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S <br />NECC Response: <br />The permit text narrative has been modified to include the description of proposed facilities. <br />Pages 2.05.5, 2.05.5a, 2.05.5b, 2.05.5c, 2.05.5d, 2.05.7, and 2/05.7a are included with this <br />letter. The detail locations are included as Map 11 New Elk Mine East Portal Site Plan sheets 1, <br />2 and 3. The descriptions in Exhibit 28 - Bond Calculations have been updated to include <br />construction details. <br />DRMS Request 2. Rule 2.05.3(3) (c) requires "A description of each road, conveyor, or rail <br />system to be constructed, used, or maintained within the proposed permit area. The description <br />shall include a map, prepared in accordance with 2.10, appropriate cross sections, and the <br />following: (i)Specifications for each road width, road gradient, road surface, road cut, fill <br />embankment, culvert, bridge, drainage ditch, and drainage structure. Please submit the <br />required information as permit text narrative along with the required cross sections for <br />all roads or rail systems proposed to be added under this revision. <br />NECC Response: Road and slope track rail sections have been added to Map 11 Sheet 1 <br />Roads, Slope Track, and Cuts. The description of the track rail is included in the permit text. <br />The light-use road at the substation is the only new road added under this permit submission. The <br />road has a 10 ft minimum width and maximum 1:1 side slopes. <br />DRMS Request 3. Please ensure that structure and facility names used in Table 19 match <br />those annotated on Map 11 exactly. Many differences exist presently. Please correct the <br />table or the map or both as necessary. <br />NECC Response: The structure and facility names in both Table 19 and Map 11 have been <br />revised to ensure they are exactly the same. <br />DRMS Request 4. The proposed light-use road (not mentioned in the cover letter but shown on <br />Map 11) is depicted as an access road. Rule 2.05.3(3)(c)(vii) requires that access roads by <br />designed by, and certified following construction by a registered professional engineer. Please <br />clarify the classification of the proposed new road based on the planned use as defined by <br />Rule 1.04(111) and correct and/or submit the required information. <br />NECC Response: The new road planned is a light-use road at the substation. Map 11 Sheet 1 <br />East Portal Roads, Slope Track and Cuts has been revised to depict the appropriate use. <br />DRMS Request 5. If Map11 title is to be changes from the currently approved Map 11, <br />please submit a new table of contents page for approved permit maps. <br />NECC Response: To better depict the level of detail necessary, Map 11 has been modified to <br />include three sheets; Sheet 1 - East Portal Roads, Slope Track and Cuts, Sheet 2 - East Portal <br />Utilities and Ponds, and Sheet 3 - East Portal Facilities. <br />2