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SUMMARY <br />No potentially significant adverse impacts would occur <br />under this alternative. Resource impacts would be similar, <br />although greater than those addressed under the No Action <br />Altemative, because of the 30-year project life. Potential <br />surface subsidence of less than 1 foot would also occur <br />under this alternative. <br />500,000 TPY Alternative <br />This aitemative would involve construction and operation <br />of a 30-year solution mine producing 500,000 tpy of sodium <br />bicarbonate. It would involve: substantial expansion of the <br />approved pilot project well field and plant site (affecting <br />up [0 818 additional acres), additional evaporation ponds <br />{affecting up to 88 additional acres), a commercial <br />transmission line into the plant site, bulk product loading <br />and handling facilities on-site and at Lacy Station, and a <br />rnal-fired generator and associated facilities. <br />Impacts to all resources would be greatest under this <br />altemative. Potentially significant impacts would occur to <br />air quality, groundwater quantity and quality, cultural <br />resources, and riparian-wetland habitat along Yellow Creek. <br />The environmentally preferred altemative is the No Action <br />Altemative. BLM's preferred alternative is the Proposed <br />Action. <br />S-2 <br />