Western Small Miners Association - WSMA

09/13/2016

Since this impacts your community, Tri-State is holding a community meeting at 7:30 pm on Wednesday, September 14 at The First Park Community Center (formerly the Moose Lodge)

PLEASE SHARE: On September 1, the owners of Nucla Station and New Horizon Mine along with State and Federal agencies and environmental groups agreed to revise the Regional Haze Rule compliance plan for Colorado. Since this impacts your community, Tri-State is holding a community meeting at 7:30 pm on Wednesday, September 14 at The First Park Community Center (formerly the Moose Lodge). At the meeting, Tri-State will discuss the agreement and your community’s concerns.

We encourage you to attend this discussion and bring your questions. Tri-State CEO Mike McInnes and representatives from the State of Colorado will be on hand to discuss Tri-State’s plans to work with community leaders as they determine a path forward.

Tri-State, along with the Environmental Protection Agency, the State of Colorado and two environmental groups agreed to revise the current Regional Haze Rule compliance plan for Colorado. Under the revised plan, Nucla Station in southwest Colorado will be retired by December 31, 2022, and Craig Station Unit 1 in northwest Colorado will be retired by December 31, 2025. Prior to the retirement date, both units will have more stringent limits on annual emissions beginning in 2020. The New Horizon Mine which provides fuel to Nucla Station, will also be retired by 2022.

08/19/2016

August 27th!

08/11/2016

If we’re going to move away from coal and fossil fuels for power generation toward something “greener,” where do nuclear generating stations fit in?

08/11/2016

The company most active in pursuing an oil shale project in northwest Colorado is shutting down after running out of funding, following in the footsteps of three other companies that also have given up on pursuing local projects involving federal leases.

08/11/2016

By the time someone figures out how to unlock the oil trapped in shale without using tons of water, we may be completely out of a hydrocarbon economy.

08/11/2016

SALT LAKE CITY — Environmentalists who’ve spent almost a decade fighting a plan to build Utah’s first nuclear power plant said Wednesday that they’re dropping a legal battle against the eastern Utah project but are still fighting the facility.

08/01/2016

Federal authorities have confirmed a criminal investigation has been underway into the Gold King Mine spill, saying their probe is still ongoing and involves prosecutors.

07/25/2016

2016 Uravan Picnic & Reunion **August 27**

07/14/2016

MSHA published a proposed rule that would enhance the quality of working place examinations in MNM mines.  

07/07/2016

The Bureau of Land Management has extended the public comment period on a proposed uranium mine expansion about 70 miles west of Blanding. Uranium fuel powers nuclear reactors, with the U.S. relying s

07/01/2016

The Piceance Basin’s 66 trillion cubic feet of natural gas should be taken into account by a federal agency as it considers a West Coast export terminal, said U.S. Rep. Scott Tipton, R-Colo.

07/01/2016

The Interior Department on Thursday released a new rule aimed at properly valuing coal, oil and gas for royalty purposes, particularly to address concerns about coal being sold overseas at prices higher than what mines report in paying royalties.