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Environmental Assessment Table 2-7. Transportation coal hauling alternatives No. Alternative Description Source of Alternative 1 New North Bound This option included construction of a dedicated haul TIA(2015) Haul Road road north to a new intersection with U.S. 160. The Public Comment roadway would be approximately eight miles in (San Juan length. Citizen's Alliance) 2 Railroad Spur This option is based on the development of a railroad TIA spur line from Gallup to Farmington then north to the vicinity of King II Mine. 3 CR 120 North All coal production transported via CR 120,northern TIA route. This option reflects that both inbound and Public Comments outbound transport vehicles (semi-trucks)utilize the (multiple) northern segment of CR 120. This is the approved access road in the GCC Class 11 LUP recently issued by LPC; conditioned by the RIA. 4 Loop Route 1 Inbound(empty)transport vehicles utilize the TIA southern segment of CR 120 and outbound(loaded) Public Comments vehicles utilizing the northern segment of CR 120. (multiple) 5 Loop Route 2 Inbound(empty)transport vehicles utilizing CR 119 TIA with outbound(loaded)vehicles utilizing the northern Public Comments segment of CR 120. (multiple) 6 New Designated Haul This option would utilize a newly constructed haul TIA Road road(approximately 5.5 miles) across State of Public Comments Colorado and private lands. This new haul road would support both inbound and outbound transport trucks and would tie into CR 120 near the King I Mine location. The short segment of CR 120 between King I and King II would continue to be used for coal transport. 7 New Haul Road with This option would utilize a newly constructed haul TIA Conveyor road(approximately 5.3 miles) across State of Colorado and private lands. Coal would be transported by conveyor from the existing load-out to a new load- out constructed at the top of the mesa(approximately 0.7 mile). Transport trucks would receive at the new load-out and haul via the new haul road. The new haul route would tie into the County roadway approximately 0.2 mile from intersection of SH 140 and CR 120. 8 Coal Conveyor This option utilizes a newly constructed conveyor TIA from the existing King II load-out to a new load-out Public Comment located adjacent to SH 140 (approximately 6.0 miles in length). The new load-out would tie into the CR 120 approximately 0.2 mile from intersection of SH 140 and CR 120. DOI-B LM-CO-S010-2011-0074-EA September 2017 -52-