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5. Road Access <br />• <br />Primary access to the property is 15 Road to US Highway 50. The haul route from the pit initially <br />uses an existing access road ROW on the Western Slope Iron property. This property was sold to <br />Western Slope Iron from United, which retained a 100' ROW on the western side for ingress/egress. <br />At the northern end of this easement, the access road joins with 15 Road, which intersects US High- <br />way 50 at an existing channelized intersection at the point that the N-S section line between Sections <br />11 and 12 meets the Highway. An automatic railroad crossing also exists where 15 Road crosses the <br />tracks. This intersection is being used by all activities on the refinery properly as well as all traffic <br />from the United property. Map C-2 indicates the location of the haul route from the pit to Highway <br />50. The road entrance on Highway 50 currently has an acceleration lane to go east but no decelera- <br />tion lane for trucks entering the property from the east. No acceUdecel exists for traffic going west <br />from the pit and returning. United is working with CDOT to address any additional requirements at <br />the intersection as part of the Highway Access Permit. Given the maximum production of the site <br />coupled with available trucks, it is estimated that a peak of 7-8 trips per hour will utilize the haul <br />route at maximum production. Only 24 ton capacity trucks will be used. It is expected that 90% of <br />• the trucks moving the products off site will be of the belly dump type. In order to control dust, water <br />will be used on an as needed basis, <br />6. Mine Facilities <br />The facility azea will be located on the extreme northwest part of the permit azea for the vast major- <br />ity of the pit life. It will occupy approximately 10.3 acres at this location. Facilities will consist of a <br />portable crushing and screening plant, portable stacker conveyors, portable asphalt plant, portable <br />truck scale, portable concrete plant, portable pumping equipment, portable scale house/office trailer <br />and gen-set portable light fixtures in case some urgent work is needed at night. No topsoil wilt be <br />stripped from the facilities area since the amount stored hi stockpiles is more than enough to reclaim <br />all areas that will not be underwater after reclamation. No night operations are scheduled for the site. <br />All structures on site are shown on Map C-2. Three tanks for diesel fuel will have a lined basin that <br />-._J <br />IS Road Pit 10/02 18 <br />