Show USPS CqoySOq VoL 0 80 No 45 May 24 1990 Natural gas service proposed for Delta Fillmore by Ken Rand Delta officials are considering a bid by an independent Nephi company to supply natural gas to die city Central Utah Gas Co representatives Earl and Wayne Andrews asked the Delta City Council Monday May 14 to pass a resolution granting the company a franchise A similar request will be made of the Fillmore City Council Tuesday June 5 Mayor Keith GJlins gave copies of the proposed franchise agreement to council members Wednesday May 16 He said he doesn't expect any action on it at the June 5 meetmg “The council will probably want to think about it for two weeks and then make a decision" Delta tabled the proposal for further study The matter will be taken up again on the June council agenda “I think we’re interested m doing somepore thing" Delta Mayor Gayle Bunker said City Attorney Richard W addin gham said he "had some problems" with the proposed franchise agreement "in the sense that it didn’t mention a bond for it didn’t talk about the construction exact insurance that is going to be carried on it There arc half a dozen things just as I read through it that bothered me I need to do some research and so forth on it" Earl Andrews said a recent Delta area phone survey showed 80 percent of those surveyed wanted gas service Plans to bring natural gas to central Utah have been underway since 1983 At that time Central Utah Gas approached Millard Juab and Beaver counties for a franchise Mountain Fuel Supply Company also sought a franchise in the same areas Delta decided in 1983 to deny a franchise to both companies However the state Public Service Commission later gave Mountain Fuel a “certificate of convenience and necessity" to develop service to central and southern Utah The certificate deadline was Dec 311989 MFSC secured new customers in southern Utah but failed to establish service in Millard Juab and Beaver counties The company has asked the PSC to extend the certificate but Central Utah officials say that since MFSC failed to fulfill its commitment Central Utah is resurrecting its plans to serve the three county area Mountain Fuel officials linked construction delays in the interstate Kern River gas pipeline with delays in its service to central Utah MFSC was dependent on the Wyoming to California transmission line which would pass through central Utah for connections it wanted to sell here “Our proposal is independent of the i Delta will not take rap for White Sage cleanup Remove Memorial flowers by June 3 Again this year we ask your indulgence and your cooperation at the Delta Sutherland and Oasis Cemeteries in lieu of Memorial Day In order for us to continue with sprinkling and cutting— for the care and beamy of the lawns trees and bushes we must ask you to remove your Memorial Day flowers by June 3 Last yea the response you gave us was gratifying and we thank you alL There is no way we can continue the care and upkeep which is necessary at this time without your help University of Wyoming As a tribute to you the people we try please we feel this is the only fair wiy to handle the situation If you nr alerted yon will know your So please note the date responsibility June 3 aid have any offerings you want to save removed by then The Delta Sutherland and Oasis and all who help Cemetery in any way appreciate your comments and your cooperation This is for all three cemeteries mentioned to able to serve the people of Millard County with natural gas But if (Central Utah) got the exclusive franchise then of course Mountain Fuel could not do anything" Central Utah semes no customer at present “It is a company" Earl Andrews said If a franchise is approved Andrews said technical personnel w ill have to live in the community for service Under the proposed franchise Delta would have the option of imposing a franchise tax The lax could go from zero to six percent Earl Andrews said Homeowners will pay Si 2 to $1 8 a month for a service connection the current rate approved by the PSC Service will not begin soon even if a franchise is granted now Andrews said "We can’t pull it any quicker than 1991" Chemical spills into canal at cement plant by Ken Rand Ash Grove Cement Co officials estimate about 50 gallons of emulsified asphalt spilled from a tank truck and into a canal at the cement plant five miles east of Leamington Ken Ware employee relations manager for the company said the spill occurred Saturday May 12 He said it was caused by “an employee mistake" Part of the air quality permit issued to Ash Grove by the Air Quality Division of the State Department of Health requires that roads at the plant be treated to keep the dust down Emulsified phalt is used for the purpose “While we were doing that Saturday" Ware said “an employee made a mistake and got too much of it in the parking lot which is adjacent to the canal Some of that material followed the natural drainage of the parking lot for rainstorms and whatever and it leaked into the canal" The spill formed a black slick and “disbursed” in the canal Ware said contaminating it for about a mile “It’s water soluble so it’s like putting a drop said and they wanted time to check it ouL “The city council informed Mr Holmes that our agreement was not with them but was with IPA and that if IPA wanted more time we would grant it" IPA made the extension request and the city granted it to August 1990 Allan Pitzer IPP community development manager when the project was built said T umurru is working on plans He said to develop the property wants to keep the foundation in place "because it’s an expense if they have to take them out then come back and put than back in" Waddingham said the extension was provided to IPA not to Tumurru “Any relief granted is for EP A We're working with them not Tumurru We don't even want to get hooked up with that" Pitzer is now an engineer for the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power the "project managers and the operating agents for IPP" Most of IPP’s output goes to Los Angeles "Our position is that we've made a commitment to the city" he said "We’ve said that without any question we would get that stuff off of there We want to see some resolution to this thing" Late last year Holmes asked the city The to bond directly with Tumurru request was turned down On Jin 22 he asked again He was again turned down "We still have Tumurru calling us" Waddingham said "I’ve had the attorney calling me begging that Delta take the obligation to get IPA out of it This was about two weeks ago Delta simply won’t do it" The city does not want to have to police the clean up Waddingham said “We have an agreement with IPA and IPA is obligated to have that cleared up Period We’re not going to get into an agreement with Tumurru Trade and have to try to force them or have to get into any legal action to force them In other words we don’t want to buy a potential lawsuit" The council decided to ask Mayor Don Dafoe to write IPA a letter reaffirming the city position in Waddingham ’s words "We gave you the extension Time’s up Get it cleared up Do what you have to do Either have (Tumurru) post a bond and get it out of here or clean it up yourself" line and to ning to bring in a line That service Mona with a pnits them at a piermanent growth size of about Santaquin" There are about 9000 service connections available in the three counties Wayne Andrews said with about 4500 t Millard area alone He in the said the project would become feasible if franchises could be secured from both “If Delta and Delta and Fillmore Fillmore did not want it" he said “you’d probably drop it” Fillmore Mayor Keith Gillins said the proposed franchise he has seen calls r for a exclusive contract “If they don’t perform in that pieriod then the contract becomes null and void” Gillins said he was told by a Mountain Fuel official that if the Kem River pipeline is built the company would “be able to get an allotment from that and 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I by Ken Rand Delta's City Council Monday May 14 again refused to accept financial refor sponsibility cleaning up the White Sage Apartment Complex The complex of apartments and RV hookups was built in 1982 to house Intermountain Power Plant construction The In term oun tain Power workers Agency operators of IPP promised the city it would remove all abov ground improvements at the complex “down tosix inches below grade" within 18 months after the project was complete Plans originally called for four power generating units but only two were built The plant was finished in June 1987 Cleanup deadline was Nov 1988 IPA sold the apartments to Tumurru Trades of Hillside Utah Delta City Attorney Richard Waddingham said IPA was still responsible for clearing the area "but they entered into a contract with Tumurru to purchase the buildings and to take everything off and clear up the lot" Vance Bishop administrative manager for the site construction manager at IPP said when the job is dome Tumurru gets title to the land “So in addition to selling them the buildings” he said "we will sell them the property as part of that same agreement if they honor the commitment we made to Delta" If T umurru doesn’t complete the job IPA will keep the property B ishop said “We will keep die property and then we will go in and clean it up" Tumurru was supposed to have posted an S80000 bond with IPA They did not They still haven’t In a city council meeting Oct 24 1988 IPA officials said they could not The city deadline meet the Nov granted an extension to Oct 31 1989 In the winter of Tumurru hauled the buildings off the site for resale in other states for use as housing But the cleanup was not finished Parts of the complex notably building foundations are still there In a city council meeting Oct 16 Richard 1989 Tumurru president Holmes requested addition time "because they thought they could use some of the improvements" Waddingham Kem River pipeline" Earl Andrews told Delta's council “although it would certainly cut our costs" Local service would probably tap the Questar pipeline most likely at Payson Andrews said He said the local distribution line would be needed even if the Kem River line is avadable to be tapped closer to the service area “We’re planning to build somewhere line to between an eight and a provide the service" Andrews said “We think we need that size of a line for industrial consumption” Nephi city is considering its own independent system Wayne Andrews said the Nephi proposal would cut into his company 's profit picture since CUG hoped to service that city with the same line it would extend south into Millard County The proposed Nephi line is too small Earl Andrews said "They 're only plan- - of ink in a jar It just spread everywhere" Phil Nielsen president of the Central Utah Irrigation Co was contacted Nielsen met with Ash Grove officials and cut the water supply to two farmers irrigating from the canal until the stretch of contaminated water passed The chemical was diverted down a dry branch of the canal "and il just soaked into the ground" Wars said Emulsified asphalt is an agent made out of sodium hydroxide which is salt and tree sap Ware said "It's biodegradable emulsion that is water soluble It has a pH (measure of acidity or alkalinity) of about the same level that is in the canal" The chemical is applied on the roads in a water to emulsified asphalt mixture Roads at the plant and adjacent quarry are w ashed to keep the dust down as needed sometimes using a water truck “I think we handled it so that there wouldn't be any problem" Ware said “This stuff is kind of innocu- ous" Leamington asks state review of cement plant burn plans Maltori Dutson and father Lewis admire DHS Student Art Exhibit DHS Arts Festival is held The second annual Delta High School Arts Festival was held Tuesday May 15 About 240 people attended Purpose of the event was to raise funds for supplies and materials for the art program at DHS "All proceeds beyond expenses go right into the accounts here" art teacher Frank Thomas said Some of the funds earned at last yen’s festival were used for the new at the entrance to the landscaping The entrance foyer now school cludes miniature Japanese maples and and other plants a waterfalL The display was designed and built by the art department "These kids did a lot of hard work on that" Thomas said "They deserve a little credit" Advance tickets to the chuckwagon cookout were sold by art students The school band was also included in ticket sales this year and will receive a percentage of the proceeds The annual free band concert was held at the DHS auditorium the same evening as the art show Student art work was displayed in the art classroom at the school and in the adjacent student art gallery built by the students last yen There are 143 art students this yen The Wild Goose Creek Co of Holden owned by Thomas provided the dutchoven cookout Thomas and his wife Patreecia with the help of art students and friends prepared the meaL A drawing was held for a set of art prints by Thomas valued at S200 Winner was Dan Kersey of Delta East county phone service disrupted A severed fiber opAics cable kept East Millard County residents without telephone service for bout four hours Thursday May 17 Conte! of the West Inc District Manager Alteu Wardle said the cable was cut at about 3: 15 pjn Wardle said Don Fullmer of Fillmore was digging a hole for a sign next to the freeway west of Fillmore to advertise his mote! when the cable was cut The outage stopped all incoming and outgoing calls for about 1700 pieople in Scipio Holden Fillmore Meadow and Kanosh The to emergency 911 line was Delta and kept in service “I want to apologize to die public for the inconvenience it may have caused during that time" Wardle said "and to encourage them to call our number which is if they 're digging in the ires and we’d be glad to come and marie it free of chvge for them" to perform WYOMING FEVER" (Editor’s note: the following is letter sent by the Leamington Mayor and Town Council to members of the Utah Air Quality Conservation Committee of the Utah Bureau of Solid and Hazardous Waste It was dated April 3) re: concerning the burning of hazardous waste as an “alternative fuel" in the Ash Grove Cement West Inc cement kiln Committee Members: The Mayor of the Town of Leamington Utah and the Leamington Town Council wish to express deep concern over the proposal and application by Ash Grove Cement West Inc to bum hazardous wastes as an alternate fuel in the Ash Grove cement plant located in Juab County Leamington Canyon State of Utah It is the position of the Town of Leamington that factors that are of significant risk to the health and well being of its citizens have not been properly addressed and if allowed in the present situation are in danger of inade- tory exemptions and site capabilities to properly handle and bum this material 6) Citizen opposition 7) Potential negative economic impact cm the community It is the request of the Mayor and Leamington Town Council that these items be reviewed by your respective committee and resolved so the health and safety of our citizens can be guaranteed free of risk It is further requested that this be done pjrior to the issuance of any permits variances or permission to Ash Grove Cement Inc to bum hazardous waste as an alternate fuel quate regulation The Leamington Town Council met on Tuesday March 20 and discussed this issue as an agenda item Concerns expressed at this meeting were specifically as follows: ) Direct air contamination and associated health risks 2) Contamination of culinary and irrigation water supply 3) High risk of leakage from hazardous materials storage due to the geological makeup of the Ash Grove site 4) Inadequacy of the current transportation infrastructure of affected areas to support such an operation 5) Unnecessary risks due to regula east county part of sn Sincerely Phil Lovell Mayor Brook Pace John D Pruitt Kenneth M Nielson Julie Chase Councilpiersons Small quake in A small earthquake Thursday May 17 in eastern Millard County caused no reported damage or injuries The quake w as reported at 2 0 pm It was centered in the Pahvant Range about 25 miles southwest of Fillmore According to measurements taken at the University of Utah seismograph station it measured 3J on the Richter scale The earthquake was Urge enough to be felt but a ShenfT s dispatcher said no one called reporting it May 28th Memorial Day at 7:30 PM At the Delta High School Auditorium Tickets are $300 - Students $200 PONT MISS IT! |