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_,.,_ <br />. . <br />. <br />6a~ •- <br />~••~ M ERRICK <br /> <br /> <br /> Mer+rX 6 forgery <br /> Mw: PO Bm~ 22@6: 7rn,r. m / fiC222 /USA <br /> OdnaY 2430 5. Pev+e St / AVV1. CO / 4]414 <br /> 7~YI31.Olat / Fa 303/751.2'97 <br />July 19, 1995 <br />Merrick Refer: 1580 <br />Mountain Coal Company <br />P.O. Box 591 <br />Somerset, Colorado 81434 <br />RECEIVED <br />JUL 2 6 1995 <br />Engineering Uept <br />~MOUN~AW COAL COMPANY <br />Attention: Ms. Kathy Welt <br />Environmental Engineering <br />Subject: Access Road Design and Construction; Stack Tubes Access Road, Middle Mine <br />Access Road, Upper Mine Access Road, Mountain Coal Company's West Elk <br />Coal Mine (Formerly Mount Gunnison No. 1 Mine); <br />Merrick Refer: 103-3376 <br />Dear Ms. Welt: <br />~. Per your request, we have reviewed our design files in relation to the design of the original <br />access road at the West Elk Coal Mine. This access road is currently divided into three <br />reaches. These are titled the Stack Tubes Access Road, the Middle Mine Access Road, and the <br />Upper Mine Access Road. The purpose of our review is to determine whether these access <br />roads would comply with the Colorado Division of Minerals and Geology (CDMGI Haul Road <br />Specification Section 4.03.1(3). <br />The site was formerly known as the ARCO Mount Gunnison No. 1 Mine. In 1981, Merrick & <br />Company provided the design o} much of the original surface improvements including the main <br />access road. The road was constructed in 1982. ARCO Coal Company provided day to day <br />on-site construction observation.. Upon request by ARCO Coal Company, Mertick & Company <br />visited the site on two or three occasions during construction of the road system to provide <br />engineering ca~.suttation. Project Record Information was recorded by the contractor and t;~e <br />ARCO Coal Company personnel. This information is shown on the Project Record Drawings, <br />dated March 3, 1983. <br />The access roads are being certified as haul roads (even though they are within the original and <br />current disturbed mine site and not outside this area as speafied in Rule 4.03.1(1)(d)) as coal <br />or coal refuse may occasionally be hauled on them. These roads now primarily serve as access <br />roads throughout the mine site. The closure of the original access roads (now the stack tubes <br />and middle mine access roads) was caused by the construction of the stack tubes and crusher <br />bulding. <br />K is our understanding that The Mountain Coal Company will be using H-20 type trucks or less <br />heavier vehicles to carry the coal or coal refuse on this road. The number of trips would be less <br />than 20 per day. In this case, the 'haul' road term applies primarily because of the nature of <br />wwnuwuaahwow~war.r i • <br />...................... ... <br />an Bnpp~eeLwr amen/ <br />