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Overland Conveyor and Railroad Spur <br />• <br />The final contours for the Overland Conveyor and the Railroad spur <br />are shown on Exhibits 7C and 10C. These contours are nearly <br />identical to the existing contours. Concrete footers and stemwalls <br />remaining after salvage will either be buried with a minimum of 4-feet <br />of cover or hauled to another fill area such as the Roadside North <br />Portal area. Coal spillage will be cleaned-up and hauled to a refuse <br />pile. A minor amount of grading will be done to eliminate Light Use <br />Road 5, the railroad embankment and portions of Haul Road 3. The <br />berm along the River will remain in place as a permanent structure. <br />The holes remaining at Transfer 2 and 3 will be backfilled with <br />adjacent material and the conveyor culvert under the county road <br />near Transfer 3 will be removed or backfilled. <br />Unit Train Loadout <br />The final contours for the Unit Train Loadout (UTL) are shown of <br />Exhibit 11 C. Cross sections representing the existing and final <br />grades are shown on Exhibit 59. These contours were designed to <br />• follow the approximate original contours including a mound near the <br />current stockpile area, see Exhibit 11 D for the pre-mining contours. <br />Grading on this site will primarily involve eliminating the embankment <br />from the rail loop and the stockpile. Topsoil for this area was not <br />stockpiled in isolated piles but was used in the rail loop and stockpile <br />embankments. Soil sampling will be done on these embankments <br />while grading to determine the order of placement for fill and topsoil. <br />The railroad ballast will be included in the fill material unless <br />salvaged for other uses. The remaining coal on the stockpile will be <br />sold or hauled to the refuse disposal area. The concrete from <br />footers, stemwalls and the stockpile reclaim tunnel will be buried on <br />site with a minimum of 4-feet of cover. <br />The existing wetland/riparian areas in the immediate vicinity of the <br />unit train loadout have been created or enhanced by the railroad <br />berm. During regrading of the area, disturbance of these areas will <br />be minimized. The flood irrigation ditch system will be reestablished <br />and the system will be connected to the Highline Canal. This will <br />provide for restoration of the essential hydrologic function of flood <br />irrigation. (Reference Appendix 21-2 page 6) <br />• <br />14-9 <br />(Rev. 1 /00 ) <br /> <br />