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Show J. Bonanza power plant groundbreaking Friday rmal aroundbrwkln ceremonies Tii"" rower rl,mt ProJrl i'ld Friday. Ai. 2! at the ' do mine site near Rangely and Bonanza Plant Site noar J Tthe mine location early arrival Sto will beinat9:30a.m. with flndbreakins rites starting at f i a.m. and a 12 noon luncheon in Ttlie Plant site the early arrival Itations begin at 2:30 p.m. with the CSbreaking rites starting at 3:30 and a 6 p.m. buffet dinner in l Vernal' The mine site can be reached by fc'JI east from Rangely on State to the northbound county R i turn left and cross the White S bridge, proceding on the county Joad Signs will direct visitor to the site. J The plant site can be reached from vrby going east on U.S. 40 to mm cross the Green River bridge I fn right (south) towards Red Kgns will direct the traffic from JLt point over about 17 miles of paved Zi and 10 miles of dirt road to the Lt site. To reach the plant site from Sagely go northwest on State 64 J wrd the Town of Dinosaur turning Hi to the west to Bonanza about half uav to Dinosaur. From Bonanza, go ' northwest on Utah 45 about four miles, then loft on an unpaved road about five miles to the plant site. 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 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. BONANZA POWER PLANT drawing representing a $1.2 billion investment for Deseret Generation and Transmission Cooperative. ' ' I 1 J I RMULLV DIRECTIONAL MAP indicating location of plant and mine site of the Bonanza Power Plant in relationship to Vernal and Rangely. |
