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Environmental Assessment <br /> Table 2-2.Allowable loaded coal truck traffic along CR 120 through each phase of the RIA <br /> Phase/Year Coal Production Average Daily Loaded <br /> (Tons)* Truck Trips <br /> Phase 1,2/November 2017 711,360 80 Loaded/160 ADTs <br /> Phase 3/November 2019 711,360 80 Loaded/160 ADTs <br /> Phase 4/November 2020 889,200 100 Loaded/200 ADTs <br /> Phase 5/Apri12022 1,067,040 120 Loaded/240 ADTs <br /> Note:ADT=Average Daily Trips. <br /> *It is important to note that the volume of coal production is based on the size of haul trucks contracted by GCC and in no way is <br /> limited by LPC.LPC has no jurisdiction with regards to allowable coal production. <br /> Table 2-3 shows the commensurate coal production volumes hauled to clients/markets in the <br /> southwestern U.S. and Mexico based on the BLM's estimates of coal reserves (4.66 million tons) <br /> available within the currently proposed lease modification area. <br /> Table 2-3.Estimated coal production through life of lease modification <br /> Year Coal Production Total Remaining <br /> (Tons/yr.) Reserve <br /> 2017 711,360 4,660,000* <br /> 2018 711,360 3,948,640 <br /> 2019 711,360 3,237,280 <br /> 2020 741,000 2,496,280 <br /> 2021 889,200 1,607,080 <br /> 2022 1,025,145 581,935 <br /> 2023 1,067,040 0 by May 2023* <br /> 7 yr.Average 836,638 <br /> *Based on the emergency leasing request,GCC estimated in February 2016 that they could mine until May 2018 before reserves <br /> in the proposed lease modification areas would be bypassed. <br /> As stated above,most of the coal produced is transported by truck to a rail terminal in Gallup,New <br /> Mexico owned and operated by Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNSF). Coal is delivered by the BNSF rail <br /> network directly to GCC owned cement plants in Mexico (240,000 tons/yr.) and to variable customers in <br /> Arizona and Texas determined by coal and natural gas market conditions and available coal supply from <br /> King II. <br /> Based on the maximum average daily coal truck trips allowable under the LPC RIA, and because the <br /> contracted haul truck fleet have a 24.5 ton/truck capacity, approximately 1,067,040 tons/yr. can be hauled <br /> from the King II mine and delivered to the Gallup,New Mexico BNSF rail terminal once Phase 5 road <br /> improvements have been completed in 2023. Of that total, approximately 867,000 tons could be delivered <br /> to the Gallup BNSF rail hub, 181,000 tons/yr. would be delivered directly by truck to two GCC-owned <br /> and operated cement plants in Pueblo, Colorado (105,000 tons/yr.) and in Tijeras,New Mexico (76,000 <br /> tons/yr.)where the coal is used as a fuel source in the cement manufacturing process. Small coal volumes <br /> are sold for local residential heating (7,000 tons/yr. to Hay Gulch Coal Sales located on east end of CR <br /> DOI-B LM-CO-S010-2011-0074-EA <br /> September 2017 <br /> -38- <br />