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d) Traffic/Roads Access to the Property is via the I-25 Frontage Road("Frontage Road'), which abuts the Kirtright Property. From the Kirtright Property, Coulson will travel east to access the Property and mine the Cells. Area residents expressed concern that an increase in trucks and equipment entering and exiting the Frontage Road will create an unsafe roadway and thus, be incompatible with the surrounding area. Coulson hired LSC Transportation Consultants, Inc. to conduct a traffic impact analysis of the Project on the Frontage Road. LSC's complete report("LSC's Report") is attached to this Letter as Exhibit E. LSC's Report concluded that the Project will not change the current and projected Levels of Service on the Frontage Road. After considering the results of LSC's Report, however, Coulson proactively decided to change the truck route during peak traffic hours to further accommodate the existing traffic patterns on the Frontage Road. Specifically, during peak morning and evening traffic hours, Coulson's trucks will primarily enter the Kirtright Property from the south and will primarily leave the Property in a southbound direction. Coulson also decreased its maximum expected daily truck trip total to two hundred and twenty (220) one-way trips. This equates to approximately eleven(11)roundtrip truck trips per hour during the peak mining season. Coulson anticipates that this maximum truck traffic is only likely to occur during the busiest summer months, and that in several other months of the year,the daily truck traffic will be far less. e) Environment/Habitat Area residents also expressed concern that the Project is incompatible with the surrounding area because the Project would have a variety of negative environmental impacts. I Through the referral agency comment period and the engineering reports, Coulson has addressed and resolved any environmental concerns with the Project. I One particular concern was that the Project would negatively impact Preble's meadow jumping mouse ("PMJM") habitat. Along with approving the Application during the initial agency referral phase, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service recently sent a letter to Coulson's environmental consultant, Jerry Powel of Wildlife Specialties, on June 9, 2017 ("USFWS Letter") regarding the PMJM population and habitat on the Property and the effect of the Project on the PMJM. The USFWS Letter concluded that "[g]iven your habitat and project I descriptions . . . the impacts resulting from the proposed project are not likely to adversely affect the Preble's meadow jumping mouse." The complete USFWS Letter is attached to this Letter as Exhibit F. I i % 8 48