused in the future for final reclamation of the well field. A track <br />excavator (bulldozer, track hoe) will be used to complete the initial surface work, and a <br />grader will be used for the final surface leveling. Standard cut and fill techniques will <br />be used in the construction of roads. <br />D.2.7.2 Pipeline Roads <br />There will be no roads constructed for the pipeline. <br />D.2.7.3 Parachute Site Roads <br />The Parachute Site is 2.5 miles northwest of the town of Parachute, Colorado. Access to <br />the Parachute Site would be via Garfield County Road 215 (Parachute Creek Road). <br />Access to project facilities within the Parachute Site would be provided by existing <br />paved roads within the facility. <br />D.2.8 Other Project Components <br />The original Unocal facility included an approximately 4-mile-long rail spur from the <br />Parachute Site southeast to the Union Pacific Railroad line that parallels Interstate 70. <br />The tracks for the rail spur will have to be reset prior to operation because the Unocal <br />tracks were removed in 1997. The tracks will follow essentially the same alignment as <br />the Unocal rail spur. <br />D.3 Water Diversions and Impoundments <br />A total of five ponds are planned for the project. One will be located at the Piceance Site <br />and the other four will be located at the Parachute Site. These ponds are described in <br />Section D.2.4. <br />The Parachute Site final processing facility will be designed such that all surface runoff <br />from processing and related areas will be routed to the evaporation pond. Runoff from <br />surrounding, non-processing areas will be routed to Parachute Creek through an <br />existing drainage system. The Piceance Site initial processing facility will be designed <br />in a similar manner to that of the Parachute Site final processing facility, with runoff <br />from processing areas routed to the evaporation pond. <br />A surface drainage plan has not been developed for the remainder of the Piceance Site, <br />which includes the well field area. Runoff from the well field area will likely follow <br />natural drainage routes. Drill pads and roads will be constructed in a manner so that <br />D-12 <br />