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CHAPTERTWO <br />Table 2-2 <br />ALTERNATIVES CONSIDERED SUMMARY <br />Proposed Action Alternatives Considered Reasonableness and Practicability of Altern; <br /> County Road X to East Salt Creek RR alignment, Route would have less impact to Eriogonum <br /> connecting with the proposed action alignment at the contortum than the proposed action but probab <br /> Highline Canal crossing. impact more riparian habitat. It would require ai <br /> additiona12,000,000 cubic yards of fill and wou <br /> connect with UPRR at the same location as the <br /> proposed action. Due to grade considerations, t] <br /> railroad would need to be constructed over SH l <br /> the CR X location, resulting in more visual imps <br /> Utilize an existing coal loading facility at Loma. There is no useable coal loading facility at Lom; <br /> Loma location is not suitable for the capacity of <br /> to mine coal from Red Cliff Mine. Complete n <br /> loadout facilities would need to be constructed a <br /> Loma location, including a 2-mile-long sidetrac] <br /> (siding), 100-foot-tall coal storage silos, and <br /> conveyors from the truck or conveyor dump to t <br /> of the silos and from the bottom of the silos to t] <br /> train loadout. <br />Project Component Electric Transmission to Mine <br /> Altcrnali~cs Cor crossing CR l0 and CR M.~ <br /> • Grade-separated crossing Mcsa County has slated that a grade-separate <br /> crossing at CR M.8 may be practicable. It ~~ <br /> entail replacing the bridge o~cr Macl: Wash. <br /> road must cross o~~cr the railroad due to grad <br /> considerations connecting ~~ith the UPRR <br /> mainline. <br /> • Noiseless ~~radc crossings Reasonable and practicable <br />2-17 <br />