T CAC84101 EXP. II99 UTAH PRESS SALT lake ASSOCIATION ut s4io!TE 5005 Serving East Juab County - A Nice Place To Live! Volume 92, No. 18 Wednesday, May 4, 1994 1 EnviroChem called it quits, will not pursue permit for Nephi site After months of controversy, and support, EnviroChem has notified Nephi City that it is no longer pursuing a permit to build and operate a fuels blending and recycling facility in Nephi. An official statement of intent was presented to the Nephi City Council at the May 3, 1994, meeting by Mayor Robert Steele. According to Craig D. Pope, Chief Executive Officer of EnviroChem, the company has idled its permit application efforts with the State of Utah. EnviroChem had experienced significant delays in the permitting process and finally made a decision to move on to other company activities and priorities. The proposal to build the $2.5 million plant in Nephi originated back in December of 1991. According to an article which appeared in the December 4, 1991, edition of The Times-Newthe Orem company was considering building the fuels conversion and recysite cling plant on a the way, said Commission Chairman Richard Brough. He said the plant would be a tremendous asset to the county. Initial support continued at that time. As well as being an asset to the county, the plant will be an aid to the environment, said Commissioner Joseph Bernini. Commissioner Ike area. I am very supportive of a plant that will recycle industrial waste, he continued. Permit applications were then, at that time, set into mo- Continued on page 2 - . . . officials dedicate new crossing missioner; Ike Lunt, commissioner; James A. Cox, UDOT District Construction Engineer for Region 3 Headquarters; Michael V. Arambula, UDOT Utilities Engineer; Gerald R. Bartschi, UDOT Design TechnicianUtili-tie- s The formal dedication of the Mona railroad crossing lights and gates was conducted on Wednesday at 11 a.m. at the site when Union Pacific Railroad officials, Utah Department of Highway officials, Juab County Commissioners and Mona City Council members cut the ribbon and Railroads; Richard Rauschmeier, Union Pacific n stretched across the Manager of Industry and Public Canyon roadway at Projects; James C. Nelson, Mona-Goshe- UDOT Engineering Coordinator; Darlene Fowkes, Mona City On hand for the ribbon-cuttin- g Council; and Craig Allred, Mona were: Bernini, ceremony Joseph Juab County Commission Chair-- , City Council. Sherri Jarrett, inspector for man; Gordon Young, county com track-sid- e. on Mona - and Robert Westover, project engineer for UDOT, were also present. What we have installed is flashing lights, gates and a constant warning highway crossing analyzer, said Rauschmeier. This represents the latest technology available for warning devices at grade crossings. Rauschmeier said the project cost $82,881 total. Through the help of Darlene Fowkes, city council; Jim Nelson, UDOT; and M.J. Grant and my- UDOT, state-of-the-a- rt Mayor Steele, others, sue the feds over mining claim in Mt. Nebo Wilderness area . Correspondent The mayor of Nephi has filed suit against the federal govern- ment Robert Steele, his wife, Christy K. Steele, and J.W. Jack Dansie, filed suite in the U.S. Court of Claims in Washington D.C. claiming they are being kept from mining gypsum claims Mount Nebo in the 29,000-acr- e Wilderness. His claim, said Steele, goes back to 1926 which predates, by 58 years, the Wilderness designation. "Christy and I bought the mineral rights September 24, 1973," said Steele. He bought the mine from U.S. Gypsum. They, in turn, had purchased the mine from Nephi branches so heavy equipment has ready access for loading. Contractors doing construction or demolition may not place material on public property but must haul it to authorized dump sites. Contractors doing clean-u- p may not place material on public property without prior written permission. will be conducted in Another clean-uthe fall, said McKnight. Items should not be placed along the streets during the poles and low-hangi- ng p County, Mona, UDOT and Union Pacific Railroad s need to have all the debris out at that time, he said. When city crews begin the of debris they need to be able to pick-u- p finish a street all at once. In years past, said McKnight, there has been some probes lem with crews thinking a street is completed only to have residents haul more refuse to the street after the crews have already passed through the neighborhood. Items may be placed along the streets be. We i power ? By Myma Trauntvein than 8 a.m. on Monday, May 16th. May 16th. All piles should be placed away from According to the article (December 4, 1991), the Juab County Commissioners were so delighted with the prospect of the plant locating in Nephi that they passed a resolution JUST A HORSE PASTURE This site, north of the present Nephi Industrial Park, was going to be in support of the proposal. We the home for EnviroChem fuel recycling plant, but now will probably will only be recycling horse are 100 percent behind it all manure for the foreseeable future. Times-New- ; Items ginning with this past week-endshould not be put out for collection after recently annexed into the Nephi Industrial Park. The plant had planned to be fully operational by 1992 with a start-u- p payroll of about $500,000.- Nephi City will begin the annual spring on May 16th. Ail residents of the city received a notice in their April utility billing this month, Randy McKnight, city administrator, said residents should remember to put piles of debris along the edges ofthe street no later clean-u- p s, 10-ac- re Single Copy Price 500 City Cleanup... Lunt is one of the best things to happen in the East Juab County agreed. They have a beautiful building planned and will add to the work force, he said. Member of the Nephi City Council were also excited about the possibility. The plant is very important to the state of Utah as well as to Juab County, said Mayor Robert Steele. I think it 4 pages Gypsum. The old Nephi plant used the gypsum to make plaster for homes. Now one of the main uses for the mineral is in the creation of cement Steele, in partnership with Tony Peck, Lehi, owns another gypsum mine at the mouth of Salt Creek Canyon just east of Nephi. Dansie, owner of Nephi Sandstone, leased the mine there and Peck and Steele are paid a royalty per ton for the gypsum Steele said the government Times-New- self, Union Pacific, this project has finally come to fruition after coordinating efforts by s Correspondent Juab County Commissioners requested Six County board members help them get the cooperation of the Bureau of Land Management in stopping the spread of Knapweed in Juab the city of Mona and Juab County," said Rauschmeier. The constant warning devices will insure the arrival of the train within 25 to 30 seconds of the dropping of the gates regardless of the speed of the train, he said. The highway crossing analyzer will detect bulbs which are not working in the flasher. It will detect if the gate is down for longer than five min- Continued on page 2 County. We would like a letter from Six County specifically request- ing that the Bureau of Land Management consider a fund for Knapweed eradication on public land, said Juab County Commissioner, Gordon Young. Young and commission chairman Joseph Bernini told other board members they would like help with the problem. The Six County Association of Govern has, in effect, taken his land from him. They have done this, he said, without formal condemnation or without paying compensation. The Fifth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution protects the rights of private citizens, said ments met on Wednesday at Cedar Hollow Restaurant in south Nephi to discuss issues of interest to the group. If the problem would have been treated 10 years ago it would have been contained by now, said Young. In the early years there were just 15 acres near Eureka affected. The land, located at Little Sahara Sand Dunes, was just a small piece in the beginning. Now, however, said Young, the problem had spread until it affected nearly every road in the area and had infected roads in the West Desert area of Juab County and other areas as well. There is a lot of area involved now, he said. Young said the Forest Service Continued on page 2 );V& ; jfyv ii w.. 1 Steele. In Executive Order 12630, constitutionally protected rights are reaffirmed to control government actions that do not formally invoke the condemnamined. tion power, including regulaWe are having a hard time tions, which result in a taking for holding the grade," said Steele. which just compensation is reIt would be an asset to us to quired. There are two kinds of rights open the other mine, he said. He and Dansie want to mine the recognized, according to Allen K. Mount Nebo site. They filed a Young, Springville, who represents the three individuals plan with the state. However, the mine is now part bringing suit. Law recognizes of the Wilderness designated surface rights and mineral property. By Myma Trauntvein Goshen road Union Pacific, UDOT, Commission wants Six County to help with Knapweek Control in Juab County ! ,r L I wH'" LEUUaJEiisIJifrjH - DEDICATION OF CROSSING Juab County, Mona, UDOT, and Union Pacific Officials dedicate Continued on page 2 the new safety crossing on the Mona Goshen road I I i h - e -