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` • .1 <br />2.05.3(3)(c) <br />• The road past the bathhouse, up around the old shop and around <br />the east and south side of the yard was built to make an easy route <br />for trucks to haul out of the old tipple. This road was built <br />on previously disturbed land in the winter of 1979. The tipple is <br />no longer used, but most of the road will be maintained to avoid <br />traffic in the yard area. <br />The road to the office was changed to allow easier access for persons <br />not needing to go through the yard. The old road was graded over to <br />prevent further traffic that way. <br />The road to the service area from the office was an old farm road <br />when the area above the mine was farmed by previous mine owners. This <br />road is steep and only allows one way traffic. This road will have <br />very limited use. As seen on Table 2.05.3(3}(c)(i)-1, this road has <br />an overall grade of 11 percent. Since this road is infrequently used, <br />. Grand Mesa Coal Company is requesting a variance from the specific <br />requirements of an overall grade not exceeding 10 percent. <br />The road to the powder magazine was installed around 1967 for <br />access to a proposed strip mine. The coal was burned out, therefore, <br />the road was never improved. With the continuous miner in use now, <br />very little explosives are used, compared to when conventional mining <br />was used. The road is only used occasionally. <br />Maintenance work is still required on these roads. Snow removal in <br />the winter will be accomplished using employees on a loader. Snow <br />will be pushed to wide spots in the road or piled to the side of the <br />road. <br />A road is also t~aPd for access to the underground de~~~l.onment waste <br />disposal area. This road is only used by equipment hauling underground <br />development waste. <br />• <br />REVISED May 9,1981 95 <br />