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TP.ANSPORTATION <br />Access to the project azea is off of paved Colorado State Highway 140 about 3 miles south of <br />Hesperus, then 4.2 miles west on graveled County Road I20. County road 120 recieves mg <br />choloride treatements to reduce dust. With aproductionrate ofapproximately 300,000 Tons per year, <br />there will continue to be an estimated 18 to 28 coal trucks (thirty-ton trucks) traveling County Road <br />120 east of the King Coal mine site and Colorado State Highway 140. south of Hay Gulch. <br />SOCIOECONOMICS <br />National King Coal has a strong local hiring policy. The total employment at the King Coal Mine <br />is currently 33 people, T`he employment by National Kind Coal represents 100% of the employment <br />in the underground coal mining sector. Additionally, National King Coal is one of the largest <br />employers in La Plata County. <br />In 1998, the King Coal Mine paid approximately $2,500,000 in salaries to its employees. The King <br />Coal Mine pays substantial amounts in federal, state, and local taxes. In 1998, the company paid <br />approximately $331,794.00 in workmen's compensation, $104,235.00 in federal royalties, $4,445 <br />ut private royalties, $42,482.00 in reclamation taxes, $263,271.00 in excise tax for black lung <br />benefits, $49,630.00 in state severance taxes; and $30,167.00 in county property taxes. <br />In addition to the people employed at the mine, various coal-hauling contractors employ an <br />additional equivalent of 28 full-time jobs. The coal buyer pays the freight, which generates an <br />additional $2.8 million annually to "satellite industry" for this proi'ided service. <br />IV. ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF THE PROPOSED ACTION <br />CRITICAL ELEMENTS <br />i. Air Quality <br />Air quality will be diminished during loading of coal, and from truck traffic on-site and on the <br />county road. Colorado Department ofHealth and Environment Program has jurisdiction over all air <br />quality issues. Dust control measures as required by CDHEP will be implemented. <br />Signature of specialist: Loren Wickstrom 1-16-O1 <br />3. Areas oz Critical Environmental Concern (ACECj <br />The area is not located within an area designated as an ACEC by the San Juan/San Miguel Resource <br />Management Plan. <br />• Signature of specialist: Petuiy K Wu, 8/2/00 <br />11 <br /> <br />