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Show Letter to the Editor Thursday, June 24, 1982 - Page 3 Engineer Protests Newspaper Editorial amount of water. The American Fork River is not large enough to handle a spill from the enlarged canal. How many children might be playing along the banks of the river if it flooded -- because 700 or 800 cubic feet per second of water would put the American Fork River through the City of American Fork above flood stage instantly. Such erroneous insinuations are damaging, false and libelous. Yours truly, Harvey L. Hutchinson Alpine let my neighbor and fellow citizens know the pros and cons of both sides, although as I have said, I no longer have a professional or private in-terest in the pipeline. 3. When I was employed at the Central Utah Water Conservancy District, I know for a fact that their figures and motives have been current, open and legal. The facts used to arrive at my conclusions were from studies over the last 70 years developed by irrigation companies, cities, Central Utah Water Con-servancy District, State of Utah, and the Bureau of Reclamation, etc. Alternatives were discussed and it was found that the safest way to operate the water conveyance while protecting the water rights of all concerned was the pipeline. The pipeline can be shut down and emp-tied into the Provo River on five minutes notice in case of an ear-thquake or accident. The Provo River is large enough to handle such a large of Utah County and State of Utah court decrees and laws concerning water rights. I have used all available records of water deliveries and seismic activities for the last 100 years. I have used the most methods of earthquake engineering being used by Alaska, California, U.S.S.R., China, the United States, and Japan who is the most ex-perienced in this area of engineering. I am currently a member of the National Science Foundation's Earthquake Mitigation Sub-committee. My responsibility on that committee is to review earthquake engineering from all sources in the world and make recommendations which eventually end up in the U.S. building codes and federal regulations and policies. I feel this position has helped qualify me to make judgements in designing projects of this size and magnitude. Knowledge of such ramifications makes it my moral duty as a citizen to Dear Editor: I am writing in regard to the Comment Section published in the American Fork Citizen May 27, 1982. In this section, you made several inaccurate statements about me and my former employer. They areas follows: 1. You stated, "Alpine engineer Harvey Hutchinson has been lobbying long and hard behind the scenes to protect what some say is his pet project." The CUP proposed pipelines through North Utah County are not my "pet project." I no longer work for the Central Utah Water Con-servancy District. When I changed jobs a year ago, I left the CUWCD 's projects behind me, both professionally and privately. My only current interest is as a resident of the city of Alpine and North Utah County. As a professional engineer, I un-derstand the ramifications and outcomes of both projected plans. I have also not been "lobbying long and hard" for the pipeline. My goal, both in my discussions with others and in the article I wrote for the 'Citizen' (November, 1981) is to have both sides of the issue publicized equally and fairly. I feel that the 'Citizen' has been one-side- d in reporting the issues and am interested in seeing both sides fairly represented. It is this type of biased reporting that has led me to question and investigate the open-ness, fairness, and legality of the methods used by the cities involved. Once again, my goal is that there be a full and open disclosure of both alternatives. 2. You also stated, "Using his own figures, Hutchinson says the canal is no good." At no time have I said the canal is no good. The canal can work, however, it will not allow the people using it to have as much flexibility, protection of water rights, safety, and reliability as the pipeline would. I have not come to this conclusion by "using my own figures." I have ob-tained this opinion through research From the Front CUP Continued from front page Ron Madsen and Holly Hicks, members of Hatch's Utah staff, listened to a plea for help from north Utah County mayors who want Hatch to get involved in settling a dispute over whether the aqueduct system should be built at all. The mayors, operating as the Timpanogos Planning and Water Management Agency, have proposed a plan to run all CUP water in a single conduit -- an improved Murdock Canal. Wayne Hillier, head of Provo's Metropolitan Water District, said a single conveyance system is far superior to dual aqueducts, which "would cut up north Utah County cities like a stick of baloney." Hatch has thus far stayed away from the controversy, claiming it is not the role of a federal representative to help settle what he says is "a local issue" -- - a change from his position in 1979 when, in letters to Pleasant Grove Mayor W. Cornell Haynie, he listed criteria that would have to be met to earn his support. Now the Timpanogos Agency says it has more than met Hatch's own criteria, and mayors want him to take action. But Madsen said there's not much Hatch can do anyway. Members of the Agency disagreed, however, and provided Madsen with a written list of six specific requests to the senator. Among the requests are : --that Hatch justify his efforts to secure federal funding for a project that has no secured water "as required by Reclamation Law and CUWCD requirements. ' ' --that Hatch direct the federal Bureau of Reclamation to return to an attitude of cooperation. --that Hatch demand that Reclamation restore power costs associated with the Provo River to its criteria comparing water conveyance alternatives. Timpanogos officials say the power comparisons were deleted. --that Hatch "inform us specifically why he will not support us, since we have met all the criteria" outlined by Hatch in a December 5, 1979 letter to Pleasant Grove. According to Madsen, "The senator does not want to get in-volved if it's going to hurt you, and in his opinion it may very well hurt you by not getting the issues resolved on the level at which they should be resolved. ' ' Madsen says Hatch's position is that the aqueduct dispute and problems with state agencies such as CUWCD should be settled by state officials. He said any statement Hatch might make at all would be viewed as politically motivated since he is up for re-election. Mad.jsen would not commit to any public statement on the issue from Hatch. Responding to Madsen's often-repeate- d question, 'How could Senator Hatch best help you today,' American Fork Mayor Malcolm Beck said, "He could straighten up the Bureau of Reclamation." "For the last two months we've been stonewalled by the Bureau of Reclamation," said Beck. "Because of the way government operates, we know - being in politics as long as some of us have - what Senator Hatch can do. I don't agree that Hatch can't become involved in certain things. Because of the political nature of this problem I think he can . " Newspapers to Publish Early The American Fork Citizen, Lehi Free Press and Pleasant Grove Review will be published Wednesday, July 7 instead of the usual Thursday publication day. 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