GENERAL48878

• Permit No: C1981014
• IBM Index Class Name: General Documents
• Doc Date: 6/24/1994
• Doc Name: PROPOSED DECISION & FINDINGS OF COMPLIANCE FOR RN2
• Permit Index Doc Type: FINDINGS
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

Section B
The following findings and specific approvals are required by Rule
4:
I. Roads
Haul Roads: Rule 4.03.1
There are no haul roads at the Southfield Mine site or
loadout. All coal is loaded into highway haulage trucks
within the open mine yard which extends to County Road 92. At
the loadout, trucks enter a similar open yard directly from
County Road 79, and dump the coal in temporary stockpiles
within the yard area.
Access Roads: Rule 4.03.2
The mine has one access road to and from the mine refuse
disposal area which extends from County Road 92 to the
facility area and to the refuse pile (see Map 18 for details).
All the permitted roads for the mine site can be found on Map
18 of the permit application. The access road was constructed
in 1982 and is maintained in compliance with applicable
regulatory requirements. Drainage from the road is captured
via a ditch and routed into Sediment Pond #5 through a 30"
culvert after passing through the facilities area (see Map 20
for culvert location).
The road was originally a ranch road which was expanded for
use specifically designed for the 30 ton rear dump truck
utilized to haul coal refuse. Maximum design speed is 35 MPH,
design width 30 feet and sustained grade 10%.
Stipulation No.9 requires the operator to post "Steep Grade"
signs along the access road to and from the refuse pile.
Stipulation No.9 states:
THE OPERATOR SHALL POST AND MAINTAIN "STEEP SLOPE CAUTION
SIGNS" ALONG THE ACCESS ROAD TO THE REFUSE DUMP. TWO MONTHS
PRIOR TO ABANDONMENT AND RECLAMATION OF THE ACCESS ROAD, THE
OPERATOR SHALL SUBMIT APPROPRIATE GEOTECHNICAL STABILITY
ANALYSIS TO DEMONSTRATE COMPLIANCE WITH THE STABILITY
REQUIREMENTS OF RULES 4.03.2(3)(c)(i) or (d)(viii); OR IN THE
ALTERNATIVE, THE OPERATOR SHALL SUBMIT A PROPOSED RECLAIMED
CONFIGURATION WITH APPROPRIATE STABILITY ANALYSIS TO
DEMONSTRATE CONFORMANCE WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE
4.03.2(7).
Stipulation No.9 requires the operator to post and maintain
steep slope signs and submit a geotechnical stability analysis
for the access road two months prior to abandonment. EFCI has
posted the signs along the road and committed to providing a
stability analysis of the road prior to abandoning the site
(see page 2.05.3-42R of the permit application). In addition,
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