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Haul/Access Roads <br />No roads on the West Elk Mine Site aze specifically designated or utilized as only haul roads. A <br />majority of the roads aze considered haul and access roads. They aze primarily used as access <br />roads, but coal or coal mine waste aze hauled across the roads. This classification includes the <br />following roads: <br />Silo HauUAccess Road <br />Middle Mine HauUAccess Road <br />Upper HauUAccess Road <br />Main HauUAccess Road <br />Refuse Pile Expansion (RPE) <br />HauUAccess Road <br />Sylvester Gulch HauUAccess Road <br />Between silos and MB-2R <br />Between breaker building and Main <br />hauUaccessroad <br />Between the intersection of the Middle Mine <br />hauUaccess road and the Main haul access <br />mad and the Portal access mad <br />Between Highway 133 and the intersection <br />of the Middle Mine hauUaccess road and the <br />Main hauUaccess road <br />Access from the Main haul/access road, across <br />Sylvester Gulch and to RPE area. <br />Between main haullaccess road and the <br />ventilation shafts site <br />As coal or coal mine waste may be hauled on the above roads, all of the roads have been designed, <br />constructed and certified as haul roads. These as-built certifications are provided in Exhibit 8A. <br />There are three roads which are considered access roads only. They are the Three-sided Building <br />access road, the Portal access road, and the Materials Storage Bench access road. These roads have <br />been certified as access roads and the certifications aze also provided in Exhibit 8A. <br />Vertical grades on the hauVaccess roads vary. The middle-mine hauUaccess road has an overall <br />grade of 5.68 percent. This road is paved. The new silo hauUaccess road has a maximum grade of <br />10 percent and is gravel surfaced. The Sylvester Gulch hauUaccess road has been designed to have <br />an average grade of 7.6 percent with a maximum grade of 10 percent. 'T'his road will be surfaced <br />with 12 inches of compacted Class 6 road base. <br />The mine roads require relatively little surface maintenance. Holes and ruts aze patched in the eazly <br />stages with a cold mix of composition similar to the original road mix. 1n addition to pavement <br />maintenance on roads, maintenance operations include shaping and sealing of shoulders, cutting <br />back or chemically treating weed and bush growth, maintaining ditches and drains, removing litter, <br />and repainting stripes. Snow and ice removal during the winter months aze a roadway maintenance <br />priority. Pazking and side areas aze similazly maintained for safe and efficient use. <br />2,05-24 RevlredJart 1996 RN03; ReviredNov, 1996 PR07; Revised Jan. 1997 TR79; Revised Jul. 1997 TR81 <br />Revised Oct. 1998 TR86; Revised Jun 1999 TR90 <br />