Montrose Power Plant Cleanup Meeting

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KJCT) - A grant had been requested to clean up a retired coal fired power plant.

The City of Montrose is applying for grant money to help clean up the old Bullock Electric Steam Plant site.

Once the cleanup is done the land would be used for new businesses or public use.

"This coal-fired power plant supplied electricity for the City of Montrose for decades before being retired in the latter half of the 20th century," the city said. "Since the facility was taken offline, the area around it has fallen into disrepair and remnants of its coal-fired power generation operations have impacted the soil composition at the site."

The city is hosting a public open house on October 23 to share information about the project and gather the public's opinion.

The grant they are applying for is a federal Brownfield Cleanup grant from the United States Enviromental Protection Agency.