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Show a ; . 'v .... ' ... i - :.;.;..-' ' x PILE DRIVER is shown sinking concrete pilings for the footings of a turbine, boiler and chimney area of the Bonanza Power Plant. The view is looking north from the temporary office trailers. A concrete batch plant is being erected in the background. II 1 1 . y - . 'It" i"J it - . OFFICE TRAILERS have been placed at the southwest corner of the Bonanza Power Plant site. Burns & McDonald, W. W. Clyde, Centric and Deseret Generation & Transmission have set up office trailers. An ambulance and fire truck are stationed at the office area to provide emergency service. A graveled parking area is being finished west of the office trailers and will be the general site of the groundbreaking ceremonies August 28. k ir ' r -v t'".v '-" va -r r -3 - , - . - EARTH-MOVERS line 'up'at the Bonanza Power Plant site. The equipment belongs to W. W. ' Groundbreaking ceremonies in the adjacent states of Colorado and Utah, Aug. 28, will mark the start of construction construc-tion on a $1.2 billion energy complex. Officials of Deseret Generation & Transmission Cooperative of Sandy, Utah which will build a 400-megawatt electric generating station near Bonanza, Bonan-za, Utah; and Western Fuels-Utah, In-c, In-c, which will construct and operate a coal mine northeast of Rangely, Colorado, Col-orado, to supply coal to the power plant, have announced the schedule for the twin ceremonies. Groundbreaking program for the mine is scheduled for 10:30 a.m. at the "D Portal," the first of two portals to serve the mine. A ceremony will also be held at the power plant site near Bonanza Bonan-za at 3:30 p.m., formalizing site preparation work which has been underway for several weeks since the Rural Electrification Administration (REA) approved the Environmental Impact Statement July 13, 1981. The cost of the first 400,000 kilowatt generating unit at the Bonanza plant, together with transmission power lines, will cost near $900 million. The mine and rail facilities will add another $300 million to the project cost. Participants in the two programs next week will represent entities in the states of Colorado, Utah, Wyoming, and Nevada, as well as Federal agencies. The project is located in the energy rich (oil, gas, oil shale and coal) area of Colorado Col-orado and Utah, which extends into Clyde, preparation contractor for the huge $1.2 billion power plant complex. Two sflatfe ceremonies set for Bonanzcj power planv V-. . - x ;, I' .t ;V- ft Ijut - i , - t . HEAVY DUTY DUMP TRUCKS are on duty at the Bonanza Power Plant site. Road work includes a new access road into the plant site and the beginning of the new Vernal to Bonanza road being started by H-K Contractors north of the plant. A 12-inch temporary waterline has been connected to a water source from the Green River. H-K is connecting a smaller waterline for road work. Wyoming. The coal mine is in Rio Blanco Blan-co County; the 35-mile long electrified railroad to transport the coal from mine to generating station extends north into Moffat Comity, then into Utah; the power plant is to be in Uintah County, Utah, and the construction project pro-ject offices are in Vernal. Cooperative members of Deseret G&T are located throughout Utah, and extend into Colorado, Col-orado, Wyoming, Nevada and Arizona. A representative of REA has been invited in-vited to speak at both ceremonies, according ac-cording to Ken Holum, General Manager of Western Fuels Association and its sudsibary, Western Fuels Utah. Governors Richard L. Lamm of Colorado and Scott M. Matheson of Utah have also been invited. Presidents of both Western Fuels and Deseret-Everett B. Chesney of Fort Morgan, Colorado and Harry Fieldsted of Bonita, Utah, will participate at both ceremonies, as will members of the boards of directors and general managers of both organizations. Merrill Mer-rill Millett is Deseret's General Manager. The Deserado Mine groundbreaking site will be open from 9:30 a.m. until conclusion of the ceremony. Orientation Orienta-tion will be available for early arrivals before the program starts at 10:30. The site can be reached by driving east from Rangely on State Route 64 to the bridge over the White River; turn left (north) and cross the bridge, proceeding pro-ceeding on the county road. Signs will direct visitors to the site. Similarly, the Bonanza site will be open at 2:30 p.m., an hour before the formal ceremony, for orientation of early arrivals. From Vernal the site can be reached by going east on U.S. 40 to Jensen, cross the Green River bridge, and turn right (south) towards Red Wash. Signs will direct the traffic from that point over about 17 miles of paved road and 10 miles of dirt road to the plant site. To reach the plant site from Rangely, go northwest on State 64 toward the Town of Dinosaur, turning off to the west to Bonanza about half way to Dinosaur. From Bonanza, go northwest on Utah 45 about 45 miles, then left on an unpaved road about five miles to the site. A second 400-megawatt unit is being planned for the Bonanza power plant at a later date. The Deserado mine will furnish coal to both units, totaling approximately ap-proximately 2.7 million tons of washed coal annually. The preparation (wash) plant, silos, breaker and conveyor systems will be erected near the main portal to the mine. The railroad loadout system and (Continued on Page 2) Bonanza power plant - - - (Continued from Page 1) shops for maintenance of railroad cars and locomotives will be at another location loca-tion about four miles away. The groundbreaking rites at the plant site will be held in a parking area southwest of the main power station location. The plant site, covering approximately ap-proximately 2,000 acres, will include coal handling areas, water storage ponds, evaporation ponds, switch yards, and construction laydown area, in addition to the generating plant, cooling cool-ing towers, office building, and warehouses. The power plant is scheduled to be in operation by December 1984, furnishing electrical energy to six rural electric cooperatives and their members throughout Utah, and parts of Colorado, Wyoming, Nevada and Arizona. A jhoebag hung on the back of a closet door can also hold stockings, scarves, gloves or rolled-up belts. |