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<br />- .~ -.-.. <br /> <br />- --~--~ - ---",-"+" <br /> <br />'-' <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />......., <br /> <br />- 27 - <br /> <br />'-' <br /> <br />guarantee and rights-of-way, and if so, as to which site, <br /> <br />this assertion is belied by the.following developments <br /> <br />'-- <br /> <br />(and perhaps others of which Rio Blanco County is unaware): <br /> <br />1. According to the trade press, Deseret has given <br /> <br />Stone & Webster Engineering, a construction firm, an $80 <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />million contract for the electric railroad system which <br /> <br />would link the Deserado mine to the plant site at Bonanza, <br />*/ <br />Utah.- This contract would be entirely unnecessary if <br /> <br />the Rangely plant site were selected. Moreover, its <br /> <br />existence would call into question the assertion in the <br /> <br />draft EIS that the initial cost of the electric railroad <br /> <br />would be approximately $33 million, less than one-half the <br /> <br />value of the contract. <br /> <br />2. In a document titled "Development of Energy <br /> <br />Minerals in Northwest Colorado," issued by BLM in June <br /> <br />1980, there appeared the following ~tatement: <br /> <br />"Deseret Generation and Transmission <br />Cooperative plans to develop an under- <br />ground mine on federal leases held by <br />Moon Lake Electric Association, one of <br />the members of Deseret. Production of <br />about 1.2 million tons per year beginning <br /> <br />~/ Coal Week, Vol. 7 No.3 (Jan. 19, 1981), at 3. <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />0388 <br />