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<br />III IIIIIIIIIIIIIIII <br />sss <br />GTIZEN TELEGRAM L <br />Rifle, Co <br />(GafieW County) <br />;'Wed, 3,016 <br /> <br />Con ' Qjrorn Poke l <br />also the only soppGer of naartal sodium biro ,: ~; <br />"'f)tdikecaxventionslproduetiontechnologies, this st3L <br />d~the-art iata~~roduces it naturglly without chemiltl~ ~ . <br />ltrecessiog or other sypJhetic alteration," said Wolfe. MM <br />c~ se produraioe es basedon the pare mineralnahcolite,itf <br />~k~lained, no chemical wastes aze generated in the prodro- <br />lion of sodium bicarbonate at the Piceance Basin facility. <br />Wolfe noted that the Piceance Basin has the only kttdllr" <br />major deposit of Nahcolite in the world. Nahcolite c! <br />rt:ntly sells for $250 per ton. <br />WRNM has a permit from the Federal Bureau of Land <br />Management that will allow the company to prodaa <br />900,000 tons of sodium bicarbonate per yeaz, Wolfe stated.. <br />This amount should supply the mazke[, based on preseal <br />demands, for the next 200 years, he said. <br />WRNM holds a 8,300 acre lease in the Piceance Basin, <br />saidPlantTechnicalManagerRogerDay."Thereare' ~B <br />millionl¢tisofNahcolite inour leasealoneand anoth._.A- <br />40 billion in the area;' he added. "We're really excited <br />~6prtt the Culare here. We are just now starting to get iaW <br />the.marlraralace.+• <br />From the nahcolite, NACC plans w market Cave sodia® <br />bicarbonate prc~d~.~1, wdl exceed the purity standards <br />let by the U.S. Pltsmratopia: USP No. 1 PowleAed; Ftmt <br />Grade No. l FreePlowing; USPNo.2FineC~ranular; laY- <br />No. 4 Granular, and USP No. 5 Coarse Gratte:ar. It will <br />also produce two other grades, technical sodium bicarbon- <br />ateand sodium bicarbonate for agricultural uses. <br />The Caod grade production of sodium bicarbonaw "NF;: <br />include a product, commonly known as baking soda ne <br />beat baking soda product will be marketed throughout the <br />tffantry, under private brand labels, and will 6e taking en <br />lnajtx rivals. <br />"Ytte cempea4on is'fietce and cruel;' said Wolfe. "Bltb <br />We have natural product that is very high quality and a ~w <br />lost producer, b` you have those Uttee arrows in your quwtr <br />you can compete with anybody... <br />Garfield County Commissioner Arnold Markley and <br />members of the Associated Govemment~ of Northwesteq <br />Colorado (AGNC~ are extremely excited about whops ga <br />ing on at WRNM. "We are going to try and promote it and <br />eelp with any necessary legislation tarmake it more ~arn- <br />/etitive;' Mackleysaidearlier this year. "It's a very imptth <br />fart[ product to western Colorado and will be very benefice <br />O We Western Sbpe." <br />Markley said that the AGNC is in support of all pr <br />aces that WRNM is Creating wish dre nahcoGte. "'[trey t1n <br />Beat praduots;' he stated. "The quanrities of Nahcotite <br />(band in our area are one of the larges[ in the world. We, as <br />Axal peGticians, are always pushing for our motto, 'Biq <br />Colorado."' <br />