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Chapter II <br /> d. Light Use Roads. <br /> The roads leading to Mine Portals #3, 4 and 5 have been designated, and are being <br /> maintained, as light use roads until resumption of mining from portals #3, 4 and 5. At <br /> that time these roads will be used for coal haulage, as they were previously. The <br /> drainage system designed for the haul road usage has been maintained, as indicated in <br /> App. II-B-7 Att. 2. The applicable road segments are indicated at II-B-App.7-Att.2 as <br /> Roads C, F, E and G. <br /> During the preceding permit term, Mid-Continent received permission to upgrade and <br /> extend a light-use road segment which reaches from Coal Basin over Huntsman Ridge, <br /> to the west side, above the underground workings. Technical and minor revisions were <br /> approved by MLRD. The uses of the road include subsidence monitoring, exploration <br /> activity, and access to drill sites for a planned coal degassification program. <br /> The segment extendng from No. 4 portal to the top of Huntsman Ridge has been <br /> constructed. Some work will be done on sections of an existing drill road on the west <br /> side of Huntsman Ridge. An additional two miles of new road will be constructed, <br /> extending to the north over Gunnison National Forest and Mid-Continent fee land. <br /> Exhibit II-B-6 indicates light-use roads as they occur within the permit area. <br /> e. Public Road - Highway to Mine Facility <br /> The central complex area is accessed by a four-mile road which leads to/from Colorado <br /> State Highway 133. The road follows most of the way along the rail line laid at the turn <br /> of the century, and has been in use as a road since approximately 1953. <br /> f. Conveyor System <br /> Conveyor belts are used extensively in the Mid-Continent operations. Exhibit II-B-7 <br /> shows the system. <br /> The uses are as follows: <br /> Mine face to surface storage. Coal is transported from the working face through one <br /> entry of the Adit/Rock Tunnel and overland to the raw coal stockpile(s), where it is <br /> deposited. <br /> The coal is then conveyed by belt from raw coal storage to the preparation plant, <br /> separated from rock, and conveyed by belt to clean coal storage; meanwhile, the <br /> refuse is conveyed fromt he wash plant to the Sutey Refuse pile for disposal. <br /> 21 <br />