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Show fimji1) "ownfllC-- j JUST? 0f5ilS-- , iifj) ,;i HMr 'ZGHGXHS Q-tit- m Vol. 4 No. .27 Wednesday, July 11, 1984 Phillips Will Pay Residents CHERYL ARCHIBALD Review Staff WOODS CROSS Citizens with property damage caused by a Phillips Petroleum tank eruption last week are being compensated and health officials say that damaged fruits and vegetables are safe to eat. Phillips manager Miles Lacey and claims representative Steve Mortenson appeared at last weeks Woods Cross City Council meeting and told the council and a few residents that they will pay for to cleanup cars and houses. An mixture was sprayed into the air and drifted southeast of the refinery June 24. Cars were left with an oily film and vegetation was covered with droplets after the cloud dissipated. Some residents had skin bums, probably caused by allergic reaction, according to Lacey. He said some workers at the refinery are sensitive to the synthetic tower bottoms, an agent in the mixture released. Some residents complained that the sludge droplets did not come off their-car- s and their paint jobs were ruined. Mortenson is hearing cases afid paying for the cleaning of automobiles and houses. Phillips has seen 500 walk-in- s and paid them $25 to have their cars cleaned and waxed. Distinctive Detail has cleaned most of the cars, but owners take the $25 and clean their cars themselves Mortenson said. Some are owners of two cars, so the total of cars affected was probably around 1,500, he oil-wat- er said. , - - o.: ' . - Out of that number, there were three complaints to Phillips that the oil didnt come off. Twenty to 30 houses also became covered with droplets of oil. For those, Phillips is measuring the damaged area, and paying 20 cents per square foot, ' whether clean the sludge off pr have it professionally removed. A statement from the Davis County Board of Health gave residents reassurance that fruits and vegetables could be eaten. A study by the University of Utah will give more specific information within 30 days. Lacey said there was no diesel fuel released. The mixture contained an asphalt currant, which when hit by sunlight hardens. Six residents attended last weeks meeting and chided the city and Phillips for not letting them know sooner of the danger. Their concerns prompted Councilman Lynn Thomas to propose an a city ordinance concerning such incidents. People should be told of the potential allergic reactions, he felt. home-owne- WORKERS on a continuous asphalt paver drift into the steam while a lone worker is left behind to smooth the seam between the newly laid and existing surfaces. The road repair work, which But rs . APRIL ADAMS Review Staff If a state regional criminal justice resource center were to be built in Davis County, five types of inmates would be housed there. Included would be: - Prisoners requiring a diagnostic evaluation. These include mentally ill inmates who dont belong in a regular penal system. These individuals are referred by the courts and will have a length of stay of up to 90 days. - Individuals committed for a duration of not more than one year. This requirement eliminates the most serious offenders. inmates would also be housed at the regional facility. These persons, whose Pre-relea- se homes will be in the area, would be preparing for release within 270 days. They would be on a structured work re- lease program, and bused or vaned from their job to the resource center. County Commissioner Harry B. Gerlach said that this program is not like a halfway house. The inmates will be under lock and key, not free to come and go as they please. The program will get them back into the work cen- ter so they feel they have worth." - Probation and parole vio Downs said the accident occurred when waste water containing heavy metals and oils bypassed the API sepaWOODS CROSS Who should be and was discharged directly into rator for responsible cleaning up hazardous the ponds. materials found recently in Woods Chrome and lead, listed as hazardous Cross ponds? The ponds owners, or the ' were found by routine monitorwhich them? wastes, uses refinery . That question will be settled within ing of the ponds by state inspectors. 30 days, or the two companies will Neither Crysen or Industrial Energy Crysen was ordered to clean the have lawsuits filed against them. Partners claims responsibility for ponds. Hazardous materials were found by in the ponds; a task that will cost But orders to both companies by the cleaning ponds being used by Crysen Refinery millions. for waste water discharges, said Dennis state were later rescinded and the matThe state attorney general's office Downs, with the permit section of the ter was turned over to the state attoroffice. . Utah Solid and Hazardous Waste Bu ney generals gave them 30 days to come to an agree- CHERYL ARCHIBALD Review Staff - Review Staff The rumors abound. ..Some of the latest include: Theres going to be a jail built in Kaysville. No, in Farmington. Its going to be a state facility. No, its going to be a county jail. Just d - indoor and outdoor activity areas; interview, counseling and 1 their product and, plans to the people. But members of the State Board of Corrections have repeatedly said that they will not force it on anyone, Gerlach APRIL ADAMS - medical services; rooms; ment or the have actions filed against them. Brent Manning, with Holme, Roberts and Owen, representing the owner of the ponds, has met with Woods Cross and Crysen. As a result, the city and Crysen agreed to stopped using the ponds. Crysen has a method of discharging waste water into large tanks for the settling rather than discharging it, Downs said. The ponds have been for sale for over a year. Officials Say Region Prison Vital m par-olle- reau. Woods Cross storm drains also were emptied into the ponds. However,- the ponds are not owned by Crysen. Industrial Energy Partners, a Denver based firm, has part ownership. The firm was initially ordered by the state to record the findings in the real ' property record. But Site is Question lators who require short-tersecurity pending the outcome of a hearing or investigation would also be among the prisoners at a regional facility. We presently have Davis County parolees who are and we have no place to put them, he said. - The last category of inmates is the most controversial, because some of the offenders have committed se rious crimes. Individuals committed to prison would be detained for a short time for classification determination' and the inmate given an initial orientation. This is going on in the county jail right now. Its not a new activity that people should fear, he added. These centers will be designed and built to look like and ordinary office building, say State Division of Correction officials. The appearance will be void of any special fencing or security towers, and will include special programs such as: - educational space including classrooms and a library; - a craft and hobby room; vocational training rooms; - is part of a massive effort throughout northern Utah, continues in late into the night to alleviate daytime traffic congestion on south Davis County. Notice Given for Pond Cleanup 30-Da- y classification Photo by Robert Regan Whos Responsible? Regional Inmates Are Low Risk . . S' what is said. The second option would be to build a new county jail that would hold 250 to 300 beds, or expand the present county jail in the facility situation . Farmington, which has 101 beds. We are in hopes that because it would be a county facility, residents would cooperate. We are diligently trying to locate a site where it would not heavily impact a community. The approximate cost for a county facility would be between $8 to $10 million, he said. But no one really knows the cost yet, because nothing has been decid. ed yet, Gerlach added. But a combined state-count- y corrections facility would be the Gerlach and most Johnson believe. as it now stands? Local officials who will have a great impact on the location and type of facility to be built have indicated just how the situation on a regional prisoncorrections facility now stands. The jail site hasnt been decided yet, but Davis County Sheriff Brant Johnson and County Commissioner Harry Gerlach agree its not a case of if, only when, and that it wont be shoved down any Davis County residents throats, said Ger-lacB. h. cost-effecti- . But we have got to have it. got to be built. The decision of where will be based purely on whats best for the residents. We wont force it on anyone, Gerlach said. There are three possibilities for a corrections system in Davis County, he said. The State Board of Corrections could build a regional center on its own, with money appropriated by the legislature' in January. The facility would house 72 minimum-securit- y prisoners, according to the Davis County Its sheriff. "But if the state decides to go it alone, they will have to sell If the combined criminal resource center were built, it would save Davis County taxpayers upwards of $2 million to $5 million in building, maintenance, service and program costs, they say. This alternative would save would insist on a signed contract that the state function would be limited to any areas agreed upon, Gerlach said. This would al lay any fears that the state may shift prisoners from the Draper State Prison to the Davis County facility to prevent overcrowd- ing. A facility must be built, however, and built soon, or we will have a jail crisis in a year or two," said Johnson. There is room on the second story of the county jail to add 60 more cells, but this would be a stop-ga- p alternative, the sheriff said. Thats really short-rang- e. 10 years, we would have In to abandon the building and go elsewhere. The jail could also be expanded outward on the two acres south of the building, but there are no answers yet, because nothing has been discussed. We need to decide if we leave it in Farmington or go elsewhere, he said. As to current rumors that the jail may be built on the Davis County Golf Course in Kaysville, there is absolutely no truth in that, both men agree. tax dollars that the county must eventually pay for if we did it alone, Gerlach said. If a combined mode is decided ,upon and the state facility is The golf course never was and never will bfc under consideration as a potential jail site. The fact that it's county-owne- d land means nothing, Johnson lach explained. But the bounty commissioners peared before the council to ne . constructed first, it would be planned to integrate with the county jail when it is built, Ger- said. At a Kaysville city council meeting in June, members of the State Division of Corrections ap- gotiate on a site for the corrections facility in the community. Before an angry crowd of about 100 residents, Councilman Brit Howard introduced a mo tion to oppose, any county or state jail in the central Davis County community. The motion carried According to both Gerlach and Johnson, this presentation was both premature and a mistake and wasnt arranged by either the commission or the sheriffs 3-- 1. department. The county commissioners did not give approval to consider the sites that were mentioned at the meeting, Gerlach said. One of the sites discussed was the golf course, which may eventually be sold to a developer, Gerlach said. A portion of the Davis County Fairgrounds site in West Kaysville was another site mentioned at the meeting by DeLand and Associates, a Sandy-base- d jail construction consulting firm contracted to do a study on the best jail site in Davis County. The fair site is an alternative, however, Johnson said. But, according to Councilman Howard, there is no need for a jail site in Kaysville. To me, the decision was made even before the discussion began, he said. State prison officials told the council and the crowd that it was our responsibility as citizens to open Kaysville up to this type of facility, Howard said. |