3. The manufacture of up to 30,000 barrels per day of synthetic 

 diesel fuel oil, requiring up to 16,500 tons per day of lignite and up 

 to 15,000 acre -feet per year of water; 



4. The development of mining operations to provide the lignite 

 requirements; 



5. The development of an irrigation system for both mine reclamation 

 and general agricultural and livestock operations on the Dreyer Ranch 

 requiring up to 35,000 acre-feet per year of water; 



6. The construction of a water supply system, based on Missouri 

 River waters, to pump and pipeline up to 67,000 acre-feet per year of 

 water to the plant site and to the reclamation and agricultural and live- 

 stock points of use; 



7. The construction of the following ancillary transportation, access 

 and utility facilities: 



a. A railway spur from the plant site to some point on an 

 existing railway; 



b. A road connecting tne plant site to some point on a highway; 



c. An electrical service line connecting the plant site with 

 some point on the existing power grid. 



d. If the required electrical power cannot be otherwise ob- 

 tained at a feasible cost a captive power plant to meet 

 the facility's needs. 



8. To the extent that housing is not otherwise available, the con- 

 struction of a townsite to meet the housing needs of the construction work 

 force. It isBN'shope that the permanent operating work force can be 

 absorbed into the existing communities in the area so that a permanent 

 "company town" can be avoided (Dreyer Brothers, Inc. 1978). 



OVERALL STUDY SCOPE AND OBJECTIVES 



Dreyer Brothers, Inc., has submitted long-range plans, preliminary 

 engineering studies, and a conceptual plant design for the Circle West 

 project. Although this material provides substantial guidance, the 

 project and process information are not yet fully defined. Consequently, 

 DNRC has determined that a baseline study is the limit of evaluation that 

 can be made at this time and this study is not of the scope one might 

 expect if Dreyer Brothers, Inc. had applied for a siting certificate. 

 Since the specific nature and scope of the project has not been established, 

 the studies are based on the assumption that the first application will 

 involve only one processing facility, manufacturing either ammonia or 

 methanol. Nevertheless, as the planning process for the project evolves, 

 the scope of the baseline study can be expected to concomitantly evolve. 



