{"id":1312362,"date":"2019-07-12T17:11:35","date_gmt":"2019-07-12T23:11:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/?p=983761"},"modified":"2019-07-12T17:11:35","modified_gmt":"2019-07-12T23:11:35","slug":"rmr-resubmits-glenwood-springs-quarry-expansion-proposal-to-blm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/local-news\/rmr-resubmits-glenwood-springs-quarry-expansion-proposal-to-blm\/","title":{"rendered":"RMR resubmits Glenwood Springs quarry expansion proposal to BLM"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The back of the RMR Quarry located below the Glenwood Caverns Adventure Park.<\/strong>
Chelsea Self<\/em><\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

Rocky Mountain Resources has again submitted a proposed expansion plan to the Bureau of Land Management, restarting a 30-day process to determine whether to begin formal review.<\/p>\n

RMR Industrials, Inc., submitted the plan Thursday, and while it\u2019s unclear whether this proposal will go forward, the BLM said it anticipates holding public hearings on the Mid-Continent Quarry expansion in the late spring or summer of 2020.<\/p>\n

RMR is seeking approval from the BLM to expand quarry operations from about 21 acres to 320 acres and operate seven days a week year-round, with the aim of removing 5 million tons of rock each year.<\/p>\n

RMR has submitted several drafts of the proposed plan of operations. The most recent proposal was returned<\/a> by the BLM in April as incomplete.<\/p>\n

According to an updated BLM fact sheet<\/a> on the RMR application process, the environmental review cannot begin until a number of baseline studies are completed.<\/p>\n

Those include hydrologic, cave\/karst and ethnographic studies, biological and cultural surveys.<\/p>\n

The BLM also needs to complete a mineral exam to determine what sort of mining laws the quarry should fall under.<\/p>\n

Current BLM permits authorize so-called chemical-grade limestone, with specific uses, but other forms of limestone are what the BLM calls \u201ccommon variety,\u201d and subject to royalties<\/p>\n

RMR has been selling limestone boulders and crushed rock for a variety of purposes, and the BLM said it will address those uses through the environmental review process.<\/p>\n

Selling materials without a permit is part of the reason Garfield County found RMR out of compliance with its own permit in April.<\/p>\n

Unrelated to the expansion proposal, Garfield County commissioners ordered RMR to come under compliance by June 1.<\/p>\n

RMR sued the county<\/a>, arguing that it does not have authority to enforce a permit that conflicts with federal agency guidance.<\/p>\n

tphippen@postindependent.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

via:: Post Independent<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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