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Environmental Assessment <br /> 120 N) and to the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gage Railroad(3,600 tons/yr.) and to the Cumbres and <br /> Toltec Scenic Railroad in Chama,New Mexico (1,500 tons/yr.)locally. It's important to note that the <br /> King II mine would be close to having exhausted the estimated coal reserves in the proposed lease <br /> modification by 2023. <br /> Table 2-4. Coal transport delivery <br /> Destination Coal Delivered Truck Deliveries Trucking <br /> (Tons/year) Per Year Miles/Year <br /> Known Delivery Location* <br /> GCC Pueblo Cement Plant 105,000 3,684 (12/day) 1,996,728 <br /> GCC Tijeras Cement Plant 76,000 2,666 (8.5/day) 1,215.696 <br /> Local home heating 7,000 n/a n/a <br /> DSNGRR 3,600 123 (0.4/day) 4,920 <br /> TCSRR 1,500 53 (0.2/day)1 13,462 <br /> Gallup NM Rail Delivery <br /> Gallup NM 643,538** 22,847 (73/day) 7,767,980 <br /> (Max 873,940" <br /> Coal volumes based on known contracts directly trucked from King II to the customer.Estimates are conservative as natural gas <br /> usage offsets reduces coal volumes periodically. <br /> "Coal delivered volume to BNSF Gallup estimated based on average estimated annual average between 2017 and 2023(Table <br /> 2-3). <br /> ***The maximum potential delivered to BNSF is based on the maximum volume of coal hauled annually from King 11 after <br /> Phase 5 road improvements have been completed(2023).Based on the estimated reserves,this volume could only be produced <br /> for 1 year(refer to Table 2-3). <br /> For the environmental analysis completed in this EA, Table 2-4 shows the trucking miles of coal trucks <br /> taking coal to either be burned in a GCC-owned cement kiln or regional narrow gauge railroad; or <br /> delivering the coal to Gallup,New Mexico for national/international coal sales and delivery. The distance <br /> from the mine to rail loading facilities in Gallup,New Mexico is about 170 miles. <br /> As documented in Section 1.9 Scoping and Identification of Issues,the transportation of coal from the <br /> King II facility to SH 140 was the most frequently identified issue of public concern. During the La Plata <br /> County LUP process, GCC proposed access via State Highway 140 to CR 120 and then approximately <br /> 6.4 miles south/west to the King II Mine site. The first 2.5 miles of CR 120 are paved and the road is <br /> approximately 22 feet wide. The last 3.9 miles of CR 120 are gravel and the road is approximately 24 feet <br /> wide. GCC's proposed traffic accounts for approximately 99 percent of loading by weight on north CR <br /> 120 and approximately 67 percent by volume (660/983 trips, Traffic Impact Assessment,November 19, <br /> 2015). For this volume and load of traffic on north CR 120,the applicable road classification is "Local, <br /> 10 plus units" (LPCLUC Sec. 74-91.c). County standards require a Local 10 plus units road to be <br /> constructed to a minimum 24-foot wide paved road plus 3-foot shoulders and a 60-foot short-term right- <br /> of-way(ROW). The adopted County code also addresses the need for safe road alignment and sight <br /> distance (LPCLUC Sec 74-91 A). <br /> Anticipated traffic impacts along CR 120 were evaluated in the Traffic Impact Assessment(TIA)by <br /> Roadrunner Design Services dated November 19, 2015 (with earlier versions dated June 10, 2014 and <br /> DOI-B LM-CO-S010-2011-0074-EA <br /> September 2017 <br /> -39- <br />