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r <br /> r <br /> • UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE <br /> FOREST SERVICE <br /> WHITE RIVER NATIONAL FOREST 2720 Mid Continent <br /> 5T <br /> US April 20, 1978 <br /> �a <br /> Sopris ger District <br /> Box 248 Carbondale, Co 81623 <br /> Doug Bowman <br /> Box 158 <br /> Carbondale, CO 81623 <br /> Dear Doug: <br /> This letter is in response .to your inquiry about long-range. disposi- <br /> tion of haul roads within Coal Basin. As I perceive your long- <br /> range plans, they proposer the use of a railroad and tunnel system <br /> to move men, equipment, and coal between the wash plant and under- <br /> ground mines. If this becomes a reality, then I would propose <br /> that the existing road system be modified but not eliminated. <br /> Modification would involve reducing the amount of running surface <br /> • area to ultimately reduce the natural drainage pattern. <br /> I certainly would not visualize returning the road back to its <br /> original contour, but I can see taking other measures to reduce <br /> the agitation to the fill slopes because of the wide roadbed <br /> supplying large amounts of water in areas of unstable soil conditions. <br /> Sincerely, <br /> /I <br /> VICTOR K. WEYERS <br /> District Ranger <br />