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<br />v <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />., <br />'. <br /> <br />- 4 - <br /> <br />v <br /> <br />v <br /> <br />environmental and socioeconomic impacts of the project <br /> <br />which will be felt in Rio Blanco County. <br /> <br />On its face, the concept of building a power plant <br /> <br />in Utah, with the accompanying need to construct a 3S-mile <br /> <br />railroad to transport the coal from .the Rangely mine and <br /> <br />transmission lines to supply power to the mine, -- rather <br /> <br />than a "mine-mouth" operation as is available at the <br /> <br />Rangely site -- makes no sense from an environmental or an <br /> <br />economic point of view. It has always been and remains <br /> <br />the County's firm position that the power plant, as well <br /> <br />as the mine, should be located in Rio Blanco County for <br /> <br />environmental and economic reasons. <br /> <br /> <br />If the power plant is authorized to be built in <br /> <br /> <br />Utah while the mine is built in Colorado, Rio Blanco <br /> <br /> <br />County will suffer the impacts of a dramatic population <br />growth -- approximately one-third its present population <br /> <br /> <br />with the ~ccompanying need for substantial capital expend- <br /> <br /> <br />itureS for community infrastructure as well as ongoing <br /> <br /> <br />funds for maintenance of that infrastructure and provision <br /> <br /> <br />of public services. Yet it will be denied the benefit of <br /> <br /> <br />tax revenues from the power plant -- which will be far <br /> <br />'-' <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />0411 <br />