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Permit Revisiar No. 7 -Responses March 7, 1997 Page 13 The substation access road will also remain upon final reclamation but reduced to a light-use road, similar to the current road in this area. All other roads (including the Electric Borehole road) will be reclaimed upon final reclamation. New Map 58A and 59A detail which portions of road will be reclaimed. See also the responses to questions 62 and 68. For light-use roads that will be entirely reclaimed, the reclamation process will be to pull embankment (fill) material up to the road, supplemented with material from other azeas, and place and grade this material to provide a smooth transition from uphill to downhill slopes. Roadbase material will be covered and buried in place. For hauUaccess roads that will be reconverted to a light-use road (Sylvester Gulch and the substation roads), fill from other areas will be placed in the toe of the cut, graded, and compacted to reestablish the light-use road width. Where engineered embankments exist, the light-use road width will be established on the fill side of the road such that removal of the geogrid type stabilization fabrics is not required. Stone slope facing will be covered with soil and revegetated. The retention of roads within the Sylvester Gulch azea meets the post-mining land use of grazing and wildlife habitat. Only pre-existing roads (previous to mining) will be retained to allow public access to federal lands. As the land exchange with the USFS will be completed by May 1, 1997, the reclaimed roads will be entirely on MCC property. As the landowner, MCC wants to retain access to Federal lands to the south. 73. The sediment pond will be reclaimed upon approval from the Division that the pond is no longer required to control sediment. All structures will be removed and the pond will be backfilled and graded to approximate original contour. 74. Shrub clusters will also be established within the Sylvester Gulch Facilities Area upon final reclamation. The clusters have been added to new Map S8A. 75. As stated previously, MCC has eliminated all active and intermittent stream channel impacts (except for culverts) by the redesign of embankments, so that stream relocations are no longer necessary. Post-minine Land Use (2.05.5) 76. The post-mining land-use of the West Elk Mine permit area does not change with the addition of facilities in Sylvester Gulch. The approved post-mining land-use is grazing and wildlife habitat. The end land-use in Sylvester Gulch will be achieved in the same manner as it will be achieved for the currently disturbed site. Facilities will be removed, azeas