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March 6, 2016 • Vol. IX • No. 5 • 470 Maryland Drive • Ft. Washington, PA 19034 • 215/885-2900 • Toll Free 800-523-2200 • Fax 215/885-2910
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Rock Fall Closes Portion of I-70 in Colorado By Brenda Ruggiero CEG CORRESPONDENT
Diesel Technicians Program Under Way in Utah...8
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A large rock fall incident on Interstate 70 in Northwestern Colorado on Feb. 15 is still in the process of being remedied. The rock fall occurred in Glenwood Canyon, which is in Garfield County, around 2:30 a.m. Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) crews flagged traffic throughout the day as they worked to clear boulders. A second slide incident in the same location occurred at 9:03 p.m. that night. About an hour later, CDOT fully closed I-70 through the canyon for safety. Initially, CDOT’s geohazards team was on the site and also evaluated the location by helicopter. They determined that there was damage to the roadway, retaining wall, bridge and guardrail. A semi-truck was caught in the second slide and disabled, but no injuries were reported. see CDOT page 24 Tracy Trulove/Colorado Department of Transportation photo
A semi suffered heavy damage in the Feb. 15 rockfall incident on I-70 in Glenwood Canyon. No injuries were reported.
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Table of Contents ..........4 Attachment Section ..................................11-14 Trucks & Trailer Section .. .................................25-27 Business Calendar ........32 Recycling Section....33-43 Auction Section ......46-59 Advertisers Index .........58
Nev. Needs More Time on Mine Seattle Tunnel Partners Superfund Status Resumes SR 99 Mining By Scott Sonner ASSOCIATED PRESS
RENO, Nev. (AP) Facing a deadline set by federal regulators, Gov. Brian Sandoval said the state needs more time to decide whether to end its long-held opposition to having an abandoned Nevada mine listed among the nation’s most contaminated sites. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency officials notified Sandoval last month that if they didn’t hear from him by Jan. 29, they’d formally propose placing Yerington’s former Anaconda copper mine on the Superfund’s National Priority List as soon as March. The World War-II era mine is already a federal Superfund site, a designation that brought federal help see SUPERFUND page 18
Seattle Tunnel Partners has received conditional permission to resume tunneling operations on the SR 99 Tunnel Project. STP resumed mining after WSDOT conditionally lifted the “suspension for cause” that halted mining and barging-related activities in January following two safety incidents. As part of the conditions for lifting the suspension for cause, STP will be permitted to tunnel forward and install approximately 25 concrete tunnel rings. During this time, they must demonstrate that they have implemented a number of changes to ensure they can safely continue mining. These changes include:
• Updated tunnel work and quality plans, including calculations of the amount of soil removed during excavation of each tunnel ring. • Realignment of key personnel within their quality assurance program. • New quality assurance protocols. • New personnel at key positions within the tunneling operation. • Restructured daily tunneling meetings that include additional participants and protocols. WSDOT made the decision to conditionally lift the suspension for cause after its team of tunneling experts evalusee TUNNEL page 22