Initial Site-Specific De-Inventory Report for Big Rock Point Report No.: RPT-3014537-002
TABLE 3-3: POSSIBLE BARGE UNLOADING PORTS
Port
Type of Facility
Capabilities
Rail Access
Rail Carrier Class
Usable for Transload onto Rail?
City Owned/ Public
Kewaunee, MI
N/A
Undetermined
Mostly a
N/A- active tracks were converted to “Rail to Trails” paths. Requires truck haul of ~14 miles Requires one additional transfer
recreational port with marinas
City Owned/Pub lic
Milaukee, MI
Class I
Commercial Port: Handles general and break bulk/project cargo 2 large cranes
UP CP
Currently no Class 7 materials are handled at the port No recollection of Class 7 being handled at the Port Open to consideration of handling Class 7 pending review of the Material Safety Data Sheet for each commodity
(200 ton capacity) Two Class I
carriers serve the port
Located on the western shore of Lake Michigan Enough track to accomodate building a unit train
Of the two ports examined, Port of Milwaukee is more commercially focused than Port of Kewaunee. Both ports would need to determine if they are willing to handle Class 7 materials. 3.5 Down-Selected Transportation Routes Considering the large number of potential transportation routes identified in the previous sections, a set of screening criteria was developed and applied to down-select a small group of options considered to be viable for further investigation. This down select was based on screening routes that utilize like modes of transport (e.g., truck), such that routes using one mode were not screened based on characteristics of routes utilizing another mode. This results in one or more routes identified for each mode to be evaluated by the MUA. The criteria utilized are as follows:
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Initial Site-Specific De-Inventory Report for Big Rock Point May 10, 2017
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