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Environmental Assessment <br /> maximum anticipated annual production after Phase 5 RIA improvements is approximately 1,067,040 <br /> tons per year(tons/yr.). The loading facilities for the mine are located off CR 120. The average daily <br /> number of truck trips on CR 120 for loaded and unloaded coal trucks as well as suppliers is also included <br /> in Table 1-1. <br /> Table 1-1.King II Mine coal production and truck trips <br /> Year Coal Production Average Daily Mine <br /> (Tons) Truck Trips Employees' <br /> 2007 470,170 45 Loaded/90 Total 31 <br /> 2008 392,348 38 Loaded/76 Total 81 <br /> 2009 504,231 48 Loaded/96 Total 63 <br /> 2010 523,413 50 Loaded/100 Total 88 <br /> 2011 618,132 59 Loaded/118 Total 85 <br /> 2012 639,003 61 Loaded/122 Total 106 <br /> 2013 737,131 71 Loaded/142 Total 133 <br /> 2014 970,790 93 Loaded/186 Total 139 <br /> 2015 813,677 78 Loaded/156 Total 121 <br /> 2016 628,953 70 Loaded/140 TotaJ2 89 <br /> Average r 629,785 142 83 <br /> 1 Number includes employees working at both King I and King II. <br /> 2 Truck trips limited to 6 days per week by LPC RIA. <br /> Source: GCC Energy. <br /> As is shown in Table 1-1, 629,785 tons/yr. represents an average production level annually, a volume of <br /> which 67 percent(421,000 tons/yr.)is delivered to GCC-owned cement plants in the U.S. and Mexico <br /> where the coal is used as a fuel source in the cement manufacturing process. These plants are in Pueblo, <br /> Colorado (105,000 tons/yr.),Tij eras,New Mexico (76,000 tons/yr.), and in Chihuahua and Samalyuca, <br /> Mexico (240,000 tons/yr.). Deliveries to the cement plants in the U.S. are directly trucked from the King <br /> II mine. Coal delivered to GCC's Mexico cement plants are delivered via rail from the Gallup,New <br /> Mexico rail hub. An additional approximately 12,100 tons/yr. are delivered to the Durango & Silverton <br /> Narrow Gauge Railroad(3,600 tons/yr.),the Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad in Chama,New Mexico <br /> (1,500 tons/yr.), and locally(7,000 tons/yr.)for home heating. On average, approximately 448,785 <br /> tons/yr. (including the GCC Mexico cement plant volumes) is transported by truck to the rail terminal in <br /> Gallup,New Mexico for delivery to GCC plants in Mexico and to variable cement plant buyers in the <br /> Southwest(depending on markets, alternative fuels, and coal supply). From year to year, actual coal <br /> production is based on several assumptions, foremost,that coal markets are favorable and that GCC has <br /> buyers to sell to. Another factor potentially affecting production levels has to do with the consistency of <br /> coal present within the existing mine lease areas. <br /> DOI-B LM-CO-S010-2011-0074-EA <br /> September 2017 <br /> -15- <br />