Full-scale emergency exercise a success, and a learning experience for all involved

RBC| The Piceance Basin in Rio Blanco County encompasses a vast swath of acreage. Beginning at the Colorado State Highway 13 turnoff, County Road 5 winds through the basin to emerge between Meeker and Rangely on Highway 64.
At first glance the basin appears to be primarily agricultural, at least on the Hwy. 13 side, but before long, signs of the basin’s complex infrastructure begin to dot the landscape. Natural gas pipeline ground valves, protected…