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LAW OFFICES OF <br />LUKE J. DANIELSON, P.C. <br />Mr. Daniel Murray, AICP <br />Senior Planner <br />La Plata County <br />1060 E. 2nd Ave. <br />Durango, CO 81301 <br />daniel-murray@co.loplato.co.us <br />By email and United States Mail <br />December 15, 2015 <br />Dear Daniel: <br />219 North Iowa Street, Suite A Gunnison, Colorado $1230 USA <br />www.ldanielsonlaw.com p: (970) 641-4605 f (970) 641-4439 <br />Luke J. Danielson, luke@ldanielsonlawcom <br />GCC - King [[ Coal Mine Class 11 permit #2012- 0089 <br />I wanted to transmit to you the attached report of Eldon Strid, who is an experienced and <br />deeply knowledgeable engineer who has worked for years in the evaluation of options for coal <br />transport. <br />He has looked at the part of the Road Runner study that looks at coal transport alternatives, <br />and believes that "the level of detail shown ... is not adequate to make a decision considering <br />cost of capitol to GCC Energy, operating costs and different impacts to both GCC Energy and <br />Tocol citizens." <br />He also states that "Available information concerning comparison of haulage routes is not <br />adequate for determining the best option as described above." <br />Another observation worth noting is that: <br />"in the situation of GCC Energy, the number of truck trips across the existing public road is <br />significont because of the small volume of coal (25 to 30 tons) that cola be carried by individual <br />over -the -road trucks. This negatively impacts the public road and other users as most county <br />roads are usually not designed and constructed for this level of use considering air quality, <br />