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Show 2mondav, 178 Film maker sizing up Dixie for footage Columbia Pictures may shoot a part of its new film "Nightwing" in southern according to John Earle, director of film development for the Industrial Promotion U-ta- h, Division. There's a better than even chance the Hopi Indians in New Mexico will turn down Columbias request to film on their reservation, he said, so they have location scouts shooting scenes. It was a manpower problem." He MGM chose Crested in Colorado instead. Butte Earle also said Utah is being considered by ABC for a s new on the Don-ne- r Pass incident. Whether we get it or not depends upon how many good choice locations we can show them," he said. He did not want to speculate on the cost of ABC's newr project. scouring the area for possible sites." be-Iciv- Earle estimates the movie could be worth $1.5 million to the state. Nightwing" helps mitigate the disappointment over MGM's decision not to film an avalanche sequence at Alta for its new disaster movie Meteor." Earle said, "They couldnt get together with the Forest Service to control the mini-serie- JaparXJ. Ctaimii of tike road. es Environmental laws weapons of delay V.P. Skyline charges d The politics" of enviromental agencies are jeopardizing the economics of oil shale development in the states, Max D. Eliason charged at the Fifth Energy Technology Conference in Washington D.C. earlier this month. Eliason, senior vice president of Skyline Oil Company of Salt Lake and immediate past president of the Rocky Mountain Oil and Gas Association, was invited to the conference to present industrys perspective on oil shale. We as a nation are indeed in grave danger because of our growing dependence on foreign oil," Eliason cautioned. For the last four years, the federal government has been running in circles on energy matters. This is nowhere more evident than in the governments policies toward oil shale development. The loosely drafted environmental laws are literally being used as weapons of delay." He cited examples. short-sighte- Nature violates standards When the XJ sedan was introduced, disc brakes and rack and Car and Driver said: It may well be pinion steering. The XJ offers two the best sedan available anyi' rjk7in;i engines: the double overhead-cawhere in the world. Since then, Six, or the remarkably the XJ has become a living classmooth 2. Inside is a world sic. It responds like a sports car, of luxury, quiet and refinement. on ) Drive the Jaguar XJ soon. suspension, lu'ifj:!-eel m V-1- Gerry Slacks British Auto Imports THE INTERMOllNTAIM WESTS LEADING BRITISH LEYLAND DEALER 777 S. STATE SALT LAKE CITY. UTAH 531-10- 50 The White River Shale project, sponsored by Phillips Petroleum, Sunoco Energy Development and Sohio Natural Resources, has spent over 57 million on environmental programs for its 10.240-acr- e tract in eastern Utah. Currently the air above the raw, undeveloped property exceeds the national ambient air quality standards in non- - methane hydrocarbon emissions and ozone, Eliason ex- plained. Unless current air standards are changed, not not one shovel of dirt one can be moved under a development program." The adoption of such unreasonably stringent air quality standards for areas where our natural resources are located destroys any possibility for development," he claimed. Likewise, the Paraho Development Operation, which has successfully completed an extensive experimental program using 1,000 ton per in day oil shale semi-work- s western Colorado, has had run-in- s with the EPA, Eliason said. Needed another EIS Almost two years ago, Paraho decided to enlarge its faciltics to a commercial scale capable of processing 11,000 tons of oil shale per day, at the same location using the same mining operations. The environmental impact statement submitted to EPA for the first venture was not enough, Eliason claimed, and the EPA ordered another statement be prepared for the expanded operations. After a delay of over 18 months, this statement is just now ready for publication and public comment. Who knows how much longer final approval will take?" he asked. Oil Shale Venture, spon- sored by Occidental Oil Shale and Ashland Colorado Inc., and Rio Blanco Oil Shale Co., a partnership of Gulf Oil and Standard Oil. have both met delays sparked by an EPA change of heart. Eliason complained. These operators were told last summer that no air pollution permit (PSD - prevention of significant deterioration of air quality) would be required before they started to sink shafts on their tracts in Colorado," he continued. The permits would be rc- Inc. Mmmi 73 Driwe-Up- s to Petrsomiaii Tfoydh Banks Your personal convenience counts at Walker Bank. Thats Tellers in why we've installed a network of 73 Drive-Uoffices from Logan to Price and there are more on p the way. are quick, easy, and convenient. Try one next time youre in a hurry. Or next time you just don't feel like coming inside to do your banking. Walker Banks Drive-UTellers. Now Personal Touch Banking can be as convenient as the front seat of your car. Drive-up- s con tinned on page 7 p Enterprise Walker Bank MumtiH Fm' C'eoOL'l lr'.iirnri The Enterprise is published weekly by the Net inn, 'il Enterprise Publishing Company, Inc., 500 Continental Bank Building. P.O. Box 11778, Pioneer Station. Salt Lake City. Utah 84147. 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