Show jwiffrWiw-r- - - vm Big Huntington Power Plant Begins Moab Church Youth to Attend World Meet Adds Power Production Operations million essential of protection system raw iniThe SI 29 tial unit of Utah Power and Light Co’s Hunting-to- n Plant that began commercial operation in July 0 adds an additional kilowatts to the company’s generating capability to meet the increasing demand for el430-00- ectricity Just so that one may 0 grasp the impact of kilowatts — that’s enough electricity to supply two cities the sie of 430-00- Ogden Utah or two heavy industrial loads likeKen-ncco- tt Copper's Utah operation With the addition of the Huntington unit the utility’s generating capability totals 1795-00- 0 inkilowatts crease of 124 percent over that of ten years an ago Commercial operation of the unit came sunict months after the first fires were lighted in the 231 foot high boiler for steam system tests "You just don’t press a button and expect $129 million worth of techni-- cal equipment to start right off the bat’’ says Gordon Newbold plant superintendent "There are for instance 190 control systems which have to be thoroughly checked before the turbine generator unit is even rolled" Mr New-bold- ’s list of check-o- ut systems included the following examples: fire B2 Thursday July two ability river water treatment ingredients coal and wasystem for use in cooling ter and boiler makeup water The coal that fuels the pump and fan bearing UP&L unit is very desirable for burning in a cooling water system cooling tower system in- power plant having low pumps cluding pipes sulphur content (05 perfans and motors coal recent) relatively low in ceiving and conveyor fa- ash content and high in cilities from storage to Btu content The mine plant boiler bottom and supplying coal to the plant fly ash from the electrois underground and lostatic precipitator igni- cated in Deer Creek Cantion system that lights yon -- - approximately two the main boiler burners miles from the plant site automatic data gathering The coal is transported equipment that checks on via a covered conveyor more than 500 critical to s real pile the active pieces of plant equipment portion of which is covand the computer that ered with a roof to conuses data to make mathe- trol dust Water sprays matical calculations necare used at all transfer essary for plant opera- points also part of dust tion "It takes hard work control and the coal pile and patience sometimes and conveyor are hidden pushing people to get a from the road passing the plant into operation’' plan! The caei 9 "imActually testing some plied by Peabody Coal of the systems began one Co The plant’s first unit will require 12 million year ago while construction was at its height Mr tons of coal during norNewbold said mal operation Water is supplied from Cleaning of 120 miles of water and steam tubthe Huntington Creek and ing (imagine what a bolt from Cottonwood Creek or some other foreign by water rights exchange material would do to turTo provide water in dry bine blades traveling at years unused water is 3600 revolutions per stored in Electric Lake minute) was completed formed by a UP&L dam before the first "roll” 18 miles upstream from of the turbine on May 18 the plant In addition to Huntington Plant is losupplying makeup and cated northwest of the service water for the community of Huntington plant the $9 million dam and 28 miles from Price will utlimately back up a The plant site was selectlake ofed because of the avail - fering recreational facilities to residents and 25 1974 visitors to the area ' Company officials emphasized that no major step was taken in the deELECTRIC sign and construction of the Huntington Plant withCOMPANY out considering environmental impact The initial unit incorporates an electrostatic precipitator designed to & remove 995 percent of the particulates Hunting-to- n Plant will utilize cooling towers thus avoiding the return of any heated water to the stream but rather utilized on the site Steele-259-7Ren 273 or evaporated from ponds 30000-acre-fo- ot IMS REPAIR s SERVICE COMMERCIAL RESIDENTIAL Sherrill Tuft-259-- 7250 The company The Eighth Baptist Youth World Conference will be held July 31 -August 4 in Portland Oregon Eleven high school students and two sponsors from the Moab Community Church will be attending Young people from many countries will share their experiences as Bapand as Christians tists The number of young people between the ages of 16 and 25 and their sponsors that are expected to attend the conference are 8000 to 10000 This is the first time that it has been held in the United States One of the projects of the youth will be to spon- This 30000 acre-folake near the top of Huntington Creek s implies water for Utah Power & Light’s Huntington generating station The lake will offer recreational opportunities The tower in the center of the picture discharges water to Huntington Creek ot explained that ash is taken from the plant to a remote draw aiid covered with earn Th uiW ked to prevent leaching from the ask to the surrounding area officials Company ex- - Oil-G- as an-plan- ed that four major studies have been conducted by independent scientists and engineers and the evaluation of the effect of the plant oper- ation on all aspects of the area will be contin- The studies include: -- A University of Utah that considers the effect of plant oper- ation on existing vegeta- tion and animal life Brigham Young University study that con- siders the effect of plant on aquatic or- in the surround-- 1 foundation contains 391) ing area tons of reinforcing steel —A North American and 4290 cubic yards of Weather Consultants concrete The stack it- study conducting a met- - self is comprised of two eorological data collec- - elements apart from one tion Program another: one structure is The Division of Wild- brick and contains 800- life Resources of Utah 000 bricks and the other study carrying out a re- i concrete etructure search project concern- containing 3424 cubic ing the physiological ef- yards of concrete andap- fects to deer and small prpximately 150 tons of mammals in the area reinforcing rteell After four years enUP&L envisions the gineering and planning plant to eventually have actual construction on four units each unit in Huntington’s initial unit the 400000 - kilowatt further began in March of 1971 class The company has During peak construc- already announced plans tion employment at the to construct the second site reached 984 men unit for completion in 7 The number of employees needed to run the initial Power from Huntington unit is 44 men will be delivered to UP&L The plant rests on a load centers by connectconcrete steel rein- ing the Huntington Plant forced pad ranging in to the company’s highest thickness from 4 to 27 voltage transmission line feet The mat contains a 345000-vo- lt transmis16250 cubic yards of con- sion line stretching 368 crete and is laced miles from near Salt Lake corn-progra- --- A the West African country of Zaire Another project is to buy coconut trees lor some needy fa- m s fe bottles serving meals at the church etc Others helped them by having a bake sale a reau processing A single milies in India Hie pur- - white elephant luncheon of these projects is and donations A car card will replace the for- pose to demonstrate the youths wash was due mer three-pa- rt card concern and the strength to the town’s water short"The rate of filings in of a vast force of Chris age program has risen tian young people ' nationwide from 650000 The convention pro' OFFICE SUPPLIES -The the 1973 with fiscal Times will a during begin Independent gram year to 1300000 during dramatic musical of the A the 1974 fiscal year world premiere "The Common Cup" Another Howard said "About Southeast n of those filings took highlight will be the InUtah's Largest place last year in Utah” ternational market place where everyone will swap After August 1 1974 something from their applicants for oil and gas country for something DEALER leases under the simul- from another country taneous oil and gas leas- Mrs Jacque Gelo from ing procedures (43 CFR the Canyonlands "Press one ' Trading 3112) must use a revised Post is button transistor furnishing the one-pa- rt drawing entry group from Moab with which TVs" card bears Bureau' swap items of Land Management form native The major focus of the number 3112-- 1 dated May conference will be small 1974 The former three-pa- rt and person - to groups card with the same AiC number dated July 1973 al°in®!ude will not be accepted Use of the obsolete formatter th leases The Department of the Interior’s Bureau ofLand has Management nounced a change in its simultaneous oil and gas lease filing procedures Effective August 1 there will be new forms to be used by applicants in drawings for leases to be issued in ing areas No change is being made in the petitive leasing program for producing areas paul L Howard BLM director for Utah said the card change will reduce paperwork for all persons involved and speed Laurie Newell Shaunna Newell Vickie Orr Karl Pratt and sponsors Florence Hilton and Jean Rad-difThe group will be staying in a dorm at the University of Portland They will travel by Chartered T railways Bus Two buses will leave Denver and one of the buses will in Moab Those stop aboard will spend the night in private homes and they will leave for Portland the next morning along with the group from hoi- - This bus will meet the other bus at Twin Falls Idaho The youth helped to raise money for this trip by hiring themselves on a u nu various sor an "Oasis" relief project for relieving th parched thirsty area of types of jobs collecting BUH Changes Filing Rules on ell Jim Nelson pop by-pass- ed 46-0- 00 motorola 1 August result in will forfeiture of the offer- or' WOJlllng tee New cards are available now at the BLM Utah State office in Room 8103 of the salt Lake Federal TSXl nnH the world and an Inter- national Choir The group will visitthe World’s Fair in Spokane Washington on Building the return trip Those attending from All other requirements as to filing remain in ef- Moab will be Cindy Andfect and must be com- erson Pam Garlett Becplied with when using the ky Hayes Lynda Hilton new card Howard said Lori Merrill Jim Mitch - 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