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Alternative 1 - Take No Action <br />This alternative is, of course, the most environmentally <br />acceptable, but not an economically viable solution. Importing <br />limestone by rail over long distances would simply result in <br />unacceptable costs of pulverized limestone for use as the <br />dusting agent in the local coal mines. <br />Alternative 2 - Expansion of Present quarry <br />The utilization of 2~ miles of unpaved haul road with <br />over 1000 feet vertical drop has the potential to introduce <br />more particulate matter into the air than either the pre- <br />ferred or number 4 alternatives. <br />Its remote location makes it a better wild animal <br />habitat area than either the preferred or number 4 alterna- <br />tives. This site is by far the less desirable aesthetically <br />than any of the others because it is in plain site of much <br />of Glenwood Springs, and its expansion would locate it <br />almost directly above the small settlement of rlo Name and <br />Highway I-70. Its relatively long unpaved haul road makes <br />it a more costly operation than for sites P and 4, but less <br />costly than site 3. <br />Alternative 3 - Higher Up and On Top of Ridge <br />The long steep haul road with approximately 2500 feet <br />vertical drop to the paved road would make operating a <br />quarry at this site an expensive operation. The long haul <br />road would result in this alternative being the least desirable <br />