{"id":2457055,"date":"2020-04-10T23:52:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-11T05:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/news\/garfield-county-quarry-is-violating-permit-again\/"},"modified":"2020-04-10T23:52:00","modified_gmt":"2020-04-11T05:52:00","slug":"garfield-county-quarry-is-violating-permit-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/local-news\/garfield-county-quarry-is-violating-permit-again\/","title":{"rendered":"Garfield County: Quarry is violating permit again"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image p402_hide\">\n<div class=\"caption-container\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"684\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/04\/RMIviolation-gpi-041020-1024x684.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/04\/RMIviolation-gpi-041020-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/04\/RMIviolation-gpi-041020-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/04\/RMIviolation-gpi-041020-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/04\/RMIviolation-gpi-041020-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/04\/RMIviolation-gpi-041020-2048x1367.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"><figcaption><strong>The Mid-Continent quarry, owned by Rocky Mountain Industrials, was photographed during EcoFlight trip Feb. 27, 2020.<\/strong><br \/><em>Thomas Phippen \/ Post Independent<\/em><\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Garfield County has issued a second notice of violation to quarry operator Rocky Mountain Industrials, Inc., for breaking the county\u2019s permit.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">In a March 31 letter to RMI, which was known formerly as RMR Industrials, county planner Sheryl Bower said staff had taken photo and video of quarry workers \u201cexcavating and removing material from the mountain and engaging in operations other than truck-hauling.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Operating in violation of the county\u2019s approvals may result in enforcement actions, including revocation of the special use permit.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cRMR (sic) has 10 days to come into compliance,\u201d the letter states.<\/p>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col\">\n<div class=\"row at-donation at-donation-mobile p-0\">\n<div class=\"col-xl-4 p-2\">\n<div data-bg=\"url(https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/03\/AT-logo-white.png)\" class=\"p-0 mt-2 mb-2 h-75 text-center rocket-lazyload\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/03\/AT-logo-white.png\" class=\"logo m-0 p-0 invisible\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-bg=\"url(https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/03\/at-banner-paypal.jpg)\" class=\"col-xl-8 p-3 text-center rocket-lazyload\">\n<h3 class=\"d-inline mr-3\">Support Local Journalism<\/h3>\n<p><button class=\"btn d-inline\" type=\"button\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/donate\/?utm_source=article&amp;utm_medium=website&amp;utm_campaign=donation&amp;utm_term=&amp;utm_content=mid-article\">Donate<\/a><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">RMI is already out of compliance with five alleged violations that have not been resolved, including operating during the winter months, Bower pointed out.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Outdoor blasting, excavating and stockpiling of rock is prohibited under the county\u2019s longstanding permit to protect wildlife habitats.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Bower said the work observed in the first months of 2020 \u201cappears to be in violation of the county zoning code and approvals currently in place.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">The documented work includes \u201cthe crushing and additional stockpiling of material from multiple locations along the face of the quarry,\u201d according to the letter. The material was then loaded and hauled off-site, the letter said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">The county takes the failure to comply with seasonal restrictions seriously, Bower wrote, particularly since that was part of the notice of violation Garfield County commissioners issued in May.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cThis repetitive disregard of County regulations cannot continue,\u201d Bower wrote.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">The Colorado Department of Reclamation and Mining Safety wrote to RMI on Monday asking how the company would resolve the noncompliance issue. DRMS also asked for a \u201cstatus update of the ongoing litigation between RMR and Garfield County.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">After the notice of violation last year, RMI sued the county for acting capriciously and outside of its jurisdiction. That civil case is still pending in the 9th Judicial District.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">RMI did not immediately respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText Tagline\"><span class=\"Body Copy Italic\"><a href=\"mailto:tphippen@postindependent.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">tphippen@postindependent.com<\/a><i class=\"fas fa-external-link-alt\"><\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/news\/garfield-county-quarry-is-violating-permit-again\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: The Aspen Times<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Mid-Continent quarry, owned by Rocky Mountain Industrials, was photographed during EcoFlight trip Feb. 27, 2020.Thomas Phippen \/ Post Independent Garfield County has issued a second notice of violation to quarry operator Rocky Mountain Industrials, Inc., for breaking the county\u2019s permit. In a March 31 letter to RMI, which was known formerly as RMR Industrials, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[49],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2457055","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-local-news"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-18 04:49:01","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSPN The Valley&#039;s Quality Rock","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2457055","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2457055"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2457055\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2457055"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2457055"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2457055"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}