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~ 't <br />EXHIBIT F <br />Mid-Continent Resources, Inc. <br />P. O. Box 158 <br />Carbondale, CO 81623 <br />ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT <br />of <br />MID-CONTINENT LIMESTONE QUARRY <br />Section I <br />Purpose of and Need for Action <br />Mid-Continent Resources, Inc. has been operating a <br />limestone quarry at a site approximately 1~ miles northeast <br />of Glenwood Springs since 1974. The previous owners had <br />operated the quarry for at least 20 years before it was <br />purchased in 1973 by Mid-Continent Coal and Coke Company, <br />an affiliate of Mid-Continent Resources, Inc. The operation <br />has consisted of quarrying, crushing and hauling out by <br />truck 20,000 to 50,000 tons of crushed limestone each year. <br />Most of the stone goes to the Company's limestone plant near <br />Carbondale where it is pulverized and used for rockdusting <br />in coal mines to prevent the accumulation of explosive coal <br />dust. The only high quality limestone in this area is along <br />the southern rim of the Flat Tops north of the Colorado <br />river from about Dotsero to Mitchell Creek. Access to most <br />of it is extremely difficult or environmentally unacceptable. <br />Only one more year's production at the present quarry <br />is feasible within acceptable economic and environmental <br />conditions of the operation. These will be elaborated upon <br />in the following sections of this assessment as continued <br />utilization of this site is investigated as one of the <br />alternatives. <br />