Meeker

BLM OKs overburden storage at coal mine north of Meeker

MEEKER I The Bureau of Land Management Northwest District signed a Finding of No Significant Impact and a Decision Record on Friday, approving a coal lease modification to allow Colowyo Coal to store rock and soil overburden at a coal mine north of Meeker.

Colowyo Coal operates a mine in the Little Snake Field Office that spans Moffat and Rio Blanco counties about 22 miles north of Meeker. The mine began production in 1977 and…