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4.03 ROADB <br />4.03.1 Haul Roads. (Cant'd.) <br />• (1) (c) <br />Haul roads are designed using accepted engineering practices considering <br />traffic, weight, and speed of vehicles. <br />(1) (d) <br />The Or~ard Valley Mine haul road design was certified by Arthur Cannon, <br />Colorado P.E. No. 3657. The haul road construction was certified by <br />Daniel J. Snyder, President, CWI, in aocordanoe with the terms of BLM <br />Rightrof-Way Grant No. C-22266. <br />The Orchard Valley West Mine haul road was designed and certified by <br />Graeme Major, Colorado P.E. No. 15888. The haul road construction was <br />i.nspec~ter1 aryl certified by Matthew S. Sakurada, Colorado P,E. No. 15836. <br />The existing Orchard Valley R-O-~i coal stockpile haul road was evaluated, <br />and bearing surface construction upgrading recocmnerd<itions were developed <br />by Norman Johnston, Colorado P.E. No. 22644. The recommerded Orchard <br />Valley R-0-M coal stockpile haul road bearing surface construction was <br />coaq~leted in June 1992 and was inspected and certified by Patricia M. S. <br />Farnsworth, Colorado P.E. No. 22906. <br />(1) (e) <br />• Alternative design criteria and specifications are utilized for both the <br />Orchani Valley Mine haul road and the Orchard Valley R-~M coal stockpile <br />haul road and are described as applicable throughout the remairxler of this <br />section 4.03.1. Alternative design criteria and specifications are <br />utilized for permitting purposes as both roads were constructed prior to <br />the enactment of SMCRA and the Regulations of the Colorado Mined Land <br />Reclamation Board for Coal Mining detailing the associated specific design <br />criteria for haul roads. The Orchard Valley West Mine haul road does not <br />utilize alternative design criteria and specifications. improvements <br />and/or modifications to haul roads are designed and constructed in <br />accordance with the current specifications required in this part. <br />All COVCC haul roads are environmentally sound and structurally stable aril <br />meet other criteria as necessary to achieve reclamation in acoorclance with <br />Rule 4.03.1.. <br />The Orchard Valley Mine haul road and Orchard Valley R~-M coal stockpile <br />haul road utilize alternative design criteria in the form of geotechnical <br />analyses of existing roadways reconmiending construction and reclamation <br />measures as appropriate to upgrade the roads to rern ' ed specifications <br />and provide reclaimed configurations consistent with the r~rn ' ements of <br />this part. <br />The geotechnical analysis addressing the Orchard Valley Mine haul road <br />(refer to Volume 6, Phase II - Geotechnical Studies, by Geo-Hydro <br />• Consulting, Inc.) was submitted to the Division in response to Stipulation <br />No. 14 in February 1982. The Division subsequently approved the analysis <br />in March 1982. <br />TR 92-18 Revised 07/08/94 <br />2 <br />