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<br /> <br />- 8-15 miles of new railroad spur (90 to 180 acres). <br />- Two crushing and screening plants (tipples). <br />- Office complex. <br />- Warehouse, shop, and maintenance facilities. <br />It should also be realized that if the lease applications are <br />leased to another company, both Energy Fuels and the new lessee <br />would operate concurrently in the same area at the same time <br />until Energy's existing reserves were depleted. This would <br />result in up to twice the amount of machinery and manpower being <br />used in the same area. Air quality parameters could be exceeded <br />during this period, due to construction and operation of new <br />facilities concurrent with the existing operation, and there <br />could be additional socio-economic impacts resultant from the <br />added manpower. Truck traffic on county roads would also be <br />increased until a new railroad spur was constructed. <br />IV. ANALYSIS OF THE PROPOSED ACTION <br />The following is an analysis of the proposed action which is con- <br />sidered the leasing of the coal reserves contained in the three <br />coal lease applications. The preliminary mine sequence antici- <br />pated by Energy Fuels will be used as the basis for impact analy- <br />sis. Alternatives do exist in the method of coal extraction, <br />the mine sequence, and marketing techniques. <br />After the competitive leases are let, the stipulations included <br />in the leases, based upon the mitigating measures in this TE/EAR, <br />118 <br />