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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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