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transmission line from Horse Draw on Piceance Creek to the plant <br />site. This supplied temporary power for NaTec's construction <br />operation. The second was the upgrade of the substation at C-b <br />Tract to 25kv and the subsequent upgrade of the transmission <br />facilities from C-b to Horse Draw to accommodate 25kv. NaTec's <br />permanent 25kv line was heated up in February, 1991. <br />b. Project water needs continue to be met by the raw water well <br />completed in May, 1990. Water from the well is fed to the raw water <br />storage tank at the plant which has a storage capacity of 100,000 <br />gallons (30,000 gallons of which is reserved for fire protectionl. The <br />water is then processed through our water softening system before <br />use as process water; either as plant water or as barren liquor <br />. makeup. <br />c. The access road was completed in May, 1991, with the addition of a <br />double-course chipseal. The road is 3.2 miles long and 24 feet wide. <br />The ROW was assigned to Rio Blanco County by the BLM on <br />December 13, 1991. <br />d. Potable water is provided in bottles from off-site sources. <br />e. Domestic sewage is handled by a septic tank and leach field system. <br />f. Process instrument air is provided by an on-site compressor. <br />g. Most heat removed in the cooling crystallization is recycled into the <br />barren liquor. The remainder is passed to the atmosphere by the <br />• evaporative cooling tower. <br />14 <br />