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Show To Build Oil Shale Plant ended. Eventually, a commercial plant will be built in Colorado, but experimentation was pec- ged locally because of availability availa-bility of construction labor and refinery expertise, the planning plan-ning commission was told. FARMINGTON - Chevron has received preliminary plan approval for construction of an experimental oil shale extraction extrac-tion plant from the county planning commission. IF APPROVAL is gained from the county commission, construction could start as early ear-ly as August, said Hans Klaus, project manager, with plans calling for use of the north quarter of the firm's property to construct a 60 x 80 ft. oil retention building, a rail unloading un-loading facility, administrative offices, conveyor belt and holding areas. Manager of Environmental Compliance Doug S. Moore sakj the facility will receive ore at the rate of about 350 tons each day from property near Grand Junction, Colo. The facility here will extract oil from the shale rock, grind up the "spent" shale and place it on a 16 acre holding area in a 10-ft. high pile. THE TEMPORARY facility will be in operation two-three years with constructions to be completed by late 1982, Mr. Klaus said, indicating the materials will arrive by railroad, rail-road, be unloaded to trucks, transferred, then crushed, and stored. A stack is set for 220 feet. The "spent" material should appear like a cement-type cement-type powder, Mr. Klaus said, that when moisturized reacts like cement. He said winds shouldn't blow the material around according to test results. . THAT SUBSTANCE could be used as fill although no definite defi-nite plans have been made, "We believe it is non-toxic and the EPA also says it isn't." All facilities but the central control con-trol are planned for temporary use but he said other tests might be conducted after the shale experimental stage has |