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-5- <br />conditions will only be verified <br />roadway. Assumptions inherent in <br />incorrect, requiring amendment in <br />drainage design for the proposed <br />believes it appropriate to impose <br />the permit revision application. <br />upon pioneer excavation of the actual <br />the preliminary design may prove to be <br />completing a final stabilization and <br />roadway. For this reason, the Division <br />the following stipulation upon approval of <br />Stipulation No. <br />THE DIVISION DIRECTS WEST ELK COAL COMPANY TO CONSTRUCT THE UPPER WASTE PILE <br />ACCESS ROAD AS AN INITIAL PIONEER ROAD WITH MINIMIZED EXCAVATION. UPON <br />EXPOSURE OF THE EXCAVATED CUT-SLOPES OF THAT PIONEER ROADWAY, THE OPERATOR <br />SHALL COMPLETE A FINAL GEOTECHNICAL INVESTIGATION OF THE ACCESS ROAD <br />CORRIDOR. THIS GEOTECHNICAL INVESTIGATION SHALL BE COMPLETED BY APPROPRIATELY <br />QUALIFIED PROFESSIONAL GEOLOGICAL OF ENGINEERING PERSONNEL. THE PURPOSE OF <br />THIS FINAL INVESTIGATION SHALL BE TO VERIFY, OR APPROPRIATELY AMEND, THE <br />FINDINGS OF THE RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGIC MAPPING OF THE ROADWAY CORRIDOR. <br />FURTHER, WEST ELK COAL COMPANY, UTILIZING THE FINDINGS OF THE FINAL <br />GEOTECHNICAL INVESTIGATION, SHALL COMPLETE A FINAL ENGINEERED CUT-SLOPE AND <br />DRAINAGE DESIGN FOR THE UPPER WASTE PILE ACCESS ROAD. THIS FINAL DESIGN SHALL <br />BE APPROVED BY THE DIVISION, IN WRITING, AND THE CONSTRUCTION COMPLETED IN <br />ACCORDANCE WITH THAT DESIGN, PRIOR TO THE TRANSPORTATION OF ANY WASTE MATERIAL <br />ALONG THAT ACCESS ROAD. <br />/ljc <br />0712E <br />