GLENWOOD SPRINGS – — The SourceGas natural gas company has filed suit to force Colorado Mountain College (CMC) to allow construction of a compressor station on the college’s Spring Valley campus.
The civil suit, filed Wednesday afternoon in Garfield District Court, asks the court to rule that SourceGas has a valid lease for a five-acre building site on CMC property.
The suit also asks Judge James Boyd to order the college to reauthorize a land-use review process before Garfield County. The process was put on hold March 23 when controversy erupted over the SourceGas plan.
A “judge review” date in the case, which was assigned to Boyd, was set for July 24.
Meanwhile, the CMC Board of Trustees scheduled a special telephone conference meeting for 9 a.m. Friday to discuss the issue.
CMC spokeswoman Debra Crawford, reached Thursday, was unable to provide further information about Friday’s meeting.
SourceGas has been locked in a dispute with the college for weeks over the lease for the five acres, located northeast and over a ridge from the campus.
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