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-36- Questions and concerns arose during the permit review regarding structure locations, construction phasing, open coal storage, and conveyor construction.' These issues have been adequately resolved through subsequent submittals. The proposed operation is in compliance with the requirements of this section. XXI. Roads - Rules 2.05.3(3) and 4.03 The Roads Section in Volume I, Section 4 and the Road Drainage Section in Volume VI of the application were reviewed for compliance. The applicant proposes to construct an access road to the surface facilities which will be temporarily used as a haul road until the proposed railroad is constructed; a haul road from the surface facilities area to the coal refuse embankments; and several light use roads along the pipeline corridors, transmission line corridor, and monitoring sites. The applicant proposes to retain the access and haul roads as part of the post mining land use. Since the access road is to be temporarily used as a haul road, it must meet the standards of Rule 4.03.1 as a haul road. This includes certification that the road has been constructed as designed. The applicant has committed to certification of the access road following completion. The designs of the access road meet all the requirements of Rule 4.03.1 for drainage, grade, road cuts, and road embankments, with one exception. The applicant has not completed a site specific structural and foundation analysis to establish design standards for road embankment stability. Therefore, the following information is necessary to verify that the road embankments will be stable. Stipulation No. 7 PRIOR TO CONSTRUCTION OF THE ACCESS ROAD, THE APPLICANT MUST SUBMIT SITE SPECIFIC DESIGN STANDARDS FOR EMBANKMENT STABILITY, FOR DIVISION APPROVAL. THE ANALYSIS SHALL BE CONDUCTED IN CONFORMANCE WITH RULE 4.03.1(3)(d)(vii). THE DESIGN STANDARDS SHALL BE SUBMITTED AS A REVISION TO THE PERMIT APPLICATION. The applicant will use light-use roads to monitoring stations constructed under an exploration plan approved by the Division. These roads are shown on figures 4.2-3, 4.2-4, and 4.2-5. The road designs meet all the requirements of Rule 4.03.3. These roads are planned to be left as part of the post-mining land use as requested by the landowners. With satisfactory resolution of the above stipulation, the proposed operation will be in compliance with the requirements of this section.