2008-02-22_APPLICATION CORRESPONDENCE - C2008086 (46)

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CHAPTERTWO Table 2-2 ALTERNATIVES CONSIDERED SUMMARY Proposed Action Alternatives Considered Reasonableness and Practicability of Altern; Slurry pipeline to railroad load-out or specific end Slurry pipeline would require substantially more user designation. water than CAM has rights for. Also, there is currently no specific end user. A slurry pipeline would require the construction of a dewatering drying facility at the loadout and would require water treatment plant to treat the slurry water be discharge or reuse. Conveyor system from mine portal to Mack or other A conveyor system would have a narrower food location. than either a rail or haul road alternative. Strai routes are preferred. Loadout facilities as previc described would be required north of the Highli~ Canal. No transport of coal -Construction of a power plant Constructing a power plant at the mine site does at the mine site. meet the purpose and need of the proposed actie power plant would not be able to use 8,000,000 coal. Project Component Coal Trans ortation Routes and Delive Locations Altcrnati~c ~ Scc subsequent text. Railroad alignment is resU~icted b~ residential. a~~riculturaL and otha~ pri~atc land resU~ictions UPRR requires no more than a 2-pa~ccnt ~~radc. topographic resU~ictions must be considered to minimii.c the ncccssit~ of required cuts and fills Altcrnati~c ~. the proposed action. reduced the i on ~~cUands b~ 3 acres. East Salt Creek/Mack Wash (Sheridan) RR East Salt Creek/Mack Wash alignment would p~ alignment through a new housing development (Canyon E South). It crosses Mack Wash and East Salt Cr and connects to the UPRR in essentially the sarr location as the proposed action. Dorchester RR alignment Dorchester route crosses through irrigated lands wetlands, with greater impacts. Connects to UP essentially the same location as the proposed act 2-16