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Show Sm 4A Tuesday February 19, 2002 MvccS Guest column Urges citizens to report illegal dumping By MARILYN directly into the soil, as if our lands were their HARBER Guest columnist private garbage disposal. If you are a witness to the illegal practice know or people in our community who do this, contact the Utah Division of Water can you I, along with many other Carbon residents, use the land surrounding Price, our county land, for recreational use. Many citizens enjoy biking, walking, crosscountry skiing, four wheeling, running their dogs, or just taking the family for a drive amidst our scenic hills and cliffs. Last Sunday while walking east of 800 North on a short dirt road that leads to a gas well in the Price area, I found an illegal dump site. The site I found is, unfortunately, one of many illegal dumps created by some Ideal idiots. Sound offensive? The filthy mattress and the ripped up sofas dumped on an otherwise pretty stretch of road are equally offensive. On the same road, closer to town, some of our citizens have dumped tables, old stereos and washing machines. The discarded household items are now bullet riddled and speak volumes of how a few local residents disrespect our land, their neighbors and the community in which we live. Another site features dozens of oil bottles, from idiots who drain their car and truck oil Quality. The the state agency is interested prosecuting who commit the federal of- individuals plate number or description of the vehicle and the person illegally dumping. Pay special attention at night Dumpers know that what they are doing is wrong and often dump their garbage under cover of darkness If you catch IDIOTS in the act or know of a specific dumping crime, contact the sheriffs fense. department Other illegal dumpers have abandoned yard bags filled with deer or elk carcasses on the roadside, which encased in plastic will not The Carbon County landfill, the place to legally dump trash, is open seven days a week. decay. Computers, dirty diapers, bags full of car parts, tires, tree clippings, fast food containers and plastic horse dung also litter Carbon County's land. The number of illegal dump sites discovered in Carbon County are far too many to mention. The Carbon County Sheriffs Office indi- cates that illegal dumping is a crime punish- able by a fine. The sheriff department wants to catch illegal dumpers. The county law enforcement agency needs information from citizens to do so. Call the sheriff department with law-abidi- ng a license . SMEQFIKUMOII Yes, the county landfill is open daily so there is no excuse for illegal dumping. The landfill is free to all Carbon County residents. Hours are from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. the week, the landfill is open on Saturday and, yes, on Sunday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. The landfill is three minutes from Price on Airport Road just east of the Animal Hospital and on the left. Especially in light of the events of Sept 11, 2001, let's demonstrate pride in our country, our community and respect for our neighbors. Pride, freedom and a great place to live, If you work through begin in our own backyard. Guest eolsnu Letters Question San Rafael monument proposal By BRIAN HAWTHORNE dangered. Utah Shared Access Alliance was revealed that the whole thing was nothing more than a political stunt done in an Section year to curry political favor with voters in California, Arizona and Colorado. Political stunts in and of themselves aren't Believe it or not, I'm a big fan of the Antiqui-tj- es act Realizing in 1906 that the United States Congress was sometimes slow and imprecise when doing certain things, federal lawmakers egated a portion of their authority over public lands to the president del- The action gave the president the ability to protect objects of historic or scientific importance that were in some sort of eminent danger. Probably sounded reasonable then and it still does, at least to me. So, why am I opposed to Gov. Mike Leavitt's proposed new San Rafael National Monument? Because it goes far beyond what Congress authorized a president to do in designating a national monument The Antiquities Act was narrowly written in terms of what a president cad do and in teims of must be done. The limitations are particularly important cause the U.S. Constitution gave Congress how it beex- clusive power over public lands. Without the specific limitations, the Antiquities Act would have been unconstitutional. Congress cannot simply delegate to the president all of its responsibility regarding public lands unless it violates the Delegation Doctrine. That is why, although a fan of the Antiquities Act I was outraged when President Bill Clinton stood on the rim of the Grand Canyon and declared that 17 million acres of Utah was needed to protect various objects of scientific impor- tance. Everyone, including Clinton's staff, knew it wasn't true, that the objects were not realty en necessarily outrageous or illegal. They happen all the time. Presidents aren't the only politicians who make announcements of grand public works projects at politically convenient times and locations. Its the American way,. the political stunt was so outrawas that it was an obvious abuse of the geous letter and intent of the law. Made all the more The reason outrageous to Utahns because we have seen the maninidatinn rjf OUr DllbiC lands fOT political win IINilrlflnllllVIl BpiMI before, and we dont like it and unique culture areas are important to The small communities that exist in our rural ui must have management that strikes the proper balance between protection and conservation with access to and use of resources. Sticking to the letter and intent of public land management law is vital to a state that is more We federal land. Without the strong adherence to laws and regulations, our lives and livelihoods suffer at the whims of politicians too far removed from than valuable as any other, is at risk. In local officials have asked for monument designation. I sympathize with Emeiy County and rural two-thir- ds impacting local area Editor communities all over the west The threat is real in Utah. The . Ui. Bureau of Land Management is in the process of nearly doubling the amount of wilderness study areas and is under pressure to drastically reduce grazing and oil and gas development Wilderness advocacy groups have announced the intent end all logging, grazing, oil and gas development and any other human use of public lands recreation will not escape and, of those vehicles have course, nasty to got go. This is why sticking to the letter and intent of public land law is so important to Utah. Developed Significant and fundamental questions must be answered before the governors proposal moves forward. The Antiquities Act does not authorize a president to reserve land as a national monument simply for the sake of changing an existing management plan, even if the local resident request that he do so. iM leoerai sex oray aumonzos ins wimorawai of land the Omits of which, in all cases, shall be 1 the unique circumstances and changing conditions of the lands they rule. This is exactly the problem that the elected leaders of Emery County face today. confirmed to the smallest area compatible with the proper care and management of the objects to be protected." constant threat of excessive wilderness designation, restrictive policies and abuses of agenda driven bureaucrats are threatening the character of their communities. Emery County's culture, no less unique or acknowledge there probably are some objectsof historic and scientific interest that may justify monument designation in the Swell, no credible The While editor representation on their part. Mayor Bill Welch, Century Cafe owners John and Sylvia Platis, Sam Rylor of Moab and Helen Oliveto Smith were the wmmiHM that nt- tempted to rally enough support for Highway 6 as the freeway to Spanish Folk. Be as it may, the highway bypassed Price 'and the eastern U.SA had a shortcut to Las Vegas "through a section of ' . Utah. in benefits the Compare money and travel if the highway would have font through Price to SpanishFoxk instead to Utah. The moral of the story should get involved in decisions that affect their lives. That freeway could have been to Spanish Fork via Price Canyon. Stresses becoming involved in decisions i Later, it to the As a subscriber to the Sun Advocate for many years and reading the many articles about the most dangerous highway in the United States, I ask: Where were the protestors in the 1950s when U.S. 6 could have been to connect with Interstate IS at Spanish Fork? I-- 70 un-touc- he yde Construction was going to be the road builder. His brother was governor of Utah. An energy boom was going on in Carbon and Emery counties. There were construction of power plants and a coal production boom was ongoing. Being in the restaurant busi- said. . ness in Price and concerned about Endugh John Platis the benefits of tourist traffic in ' Price our area, I supported having come through Price and connect Winders at Spanish Fork to Ws had a good chance for that ignores Castle Whey 1-- why Utah 1-- designation, especially with backing from local business people. With backing, we may have got the Utah Department of Ransportation engineer to side Editor. Carbon and Emery County were left out again. The 2002 Olympics torcji passed us by and this just goes to prove that we don't belong to the ! state of Utah. millions The of dollars in taxes and other moniesWe pay to (Continued on page 5A) . with us. Most motels were at 90 percent occupancy due to the energy boom. 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