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16. The Division has contacted the Office of Surface Mining, Reclamation Fees Branch. As <br />of this time, September 30, 2010, the operator is current in the payment of reclamation <br />fees required by 30 CFR Chapter VII, subchapter R (2.07.6(2)(0)). <br />Section B - Rule 4 <br />1. Roads <br />The New Horizon Mine 2 permit area is transected by three separate county roads. <br />Montrose County 2700 Road runs north-south through the middle of the permit area. BB <br />Road is oriented east-west, and intersects with 2700 Road. These two roads were <br />disturbed by the mining operation, necessitating design and construction of the temporary <br />BB Road Detour around the northeastern perimeter of the permit area. In 2008, WFC <br />reconstructed 2700 Road along its originnl alignment and BB Roan from the int-Mection <br />with 2700 Road - eastward. These roadway segments were then opened to the traveling <br />public. The BB Road Detour alignment was reclaimed in the fall of 2009. Mining <br />operations currently straddle the portion of BB Road located west of the intersection with <br />2700 Road. This segment will not be reconstructed until mining operations are <br />completed. Residents who utilized this road prior to the mining disturbance now use an <br />extension of BB/27 Road, developed around the southwestern perimeter of the permit <br />area through an agreement between WFC, Montrose County, and the Morgan family. <br />The third county road that crosses through the Mine 2 permit area is 5th Street Road, <br />which extends westward from Nucla's 5th Street, across the southern portions of the <br />permit, and intersects with 2700 Road. Details addressing the various county roads <br />impacted by operations at Mine 2 are provided in Attachment 2.05.3(3)-8 and Maps <br />2.05.3(3)-8, -9, -10 and -13. <br />A. Haul Roads <br />Within the disturbed area of Mine 2, WFC has designed and constructed three haul <br />roads: the NE Perimeter, the BB West, and the Southwest haul roads. Plan and <br />profile views of these alignments are provided on Map 2.05.3(3)-8. <br />1. Alternative criteria and specifications were used during the design of haul roads. <br />These criteria and specifications were approved by the Division following an <br />analytical demonstration that the roads will be environmentally sound, have a <br />minimum static safety factor of 1.3, and reclamation can be achieved. The criteria <br />and specifications pertain to the portion of the haul road (5th Street Road) going <br />through pond 007 (4.03.1(1)(e)). <br />2. The applicant has made a demonstration, based on site specific precipitation rates, <br />percent of grade, and soil properties that use of alternative specifications for <br />culvert sizing will not result in increased erosion. The Division has approved the <br />use of the alternative specifications for the culverts on the extension of W. 5th <br />Street (4.03.1(4)(e)(vi)). <br />26