2010-08-06_PERMIT FILE - C1980007A ‎(2)‎

• Permit No: C1980007A
• IBM Index Class Name: Permit File
• Doc Date: 8/6/2010
• Doc Name: Permit Area
• Section_Exhibit Name: 2.05.3 Operation Plan - Permit Area
• Media Type: D
• Archive: Yes

West Elk Mine
Road Designation
Silo Haul/Access Road
Middle Mine Haul/Access Road
Upper Haul/Access Road
Main Haut/Access Road
Refuse Pile Expansion (RPE)
Haut/Access Road
Sylvester Gulch Haul /Access Road
Road Location
Between silos and the LRP
Between breaker building and Main
haul/access road
Between the intersection of the Middle Mine
haul/access road and the Main haul access
road and the Portal access road
Between Highway 133 and the intersection
of the Middle Mine haul/access road and the
Main haul /access road
Access from the Main haul/access road, across
Sylvester Gulch and to RPE area.
Between main haul/access road and the
ventilation shafts site
As coal or coal mine waste may be hauled on the above roads, all of the roads have been
designed, constructed and certified as haul roads. These as -built certifications are provided in
Exhibit 8A. There are three roads that are considered access roads only. They are the Three -
Sided Building access road, the Portal access road, and the Materials Storage Bench access road.
These roads have been certified as access roads as also provided in Exhibit 8A.
Vertical grades on the haul /access roads vary. The middle -mine haul /access road has an overall
grade of 5.68 percent. This road is paved. The new silo haul /access road has a maximum grade
of 10 percent and is gravel- surfaced. The Sylvester Gulch haul /access road has been designed to
have an average grade of 7.6 percent with a maximum grade of 10 percent. This road is surfaced
with 12 inches of compacted Class 6 road base.
The mine roads require relatively little surface maintenance. Holes and ruts are patched in the
early stages with a cold mix of composition similar to the original road mix. In addition to
pavement maintenance on roads, maintenance operations include shaping and sealing of
shoulders, cutting back or chemically treating weed and bush growth, maintaining ditches and
drains, removing litter, and repainting stripes. Snow and ice removal during the winter months
are a roadway maintenance priority. Parking and side areas are similarly maintained for safe and
efficient use.
Light -Use Roads
A gravel surfaced light -use road has been constructed around the southern perimeter of the lower
stack tube (ST-4) coal storage pile and around the base of the lower refuse pile for occasional
construction and maintenance equipment uses. Two short roads (approximately 150 ft. long) and
associated pads have been constructed from existing mine site roads to provide access: for
emergency repair and maintenance along the C -1 conveyor, to the water tank topsoil pile, to the
2.05 -25 Rev. 06105. 01106, 03106. 04106 & 051Y)6- PR10; 01109- MR350: 04109- TR116; 04109- MR353; 05109- MR354; 08109- TRIM;
08109- TR119