2011-01-13_PERMIT FILE - C1981038 ‎(6)‎

• Permit No: C1981038
• IBM Index Class Name: Permit File
• Doc Date: 1/13/2011
• Section_Exhibit Name: Volume 1 4.03 Roads
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

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