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APX O Page-1 <br />MUNGER CANYON MINE <br />Road Compliance Statement <br />4.03.1 (1) General Requirements <br />The Munger Canyon access road was constructed in 1977; therefore, this <br />compliance statement is being written to comply with the regulations that became <br />effective some 20 years after the road was constructed. Construction of the road <br />involved upgrading a road that existed prior to 1977 and construction of a new <br />portion of the road from the valley bottom to the mine site. The new portion of the <br />road eliminated the need to travel within the creek bottom and up a steep grade to <br />the mine site as the old road did. No person involved with the design, construction <br />or permitting of the road is available to confirm the process. The road has had no <br />discernible effect upon the conditions existing in the area with regard to erosion, <br />pollution of air or water. The road has not caused damage to public or private <br />property. The road has not caused damage to fish, wildlife, and related values. The <br />road has proven to be designed adequately based upon the way that the road has <br />functioned over the years. The road will be removed and reclaimed when mining has <br />been completed, except that the portion of the road that was upgraded will be <br />partially reclaimed as is detailed in Section 3.9 of the permit document. <br />(2) Location <br />• Since the road was built in 1977 the location of the road is fixed. No part of the road <br />is in a stream channel, except where the channel has been crossed using Division <br />approved methods. No fords of any channels exist. <br />(3) Design <br />The overall grade of the road is 3.94 percent over a 10,660 foot length. The <br />maximum pitch is 11.29 percent over a 310 foot length. No area of the road is <br />steeper than the requirements. The horizontal alignment is fixed and is consistent <br />with the topography. The width of the road is approximately 22 feet, has been <br />adequate for the vehicles using the road, and will be adequate for anticipated future <br />vehicles. The road cuts have been stable for the life of the road. Minor sloughage <br />from the face of the road cuts has been controlled by reducing the width of the road, <br />vegetating the exposed slopes, and cleaning any sloughage that does occurs. <br />Erosion along the road is controlled by the revegetation that has occurred and by <br />small catch basins incised into the ditches at the inlet of each culvert. <br />Road embankments have also been stable for the life of the road. It is unknown if <br />vegetation was removed, which specific materials were utilized to construct the <br />embankments, or how the material was placed. No topsoil was salvaged from the <br />alignment. The embankments were revegetated and now have a good stand of <br />grasses, shrubs and trees growing upon them. <br />M~ <br />Volume V <br />9-18-97 <br /> <br />