Show v GD Serving Utah’s Great Pahvant Valley Delta Utah $1500 in out of county 6 month $800 tnd $900 (In Advanca) Copy & 7 (y f IJS PS 50t Vol 77 No Jill) 10 1986 Fillmore water project underway Landfill Regulations Times: Satellite dump sites: open 24 hrs every day Sanitary Landfill: open 10 am to 6 pm Monday through Saturday days and holidays Closed Sun- Dumping restrictions Satellite bins: all types of residential and commercial waste such as household garbage leaves and grass clippings appliances (stoves refrigerators water heaters etc) tires tree limbs (shorter than 6 feet) bailing wire and twine etc Sanitary Landfill: Bulky waste such as construciton debris dead animals fill dirt etc or large volumes of waste which would comprise more than a pickup or small trailer load Note: A bulky waste site is located at the Fillmore satellite dump site only Fillmoe culinary water improvement project Johansen and Son contractors from Mt Pleasant Utah are doing the job for a bid of $987581 well under th estimated project cost of down water main lines on several streets and the installing of residential service lines which in many places up to 70 years old The project is being funded entirely by state funds Feds want response on grasshopper spraying program County employee examines gar- bage bin damaged by fire at the Hinckley satellite dump site Of- - ficials estimate it will take some $1000 to repair and are offering a reward for information leading to conviction of firestaters Officials offer reward for information Hinckley garbage bin damaged by fire Fire damaged a trash bin at the Hinckley solid waste site last week and county officials are offering a $500 reward for any information leading to a conviction of the firestarters garbage bin Damage to the is estimated at about $1000 County Administrator Robyn Pearson said that is worse fire thing that just about the could happen at the new dump sites which have been open since June 16 “The new Sanitary Landfill System is working well” the administrator said “Though we have had a few problems the fire in the bin is the worst thing to happen” County officials are hoping the public will be alert for people setting illegal fires and report any suspicious activity at the new dumps Other minor problems reported at the new sites are dumping garbage on the approach ramps or failing to get the garbage into the bins and dumping of wrong material at the dump sites (see list of dumping regulations this page) The county warns that anyone caught violating the regulations of the new dump site will be prosecuted under the law 10 June of US Department Agriculture officials are asking the public for comments on its grasshopper control program for next year Bert W Hawkins administrator of USDA’s Animal and Plant Health fection Service said that the department will consider these comments in preparing a new environmental impact for the 1987 Rangeland statement Grasshopper Cooperative Management Program Hawkins said that before the new statement is written the public and federal state and local agencies will be given the opportunity to identify and discuss significant issues affecting next He said program year’s treatment public meetings will be held on July 8 in Denver Colorado 1986 and on Juin Boise Idaho ly 10 1986 According to Hawkins the new impact statement will address the effect on the environment of several treatment alternatives and the rationale for He said the the preferred alternative treatment alternative chosen by APHIS for 1986 was “integrated pest management” which included the use of pesticides as well as Nosema locustae a protozoan used as a biological agent to control grasshoppers and Mormon crickets As APHIS representative will preside at the meetings and comments will be taken concerning any relevant issues that need to be discussed in the impact statement Persons who wish to speak are requested to register with the presiding officer before the meeting However any other person who decides to speak at the meeting may do so after registered speakers have been heard Written comments are also welcome The public meetings will be held from 9:30 am to 4:00 pm (registration starts at 9:00 am) local time and will be held at the following locations: in Auditorium 1986 1) on July 8 Denver Federal Center Building 25 6th and Kipling Denver Colorado and 2) on July 10 1986 in Room 523 Federal Building 550 West Tort Street Boise Idaho APHIS works with western states federal land managers and landowners to control grasshoppers and Mormon crickets on federal state and private land The agency and its cooperators carry out surveys to determine where economically damaging infestations are likely to occur and upon request conducts treatments to control them Last year 139 million acres in 17 western states were treated at a cost of $215 million Notice of the public meetings was June 6 in the Federal published Register Wiitten comments concerning issues affecting the development ol the environmental impact statement may be sent by July 11 to Charles H Bare Field Operations Support Staff Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Room 663 Federal Building Road 6505 Belcrest Hyattsville Maryland 20782 Comments should state that they are in response to docket number Resources and another $550000 from the Community Impact Board These funds are to be repaid over a period without interest New Delta speed limits to be enforced New loweted speed limits on the east end of Mam Stieet in Delta and or Highway 650 in north Delta were stalled this week by the Utah Stats Department of Transposition The speed limit was lowered fiom 55 mph to 40 mph in those designated areas due to increased traffic congestion Delta City Police Depuiiment conducted tralfic sut evs Monday and Tuesday and then began issuing warnings to speeding motorists They said that begimng next week Monday July 14 police will be giving tickets to all dnveis not complying with the new loweted speed limit Police probe death in Holden fire A Holden woman was found dead inside a burned house last week but officials were unable to determine the cause of death Merla Stephenson 61 was appaient-lin the Holden home when it caught fire Wednesday July 2 lire Departments from Fillmore and Holden responded to the blaze which destioyed the residence According to the Millaid County is Sheulf’s office an investigation to determine if Mrs underway Stephenson was killed by the fue or if she died from some other cause before the fire started The Utah State ue Marshal is also investigating the tne and death Highways sections to be widened and improved north from Delta 5230 Important sections of highway between Delta and Nephi (in- - dicated by crossed areas of map) be widened and and resurfac- - will ed due to increased eonjestion traffic Road from Delta lo Lynndyl Increased traffic has created a need to widen and improve SR 650 from Delta to the Brushwellman Road (the 1PP turnoff) State officials said this week that 105 miles of the highway inside Delta City will be widened to accommodate four traffic lanes plus a median From the Delta City limns north to the Brush Wellman Road (the IPP turnoff) the road will be widened from its current 28 feet to 40 feet which will accommodate two traffic lanes with t paved shoulders The entire section of highway will be resurfaced for additional strength to handle the increased traffic into IPP and to extend the life of the road Work is expected to extend into the fall and considerable traffic terference is expected Cost of the project was bid at $221 1136 by Staker Paving and Construction Company Inc of Salt Lake City Road east from leamington Portions of the busy section of road between Feamington and Nephi (SR 132) will be widened and repaved according to slate officials The narrow winding road from Leamington to the Sevier River is in bad shape and deteriorating The new project involves widening the road t on each side and paving that inches of area with widened newly The contractor will then pavement place four more inches of pavement over the entire road in the project area Work w ill also be done on extending the ends of pipes wlikh cross beneath the road and installing additional pipes for improved drainage The project will take until the fall to complete and will cause major traffic interference and at times only traffic will be allowed through the construction area Work has already been done on previous contracts to widen and improve the road on either side of this project Cost the project was bid at Staker Paving and ConCompany Inc ol Salt I ake of $1134292 by struction City |