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Show Paga A3 atalf writer A Grand Junction, Colo, engineer is seeking approval to build a Holiday Inn Express motel on land adjacent to the Aarchway Inn on Highway 191 north of Moab. William Balaa last week submitted a site plan for the proposed 13,295-square-fo- ot development to the Grand County Planning and Zoning Department. The item was on the Grand County Planning Commission agenda for Wednesday, Feb. 6. S.D. -- : style, with arched entrances, stucco exterior and a tiled roof. Access to the motel will be off an Spanish-missio- n existing, modified frontage road that serves the Aarchway Inn. The motel was first proposed more than two years ago. The plans have been altered to conform to toning changes that occurred in the interim. The property was from Highway Commercial to Resort Commercial in ed The land is owned by James P. Koehler, of Aberdeen, ' site plan, the motel will contain 79 rooms in a three-stor- y structure facing north. The architecture appeared to follow the Contacted at his Grand Junction office, Balsa said Koehler had instructed him not to comment on the project. "The owner doesnt really want to discuss the project at this time, he said. According to the project conjunction with the North Corridor Gateway Plan. Mary Hofhine, Grand County planning office secretary, said she did not know when the developer planned to build the motel. "Theyre working with the city to get sewer and water, she said. Foundation offers spruce trees for sale through February Ten free Colorado blue spruce trees will be given to each person who joins The National Arbor Day Foundation during February 2002. The free trees are part of the nonprofit Foundation's Trees for America campaign. Colorado blue spruces hove color and a silver compact conical shape. They can be used as individual ornablue-gree- n mentals, an energy-savin- g windbreak, a privacy screen, or as living Christmas trees. The trees will be shipped postpaid at the right time for planting between March 1 and May 31 with enclosed planting instructions. The six to twelve inch trees are guaranteed to grow, or they will be replaced free of charge. To become a member of the Foundation and receive the free trees, send a $ 10 co- ntribution to TEN FREE COLORADO BLUE SPRUCE TREES, National Arbor Day Foundation, 100 Arbor Avenue, Nebraska City, NE 68410, by February 28, 2002. Flu shots are available a.m. cine is dispensed each day, Monday through Friday, at the Moab office, 471 S. Main Street, Suite 4. The cost is $12 or may be covered by Medicare or Medicaid. The shots are also available by ap- hottywoodxom Showtime tor 28AJ2 AJ shews before 6 p.m . Sat Nightly 7.00 B Sun. Matin pointment by calling 9 Sat Nightly 7:00 tun. Matinee 00 1 :00 i Previous shipments of waste to the mill have been transported by truck down Highway 191 and Main Street in Moab. According to statement issued by local Sierra Club representatives, the group bee environlieves the six-pag- mental assessment is inadequate and a full environmental impact statement should be prepared instead. The group alleges that the environmental assessment ignores the Utah Division of Radiation Control's warning that the tailings cells at White Mesa are improperly constructed and are bound to leak. They also complain that the NRC did not consult with the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service about the six animal species and one plant species in the vicinity of the mill that are endangered or threatened. In addition the group says the NRC did not consult with all affected Native Americans. IUC ia trying to make 2. IUC Ron President Huchstein claims his company is actually doing the most en- vironmentally responsible thing. "This material would have to go in a licensed disposal facility someplace, and by being processed at the mill, were removing the uranium, thus reducing the overall radioactive content of the material. The sludge contains uranium .15 percent. Typical ores on the Colorado Plateau uranium, so this material is net unlike ores that have been mined in the area." The NRCs Technical Evaluation Report acknowledges that, "The Molycorp material contains enough lead content that it could lie consid.2 .25 ered hazardous waste by characteristic under the toxicity testing The White Mesa Uranium Mill is not licensed to receive hazardous waste. The NRC is trying to give a blanket approval to White Mesa so other areas can get rid of their waste by putting it in our back yard, without any consideration of our human health or environmental protection, added Cindy King, nuclear waste chair of the Sierra Club Utah Chapter. posal to import 840,000 tons of thorium byproduct and contaminated soil from the former Maywood Chemical Works site in Maywood, NJ. The Sierra Club on Monday also called on the federal Bureau of Land Management to deny an oil industry application to explore for oil in an area east of Arches National Park, between Interstate 70 and the Colorado River. The Nightly 7 00 k Bun. 0 damaging and frequently used methods of helicopter access in their handling of the application. OT W" ' group says the exploration would be conducted in a proposed wilderness area Dome Plateau. Wayne Hoskisson, Public Lands Chair for the Utah Chapter of the Sierra Club contends the BLM has fast-tracke- d WesternGecos applications for oil exploration and development in the area. f60-ttd6tS9S6- 64 LKINSID & iNSI KI New Construction Service - Repair Hoskisson listed im Beef Producers Attend the Utah Beef Quality Assurance (BQA) Certification program. Information on BQA will be presented, a booklet provided, and through your attendance you will become BQA certified. Fort Dodge Animal Health is also sponsoring a free lunch for all participants. For farm or ranch certification there a $25 charge. Please R.S.V.P. to insure that you will have a lunch and for further information on Utahs BQA Certification Program. When: February 15 Where: Green River City Hall, 240 E. Main, Green River Time: 9 am - 2:30 pm to R.S.V.P. Call: 435-259-75- Ilochstein said IUC is trying to do something that in the long run is better for the environment. Theyre focusing on issues that are minute in scope. 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