Show I Delta Utah $28 08 la t out of county month $13 08 (I Advance) Copy Me Senior Citizens (65 and older) $18 00 in county $20 00 out of LSPS 349520 Vol 79 No 38 Mar 23 1989 County Group says test range info withheld by AF by Kea Rand A spokesman for the Salt Lake watchdog the report is obsolete and was never meant for public release The Air Force wants to expand the Utah Test and Training Range m the West Desert south into Juab and Millard Counties to test fighter pilots in mock electronic warfare Several public scoping meetings about the Test Electronic Combat Capability (ECTC) project were held group “Downwinders” has accused the Air Force of withholding information about the impact of the proposed electronic test range in the West Desert Steve Erickson’s criticism is based on an draft report written by the Air Force last April that he acquired in late February Air Force officials say PROPOSED FLOTSTA SITES last fall but Erickson said government officials did not come clean in those hearings Among impacts he said they did not discuss: An increase in night flights out of Hill Air Force Base in Ogden is expected No mention was made in the hearings of the use of live bombs in the tests The report mentioned new supersonic flight corridors that would also increase the number of flights Miles of fiber optic cable will be laid linking the electronic targets Erickson said just as disturbing as the report itself is the fact that the Air Force withheld it “What’s most disturbing is that this document was prepared in April of last year and here we are getting it through concerned citizens who somehow happened on to it” Downwinders has been trying to get documents like the draft report for months through the Freedom of Information Act The document Erickson now has was given to him not by the Air Force or through the FOIA quest but by “concerned citizens” Erickson said he was given the report he by an individual on the condition not identify his source He said the person was not an Air Force official or employee “It was a guy I had never heard of before” Erickson said “I don’t know how he got his hands on it He told me over the phone that to his knowledge there were only two copies of it outside the Department of Defense I didn’t ask him how he got it” There are no markings on the document indicating distribution or “Had it been marked classification ‘classified’ of course I wouldn’t have touched it” Erickson said The “Description of Proposed Action and Alternatives” was dated April 12 1988 It was written by the Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Center Kirtland Air Force Base New Mexico It was labeled “Edition 10” “There is some hot stuff in there” Erickson “and that’s what’s making the Air Force sweat” Some of that “hot stuff:” The document said “the extent of public domain land around the ECTC may determine future decisions to areas if pand into unrestricted necessary and could be a factor regarding range security” Erickson said the Air Force is out for “a wild land grab especially when you hear comments from the federal commission on base closures) that the military needs to buy more land throughout the West for things like electronic battlefields” “Fortunately” the report reads “an alternative solution which avoids use of the north range of the Utah Test is afand Training Range near forded by the combination of sparse population density south of the UTTR and the favorable political climate for military requirements in Utah” Land needed to set up targets would be 15 by 70 miles with airspace Each “threat above that restricted site” is a concrete pad 100 by 100 feet There will be 10 sites per cluster each from its neighbor about a Plans call for 10 such clusters - Airspace needed would be 40 by 130 miles with altitudes from 100 to 58000 feet in the restricted zone The Air Force signed a “memoranin 1979 saying dum of understanding” it would give the state information about many of its activities that impact the state Erickson said he believes the April study falls within the guidelines of the memorandum but that state government officials didn’t have it until he Erickson told them it existed Exactly who knew what a J when about the report is diffcult to determine KUTV news reported Tuesday March 14 that an Air Force spokesman said the report hasn’t been given to anyone in Utah including state officials The next day the TV station reported Gov Norm Bangerter’s Chief of Staff Bud Scruggs told them otherwise Scruggs said while he and the governor were unaware of the April report Air Force officials told him that Dr Randy Moon the state’s science advisor had seen it Since Moon was on a family vaca tion out of state at the time and not available for comment Scruggs could not explain why Moon had not appraised the governor of the document "UnSee AF page 3 Wildlife group to form here - 42 - 41 40 1 39 FLOT DOD LAND MUTARY OPERATING AREA (MOA) 1 RESTRICTED AIRSPACE 0UGWAY PROVING GROUND AIRSPACE NORTH 38 NEVADA UTAH LATITUDE 114 115 LCflCTUOE 112 113 Translations the STA area - The southern tip of the UTTR MOA is at Swasey Peak on a parallel latitude with Delta Delta is at latitude 39 degrees 20 minutes longitude 112 degrees 50 minutes It is about 60 miles from Fish Springs Callao is at latitude 39 degrees 90 minutes longitude 113 degrees 50 minutes It is adjacent to the southwest corner of DOD airspace Callao is 20 miles west of Fish Springs on the same latitude The conceptual diagrams shown here are not necessarily to scale They also may not necessarily reflect the current Air Force plan - The final plan for the ECTC on the UTTR will appear in the draft EIS the DOD will release in June These charts are reproduced from the April 12 1988 “Edition 10” of the Air Force draft "Description of Proposed Action and Alternatives” for the Electronic Combat Test Capability (ECTC) at the Utah Test and Training Range (UTTR) Here is a translation of terms used in the chart and some explanations: - “Red”: the mock bad guys - “Blue”: the good guys - AWACS: airborne warning and control systems - NM: nautical mile DOD: Department of Defense - STA: strategic threat areas - FLOT: Front Line of Troops - MOA: Military Operating Area The 100 by 100 foot concrete “threat site” will be located within the FLOT area Others will be located in - - CONCEPT LANDAIRSPACE - "RED" AVACS RANGE AIRSPACE 40 NM GROUND SPACE 10 k NM A J) 35NM wSTA' 200 TO SO NM 3C0 & MM 130 NM t 'Wt V : FLOT 15X10 k NM "RED" AlR ITEREATS" 15 t NM NM r f ' "BLUE" TEST AIRCRAFT - Roger left and Killpack Tina Nielson Delta businesses get ‘in’ with IPP lntermountam Power Service Cor- poration officials and representatives of the Delta Area Chamber of Commerce have met to discuss ways local businesses can increase sales to IPSC Chamber spokesman Roger Killpack said local business owners and merchants toured the power plant operated by IPSC in early March and met with the company’s buyers the people who purchase goods and services used at IPP About 15 local merchants took which included the IPP the tour warehouse “I think it was a very good thing for the local businesses to go out there and do that” Killpack said “It was a very positive meeting We learned some think you’ll see that there’ll things be some buying from local businesses from them Perhaps some of the local business owners will understand some of the procedures they need to go through and things that they can do to capture a share of that market” A list of goods and services used at the power plant north of Delta is available from the Chamber office as well as a list of the IPSC buyers “Those people will be more than willing to help you on anything that you need to do as far as bidding goes” told Chamber Killpack recently members Oak City woman assaulted Sheriff’s The Millard County Department is looking for the person or persons who assaulted an Oak City m her home weekend woman this Sheriff Ed Phillips said Lavern Anderson 59 was “seriously assaulted at her residence during the early hours of March 18” Anderson is listed in serious but condition stable at Utah Valley Hospital in Provo She was moved from intensive care Sunday evening and is expected to recover Investigators have ruled out robbery as a motive m the attack “There’s nothing missing from the house” Phillips said “There hasn't been any It appears 10 us that the ransacking perpetrator just entered the home and went directly to her bedroom in the upstairs portion of the house BasRal-lthe assault took place m' ere” object” Phillips said a "smal’ was probably used b’ weapon has been recovered The assault was most likely commit ted by one person Phillips said “But it’s always possible there could have been more than one ” Phillips said Anderson is lucky to be alive “She’s just very fortunate both from our opinion and the surgeon who worked on her to be alive” he said “We could just as easily have had a homicide here” Investigators are looking for anyone who might have heard or seen anything unusual in the neighborhood between am and 3 am Saturday "Beyond that if anybody has uny thoughts or ideas about it at all” Phillips said we would like to “however know about it If anybody has any apprehensions about talking with us we’ll just guarantee total anonymity’’ The attack was not committed by a transient Phillips said “We’re convinced that it’s local” he said “This was just a vicious vicious attack” he said “We’re looking at a very serious problem here” State water plan discussed here m Ken Rand ncld in Delta A public meetin et comment Mart Thursday ue water plan pn the draft of t The informal meeting held in the auditorium of Delta High School was one of 16 scheduled in towns across the state About a dozen people attended The final meeting will be held in Wednesday April 5 The comments heard at the meeting plus written comments received by will be used m preparing a 20 April final version of the plan Public hearings will then be scheduled The plan was written by the State Water Plan Coordinating Committee for the Board of Water Resources The committee was formed in April 1986 It consists of 11 state agencies with missions Input was also provided by 20 other state and federal agencies and local advisory groups around the state The thick public review draft plan was completed in January Director of the Larry Anderson State Division of Water Resources said purpose of the plan is to help coordinate activities of local state and federal water agencies The forward to the draft read "Within its broad responsibility to enhance the quality of life and general welfare the state has the specific obligation to plan for and encourage the use of its resources m a manner that will best serve the physical and social needs of the environmental people of Utah” The plan will allow for revisions “to address changing social political economic and environmental ” It will be in a looveleai binder Everyone involved m writing the plan did not always agree or many ol its points officials sa The plan is a consensus produced by compromise on wrote The Board the acknowledgement page ot the draft “In this State Water Plan the Board reserves the right to consider each water project on us own merits and may authorize a project that does not meet all the requirements of this plan The State Water Plan is recognized as a blueprint or a guide not cast in stone which is especially needed at tins time to allow prudent water development to continue ” The plan was described as “flexible yet comprehensive” Send written comments on the plan to Division of Water Resources 1636 West North Temple Salt Lake City Utah 84116 Deadline for written comments is April 20 parameter fey Kea Rand Outdoor enthusiasts met in Delta Wednesday March 15 to begin forming the W est Millard W ildlde Conservation Association More than a dozen people attended the meeting held at the West Central Utah Vocational C enter Organizer Shane Wood began the meeting by briefly discussing the need for the group “It’s a oigamzaton to basically improve the habitat lor the wildlife in the area” he said “What I'd like to see is a group of sportsmen who are actually conscientious about the needs ol wildlife in the area and who are willing to participate and donate some The gr oup ill be at f dialed uh the Wildlife Utah and National I ederations A similar group alreadv exists m Fillmore “But we have different than Iillmore” Wood said “and we felt it would be a little easier for our peopit tc meet in Delta rather than going to Iillmore ” Wood said he believes the biggest challenge facing wildlife today is loss of habitat According to the proposed constitution the gioup’s objcct’ves will be “— To encourage protection and restoration of waters wddlde lorest and field tosaleguaid publu health by eliminating stream and lake pollution to discourage unwise drainage and seek land and water use in the broad public and improve to nurture interest wildlite stocks as well as to rehabilitate and restoie fish and wildlife enviionment To seek more intensive education ot the whole public youth and adult in a concept of resource conservation as vital to our wav ol lite and its preservation emphasizing the parallel between economic prosperity and the maintenance ot an adequate resource backlog seek legislation ot high conservation merit designed to end methods and agencies destructive to natural resources and to encouruge the institution of methods and agencies which seek to replenish and renew a sound resources econonn To cooperate closely with CounFederal and private agencies ty State of resources management toward the end of improving the whole natural resources picture - To develop and constantlv prove a statwide long range program designed to stimulate and encourage greater public interest in resource management -- To promote the highest standards ot sportsmanship and to strengthen - - tar mer stockman sports man understanding To develop greater outdoor opportunity tor all as essential to character building and to the peoples spiritual and phvsual development - To promote organizations ot cits counts and regional communi'v terests in Utah having like aims giving them aid and counsel in resolving ’’ problems on the community level State Division ot W ildlilc Resources conservation officer Davit Smith made a tew comments at the request ot Wood Snath said the proposed organization would provide "strong voval support” to conservation eftorts He said otiiet groups are going to - See WILDLIFE page 2 Public notices Ten public notices are in this issue beginning on page 2 are notices to water users 4 are trustee sales - One is a Sheriff’s sale One is an announcement of vacancies in the School District The JTPA program is up for public review Catering bids are being accepted tor the Millard County Jr Livestock Show Shane Wood Parents I he water has been turned to the irrigation canals Please watch vour children closels' |