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Revised, Otober 14, 1996 A strict speed control will be implemented for all roads to control dust and to provide for safe operation of the equipment. Speed limits have been set to 45 mph in the pit and 45 mph on the paved haul roads for all haulage equipment. Most haul road embankment slopes and adjacent areas have been mechanically stabilized and seeded with a mixture shown in Table 7, Reclamation Seed Mixture. Mechanical stabilization has consisted of furrowing, chiseling, "cat tracking" and mulch, depending on accessibility to the slopes. No travel of unauthorized vehicles will be allowed on anything other than established roads. All overburden haulage equipment will be restricted only to appropriate roads. Colowyo does not plan to cover any of the haul trucks because the roundtrip between the coal crushing facility and the active mining area will be relatively short, and the loaded trucks will be moving slowly. Also, care will be taken by the front-end loader or shovel operators not to overfill any of the haul trucks so as to cause excessive fugitive dust. Coal Crushing Facilitx Coal will be hauled from the various mining areas in haulage trucks to the primary crusher facility as shown on the Existing Structures - South Map (Map 22). Following primary crushing, the coal is hauled to the Gossard Loadout facility, as shown on the Existing Structures - North Map (Map 21). The coal crushing and conveying operations at the primary crusher and the Gossard Loadout have been equipped with a water spraying system at all coal transfer points. A four-sided enclosure bas . been installed on the truck dump at the primary crusher to prevent excessive dust emissions. The secondary crusher at the Gossard Loadout has a bag house to control coal dust emissions. A stacking tube with metal doors is also used to minimize coal dust emissions at the 100,000 ton crushed coal stockpile. The air quality control