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Peter Baumann / Post Independent
A Garfield County District Court judge on Saturday rejected a lawsuit filed by a Denver-based mining company alleging Garfield County government could not regulate their rocky quarry mining operation just north of Glenwood Springs because it’s on federal land.
Rocky Mountain Industrials initially began mining 15.7 permitted acres near Transfer Trail. RMI later sought to expand operations to 447 acres, which would have increased truck traffic from about 20 truckloads per day to as many as 500 daily between 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
In response, the Glenwood Springs Citizens’ Alliance filed a complaint with Garfield County over suspected permit violations allegedly committed by RMI. The alleged five major violations ranged from RMI “extracting and selling materials outside of the original approvals” made by the county to “size of the operations exceeding the permitted size.” ....

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