PERMFILE131239

• Permit No: C1981038A
• IBM Index Class Name: Permit File
• Doc Date: 12/11/2001
• Section_Exhibit Name: ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES - LAND USE APPENDIX
• Media Type: D
• Archive: Yes

NEPA COMPLIANCE
COLORADO WESTMORELAND INC.
RIGHT-OF-WAY APPLICATIONS FOR
• ORCHARD VALLEY WEST MINE Page -2-
the road would average approximately 6X with a maximum grade of
10X. The total travel surface would be 22 feet in width (two 11-
foot travel lanes). The anticipated volume of traffic and speed
of vehicles would not require asphalt paving. The road would be
gravel surfaced. CWI estimates that the road would be utilized
for run-of-mine coal haulage by truck to the existing processing
facilities at the Orchard Valley Mine for approximately two
years.
Cut slopes would not be steeper than 1H:1V and embankment slopes
no steeper than 2H:1V, Eighteen-inch diameter culverts would be
installed in five locations along the road and two ditch relief
discharge points will also be installed. Culverts would be rip-
rapped as necessary for erosion protection and riprap or straw
bale check structures may be installed in ditches to slow flow
velocities and minimize sediment movement, The access/haul road
would be utilized year round for coal haulage and personnel ac-
cess. The road would be open to public access to the entrance of
the Orchard Valley Nest Mine bench, Public access would continue
north of the entrance on the existing "Slouch Road", Following
reclamation and final abandonment of the Orchard Valley West Mine
area, the road would be left for public utilization,
• CWI also proposes to construct a 46 KV powerline from CWI's ex-
isting powerline right-of-way (Grant NYC-23960 RW) to the Orchard
Valley West Mine facilities, a total length of approximately
5,000 feet. The line would be constructed in two segments and
cross both CWi-owned and public lands, The right-of-way on pub-
lic lands would be 50' wide and a total length (of two segments)
of approximately 6,000 feet, Single pole (60' high) and a few
double pole (H frame) structures may be required. CWI would
utilize poles with a gray- green color of wood preservative for
those structures erected on the ridge, which may be seen against
the skyline. As with CWI's present powerline, the pole struc-
tures would be designed to protect raptors. Access trails may be
required to reach some pole locations, Where access trails are
required, CWI would disturb as little of the area as possible and
scarify and revegetate the area after use.
Delta County Tele-Comm, Inc, holds a right-of-way on public lands
along Steven's Gulch Road through Section 23, T13S, R92W of the
6th P.M, for a buried telephone cable, The company proposes to
re-excavate and improve the cable to meet CWI's telephone needs
and extend the line from Steven's Gulch Road to the Orchard Val-
ley West Mine, The cable will be buried on the upslope edge of
the "Rlouch Road" and installed during construction to improve
the access/haul road to the mine,
• CWI requests rights-of-way terms of 25 years with a right to re-
new, if necessary, based on remaining coal reserves.