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I The lower portion of the haul road which enters the coal loadout pad will be reclaimed <br />following cessation of mining activities. <br />4. Terror Creek has obtained a Permit for Access from the State Highway Department for <br />the highway approach and a License Agreement with the Bureau of Reclamation and the <br />Fire Mountain Canal Company to allow construction of a concrete box culvert across <br />the Fire Mountain Canal (4.03.1(1)(f)(i)). <br />B. Access Roads <br />The Division proposes to approve the retention of the graveled access road which leads <br />to the office area because it is compatible with the approved post-mining land use, as <br />stated above in the haul road section, and because a request for its retention was <br />submitted by the landowner. <br />C. Light-Use Roads <br />The Terror Creek Loadout maintains two light-use roads. One road parts from County <br />Road 4365 and enters the permit area from the east side, below the storage area, and <br />ends at the water tank. <br />2. The second light-use road parts from County Road 4365 and enters the permit area from <br />the east side, below the sediment pond. This road provides access to the railroad siding <br />and the over-the-track coal bin. <br />3. The two light-use roads will be reclaimed following cessation of mining activities. <br />II. Support Facilities - Rule 4.04 <br />A. Construction of support facilities did not result in any damage to any protected structures. <br />Therefore, the Division proposes to approve those activities (4.04(6)). <br />III. Hydrologic Balance - Rule 4.05 <br />A. Water Quality Standards and Effluent Limitations <br />There is one sediment pond and one dugout pond at the Terror Creek Loadout that treat <br />drainage from the disturbed area. These ponds function as designed to ensure that <br />applicable water quality standards and effluent standards are met. <br />The Division proposes to grant small area exemptions from the use of sediment ponds, <br />due to the limited size of the area, the fact that ponds and treatment facilities are not <br />necessary for the drainage to meet the effluent limitations of Rule 4.05.2 and applicable <br />State and Federal water quality standards for receiving streams, and due to the fact that <br />no mixing of surface drainage with a discharge from underground workings will occur, <br />as the operation is a loadout, no mining will occur. The small areas to be exempted <br />include the outslope of the facilities pad, the over-the-track loadout facility, and the <br />railroad spur track (4.05.2(3)(b)(I)).