PERMFILE46481

• Permit No: C1981038A
• IBM Index Class Name: Permit File
• Doc Date: 12/11/2001
• Section_Exhibit Name: Coal Transportation - TRANSPORTATION EA TEXT Removed by MR108 6/29/04
• Media Type: D
• Archive: Yes

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Air Quality;
Geology and Minerals;
Soils;
Surface Water;
Ground Water;
Veyetation;
Threatened and Endanyered Plants, Animals, and Fishes;
Wildlife;
Cultural/Historical Value;
Visual Resource Manayement;
Recreation Values;
Noise;
Special Designated Areas;
Land Use;
Property Values Impact;
Safety;
Operational Efficiency and Reliability
Construction Impacts;
Reclamation;
Postmining Land Use and Value;
Using the input from these public and private meetings, CWI evaluated and
then recommended at another public meeting on May 25, 1983, alternatives
warrantiny further consideration, For a summary of these meetings, refer to
Appendix "A",
Four alternatives were eliminated from consideration as a result of the pub-
lic nieetinys. The reasons for elimination are discussed extensively in the
• section entitled "Alternatives Considered but Eliminated from Analysis" in
Chapter 'L. The al±ernatives eliminated were: the aerial tramway, the
frontage road on State Highway 133, the revision of State Highway 133 to
three or four lanes, and the haul road across lower Garvin Mesa, Further
descriptions of these alternatives and comments by the public on these
alternatives are in Appendix "A".
BLM, participating in and monitoring this progression, determined that any
successful bidder on the long-te rn~ lease should conclude a NE PA quality
transportation study similar to that which CWI had undertaken. Thus,
Federal Coal lease C-37210 included the following stipulation.
(p) "The lessee, prior to mining coal, will prepare a NE PA quality
environmental analysis assessing alternative methods of transportation,
The purpose of the assessment is to determine the most environmentally
acceptable and least impacting route and/or means of hauling coal to
the loadout facility, The assessment will consider all impacted
resources,
The alternatives assessed will be determined by BLM (Montrose
District) in consultation with the lessee, Delta County, and the State
of Colorado, (Mined Land Reclamation Division and State Department of
Transportation), The BLM, with the above consulting agencies, will
determine if the analysis meets NE PA requirements upon its completion,

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