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XIV. Operations Description - Rules 2 .05.2 , 2.05. 3( 1 ) , 2 .05. 3(2) and 4.01 <br /> The description of the operation remains valid for the existing operation <br /> except for the fact that the Rock Tunnel has been completed only to the No. 1 <br /> and No. 2 mines . Further connection of the mines will be accomplished through <br /> lateral extension of the rock tunnel . However, if a demand for No. 3, 4 or 5 <br /> coal were to occur, the haul roads might need to be recommissioned in order to <br /> allow for transport of coal until connection to the Rock Tunnel conveyor could <br /> be made. <br /> XV. Explosives - Rules 2 .05.3(6) and 4.08 <br /> No surface blasting for coal operations is ongoing at the mine site. However, <br /> avalanche control is practiced and requires the use of some explosive <br /> materials . <br /> XVI . Backfilling and Grading - Rules 2.05.3(9) , 2.05.4(2)(c) , 4.09 and 4. 14 <br /> There is no change to this section of the operation. <br /> XVII . Mine Facilities, Coal Handling Structures , Support Facilities - Rules <br /> 2 .05.3(3) , 2.05.3(7) and 4.04 <br /> The description in the Findings Document remains valid for the existing <br /> operation . <br /> XVIII . Underground Development Waste , Coal Processing Waste and Non-Coal <br /> Processing Waste - Rules 2 .05. 3(8) , 2 .05.4(2)(f) , 4.09, 4. 10 and 4. 11 <br /> As a result of Technical Revision 23 there is a change to the Non-Coal waste <br /> handling plan. This revision allowed for more frequent covering of non-coal <br /> waste and consolidation of non-coal waste at the various outlying portals . <br /> Details can be found on page 44 of Chapter II and pages 20 and 21 of Chapter V <br /> in the permit application. <br /> The operation is in compliance with this section . <br /> XIX. Roads - Rules 2.05.3(3) and 4.03 <br /> Permit Revision No. 3 focuses almost exclusively on the extensive haul road <br /> system at the Coal Basin Mines . There are five portals at the Coal Basin <br /> Mines , connected by approximately fifteen miles of haul road . The roads were <br /> constructed using a cut and fill method traversing across very steep slopes <br /> comprised mostly of Mancos Shale and interbedded sandstones . The resultant <br /> fill slopes are long, steep, highly erosive and poorly suited as a growth <br /> medium. Management of runoff generated as a result of snowmelt and summer <br /> precipitation events while maintaining the road ' s integrity has probably been <br /> the greatest challenge for the mine operator . <br /> -9- <br />