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CRAPTERTWO Proposed Action and ARernatiues <br />respective sites. Gasoline and diesel fuel would be stored in above-ground tanks within a bermed <br />area. <br />Communications, Security, and Lighting <br />The Pazachute Site would be equipped with telephones, data lines, and a fax machine. Necessary <br />lines are already in place at the existing Unocal facility. Additional communication lines would <br />likely be installed in the new process building and may be required in other locations as well. <br />Access to the Parachute processing plant site would be controlled by a perimeter fence around <br />the facility, and the plant would be staffed around the clock. <br />The plant site would require lighting during nighttime operation. To reduce the visibility of <br />night lighting, American Soda would minimize outdoor lighting and would select a less intrusive <br />shade of lighting (e.g., dull yellow) within the constraints of OSHA requirements and standard <br />engineering practices. <br />2.2.4 Work Force and Transportation <br />2.2.4.1 Work Force <br />The construction work force would be variable up to 500 employees over approximately the first <br />18 months, where upon the mine would employ approximately 160 permanent employees during <br />operations. American Soda would hire local workers to the extent practical. The number of <br />workers for construction and operation of each project component is shown in Table 2-6. <br />2.2.4.2 Transportation <br />During the 18-month construction period for the Yankee Gulch Project, project-related vehicle <br />traffic to the Piceance Site is estimated to be about 110 commuter trips per day in cars and light <br />trucks, and 33 truck trips per day for delivery of equipment and supplies. Constntction <br />commuters would either take Colorado Highway 64 to Rio Blanco County Road .> (Piceance <br />Creek Road) from Meeker or Rangely or Colorado Highway 13 to Piceance Creels Road from <br />Rifle or other communities along the Interstate 70 corridor. It is likely that most of the vendor <br />trips would come from Interstate 70. The number of commuter and truck trips aze presented in <br />Table 2-7 for both the construction and operation phases of the Yankee Gulch Project. <br />For the Parachute Site, commuter trips would be an estimated 130 trips per day, v~ith 66 vendor <br />deliveries per day 5 days per week. These trips would utilize Interstate 70 from F:ifle and other <br />communities along the Interstate 70 corridor to the town of Parachute and then Garfield County <br />Road 215 (Pazachute Creek Road) to the Pazachute Site. <br />For construction of the pipeline between the Piceance Site and the Parachute Site. traffic would <br />comprise approximately 100 commuter trips per day and an estimated 10 truck deliveries per day <br />to the active construction areas along the pipeline route. Many of these trips would utilize <br />Colorado Highway 13 to Piceance Creek Road and on to various portions of the pipeline route <br />via dirt roads. Along the southernmost portion of the pipeline route from Davis Point south to <br />2-18 <br /> <br />