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SECTIONTHREE Scoping Results t associated with the crossing signals and the approach horns of the trains and will eliminate emergency vehicle response problems by keeping the roads open. • Drainage issues and lack of grade separations aze significant concerns. • Railroad spurs aze still the best way to transport coal From the mine to the various mazkets azound the country. • Railroad track and train traffic will complicate access to BLM lands in north Fruits desert for recreationalists and grazing permittees and will create an artificial barrier and safety hazard to livestock and wildlife. • An alternative for EIS consideration would be a railroad spur route ending up in Loma. Some questions that arose and that will be addressed: • Is planning in place for limiting the potential for invasive species, habitat fragmentation, and industrial effluent or run-off at any stage of this proposal azound the rail spur? • Will the railroad spur interfere with extraction of any minerals and/or transportation of gas/oil (pipelines, wells, etc.)? 3.8 INFRASTRUCTURE • Citizens hope some of the cumulative impacts of this proposed mine along with the active McClave Canyon Mine to the north could be mitigated through the sharing of infrastructure. • Because Loma is already host to an interstate highway, the main line railway, power lines, and an abundance of county roads, the minimal infrastructure needed to supply the mine would not significantly alter the character of the land. • All pipelines required for and associated with this project, including water-gathering and distribution pipelines, should be paired in the same right-of-way in order to reduce the overall surface impacts of pipeline networks in the project. All pipelines should be buried in road and rail line ROWS and power line corridors, instead of being placed in sepazate ROWS. Some questions that arose and that will be addressed: • Will CAM be building, in the future, a Power Plant there, because of the access to the water, or have these plans already been considered? 3.9 TRAFFIC /ROAD IMPROVEMENTS The proposed crossings at 10 Road and at R Road will restrict vehiculaz access by emergency vehicles and school busses. Due to the proposed length of the trains, it is likely that 10 Road and R Road will be blocked the same time. If 10 Road is blocked and if R Road is blocked, the only way to access the upper 10 Road area is a long roundabout way, utilizing M.8 Road. In time-critical situations, this will be an unacceptable increase in the response time of emergency vehicles to upper 10 Road. If, under extraordinary LI ~I 3-14