Forest Service Continues Planned Spring Burning
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Forest Service Continues Planned Spring Burning
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TOM LUTEY
Coal is back on the menu at the Montana Senate where Republicans voted to make it easier for Colstrip Power Plant to cut ties with neighboring Rosebud Mine, or alter its coal supply.
The mine and power plant are a short walk away from each other, but have been miles apart on coal pricing in recent years. A pivot by Colstrip Power Plant owners to a different coal mine would likely be the end of Rosebud, which sells nearly all of its coal to Colstrip.
âWhat this does is it allows the plant at Colstrip to buy coal from different sources, and that allows the plant to be run for a cheaper price,â said Sen. Steve Fitzpatrick, Republican from Great Falls. âRight now, they have to get all the coal from the mine at the mouth. What this bill will allow them to do is get coal from other facilities they can bring it on in a train, they can bring it in somewhere else.â
The Montana Transportation Commission has awarded a construction contract for a new rest area near Three Forks, intended to replace the existing facility at the Interstate 90/19th Street interchange in Bozeman.
William Fogarty, district administrator for the Montana Department of Transportation, said the commission on April 22 awarded the contract to Montana Rest Area JV Partners, a partnership of C.A. Rickert & Associates and Diamond Construction, Inc.
The team submitted what the commission felt was the âapparent best valueâ bid of $2.69 million to build a new rest area facility about a half-mile north of the Wheat Montana Bakery and Deli on the west side of Highway 287.