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REPORT <br />PRELIMINARY DESIGN RECOMMENDATIONS <br />INITIAL WASTE ROCK PILE <br />MT. GUNNISON COAL MINE <br />SOMERSET, COLORADO <br />FOR ARCO COAL COP4PANY <br />1.0 INTP.ODUCTION <br />1.1 GENERAL <br />ARCO Coal Company proposes developing an underground coal <br />mine at their Mt. Gunnison property near Somerset, Colorado. <br />The location is indicated on Plate 1, Vicinity Plap. The de- <br />velopment will include construction of associated surface <br />facilities. <br />Glaste rock from mine development will initially be dis- <br />posed of in a pile located within the area of surface facili- <br />ties, at the lower bench, north of the proposed mine entries.. <br />The location of the initial waste pile is indicated on Plate 2, <br />Plot Plan. <br />Subsequent to their review of the geotechnical and mine <br />engineering topics of the Mt. Gunnison Permit Documents, the <br />Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Board (CMLRB) detailed ad- <br />ditional areas to be addressed regarding ~oaste material dis- <br />posal in their letter of 15 January, 1981. This report ad- <br />dressed those areas for the. initial waste rock storage pile. <br />~~wuo ca~w~m+c, iNC. <br />