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Show Volume Ninety Tooele, Utah Thursday, May 16, 1983 T our Alarm Boosts Image OfCAMBS by David Bern The Armys effort to prove that Agent Munition Disposal System is lete Tuesday. Despite an alarm that prompted immediate evacuation of 42 community representatives touring the Army is presently studying what to do with the rockets (some 476,000 of them) that have been labeled "no longer of any value. The study includes three alternatives, the first leaving the rockets safe got an unexpected boost facility, several representatives indicated during a press conference the incident did not produce nega- alarm. Another said the alarm proved high standards of safety at the plant. One representative echoed, "It went off. So what? It proved that it works. However, when the representatives were asked by the media if they thought their respective communities would welcome a similar facility in or near their town to chemical rockets, destroy M-5- 5 none spoke openly in favor of it. But after the press conference, several said privately that a CAMDS in their communities would likely not face opposition. One said a CAMDS in his Alabama hometown would be far safer than several industries already in opera- tion there. from near the Lexington Bluegrass Depot Activity which stores a good portion of the nations obsolete chemical rocket stockpile told the Army and TAD officials they were impressed with CAMDS, but were not favorable to having a M-5- 5 similar facility in Kentucky. Tuesdays tour of CAMDS involving representatives from Oregon, Alabama, Arkansas, Utah and some from Kentucky, is part of the Armys effort to educate communi- ties with depot activities about CAMDS chemical rockets. The opposition. Mayor Don Eppenback from Irrigon, Oregon and Jack Smith, chamber of commerce president for Pine Bluff, Arkansas, offered that opinion following a press conference. Both community leaders toured CAMDS with 42 other representa- tives from Oregon, Arkansas, Alabama, Kentucky and Utah on Tuesday. Mayor Eppenback said during an interview with the Transcript-Bulletin- , that his town in eastern Oregon is a bedroom community of 900 inhabitants. Nearby is the Umatilla Depot Activity that stores chemical rockets. M-5- 5 From that investigation, Dr. Frawley says a good exchange of technical ideas were shared that netted a permanent solution. "Our objective will be a permanent solution, to put out the coal dust fires so they dont said Dr. Frawley. "We now know what types of chemicals were used out there, he added. "Theres been a lot of confusion about that. But were convinced there are no chemicals there that constitute any health or environmental hazards. Dr. Frawley said that point will be proven to regulatory agencies. As for the plan of action, Dr. Frawley said a plan will be submitted to the state for recommendations within a months time. From there, the plan will be further refined and submitted to regulatory agencies for approval. Dr. Frawley said the plan of acstabilization. Hertion is e cules, Inc. will begin the investigation to determine what needs to be done to stop the coal dust pit fires. He added that tests and soil samples will be taken to determine whether or not any chemicals are involved. He offered an estimate of $100,000 for the stabilization project. (Continued on page five) on-sit- city yield bumper crops while heifers bellow In udder delight? Will anglers travel great distances to stalk the gigantic trout lurking in the depths of the Grantsville Reservoir? Perhaps. Answers to these questions will become more clear within the next decade. The farmland is certainly not utopian at the present and with the lack of cooperation from the Utah Wildlife Resources Dlvlson the idea of fishing has turned to wishing. Nonetheless the work continues on the water development project that will cost more than $8 million. A project that some say is the biggest and best thing to ever hit the community. The Tooele School Board adopted the tentative budget for the upcoming school year Tuesday with provisions for a three mill levy increase. "This is a very austere bud- get, said Superintendent Walden O. Gurney. "We have done nothing but make cuts for four years in the district and there just isnt anything left to cut. Mr. Gurney said without a three mill increase, there would not be any raises for teachers next fall. "The other option is to make staff cuts. If that is done, it will sacrifice the quality of educaton in the district, the superintendent said. The budget is available for public review at the school district central office, 66 West Vine, until June 4. The school board is expected to adopt the budget and the three mill increase at the June 4 meeting. An increase of three mills facility. One question asked during the press conference involved how long it would take TADs CAMDS to demilitarize the nations stockpile if the facility were chosen of to do so. In explanation," one official said percent. A three mill increase would boost the school districts capital outlay budget from 17.5 to 20.5 mills, just one mill shy of the state imposed limit. The owner of $60,000 home in Tooele County would watch his '-- "many, many years and then another said CAMDS would not actually do the destruction process because the facility is only a prototype not designed to do production work. It was said another facility would have to be built that could demilitarize at a much more efficient rate. In answer to questions about if any new CAMDS facilities con- structed elsewhere could be converted for other demilitarization offipurposes other than the cials said, "Yes, they could be M-5- modified." The mayor said the main concern his community would likely express if the Army chose to build a CAMDS at Umatilla would involve water availability. Mayor Eppenback said Irrigon lies in the Cascade Mountain rain shadow and water is a scarce commodity. He said the town relies heavily on a acquifier located beneath a hard basalt rock layer. The mayor also said the area receives about eight inches of precipitation per year. Because of limited water sources, Mayor Eppenback stressed his community would find that probably the only concern not what potential health hazards CAMDS facility would pose to environment. Possible secondary concerns, he (Continued on page five) Irri-gon- 's taxes increase approximately to Tooelfe County Treasurer Grant "Bud Pendle$21, according ton. Resident Heads The project to replace a concrete culvert beneath 6 near 5th South did not meet its May 15 completion date and another two weeks may be needed to get the job done. Because of that, officials must unwantingly maintain a reduced water level In the Settlement Canyon Reservoir. (Photo by David Bern) U-3- Highway 36 Project Delayed The big hole on Highway 36 near Tooeles 5th South has city and irrigation company officials a bit warm under the collar. And its not because of a little traffic congestion either. Wednesday was the contracted completion date for a culvert reThat culplacement beneath vert when finished will carry Settlement Canyon Reservoir overflow into the citys 5th South Flood U-3- Control Project. But construction involving precast and poured concrete was not completed Wednesday, meaning city and irrigation company offi- cials must continue a reduced level in the reservoir. With mountain snowpack quickly dwindling and flooding no longer a concern, the mood is to fill the re- servoir to the top to assure water availability summer. throughout the But because of the culvert replacement, officials have been holding back from filling the reservoir to assure that water will not go voer the spillway and jeopardize UDOTs culvert construction project. A construction crew member said that it appears another two weeks will be needed to finish the job. That news frustrates Mayor George Diehl and Howard Clegg, president of Settlement Canyon Irrigation Company. "They promised the project would be finished on May 15, said Mayor Diehl. "Theyre extremely lucky we did not have any flooding this year." Mayor Diehl added that before May 15, the reservoirs level has been kept around 10 feet below the spill mark. Now he says hes willing to let the level go up, but not all the way to the top. "No, I havent received any pressure from company stockholders to fill the reservoir all the way up, said Mayor Diehl. 'Were not afraid of any repercussions. We know there is plenty of water in the canyon to fill the reservoir, but we would like to fill it all the way now." The mayor added that he no longer wants to see the reservoirs level drained unnecessarily. But in th same breath said UDOTs culvert project cannot be jeopardized. Management of the reservoirs level will continue. Echoing that contention is Howard Clegg, who says the reservoirs level will be held back until the construction project is finished. However, he says the level will be permitted to go up three feet below spill. "I havent received any pressure from stockholders to fill up the reservoir," said Mr. Clegg. "They realize everyone is trying to do their best on this thing. Mr. Clegg admitted that he is frustrated over the culvert pro- jects delay. He said UDOTs choice t conto go withh partial crete culvert and the rest poured has slowed the project. pre-cas- "If they had gone with all pre- cast concrete, the project would have been done by now," emphasized Mr. Clegg. As for water availability throughout the summer, Mr. Clegg said June 10 is historically the peak for high snow runoff in Settlement Canyon. Because of that, filling the reservoir by that time should pose no problem, he says. Water Flows Into Grantsville Reservoir by Mark Watson Will it be the sprinkler systems that make Grantsville famous? Will the parched soil surrounding the Board OKs 3 Mill Hike For Schools would mean an additional $330,000 which could be used to increase teacher salaries three M-5- - ews otes protective masks. The representa- In 2 States, Officials Say facility in their state probably would not face community vania inspected the pit Tuesday. Joining them were state, county and federal EPA officials. Forty-nin- e tives and media were quickly shuttled by bus upwind from the Prototype Welcomed Two community representatives who toured Tooele Army Depots CAMDS Tuesday said a similar A volatile coal dust pit at the Black Hawk Resin Plant will be stabilized by summers end, says a company official. Dr. John P. Frawley, general manager of health and environment for Hercules, Inc., says a plan of action will be determined within a month to eliminate the coal dust pit problem. Two youths were seriously burned in April after falling into the pit. Last week, a multi-millio- n dollar class action suit was filed against current and past property owners by a Salt Lake law firm. Dr. Frawley says that he and two coal fire specialists from Pennsyl- M-5- 5 cuation procedure following the Those reprsentatives 5 Number Cents in storage and doing nothing. Second, transporting the rockets to sites where disposal plants exist or will be constructed, and finally, onsite disposal at each depot that chemical rockets. stores During Tuesdays press conference following the CAMDS tour, representatives asked questions from potential catastrophic events to how much water CAMDS uses per hour. One representative asked that the Army provide a written document to each community detailing why a nerve agent detection alarm triggered during the tour. That alarm, which a TAD official said went off in a filter stack, made everyone within the plant put on tive impressions about CAMDS. In fact, one representative said during the press conference that he was "very pleased with the eva- These opinions contrast sharply against what the Army heard last fall from Kentucky representatives who toured CAMDS. M-5- Twenty-fiv- e Hercules Vows Bauer Cleanup chemical agent demilitarization. Depot activities within or near those communities also store obso- Tooele Army Depots Chemical Cost: Irrigation officials opened intake valves Saturday and water flowed for the first time into the reservoir which has a storage capacity of 3,394 acre feet and will provide water for 3,600 acres which is more than double the amount of land irrigated by the former system. Both North Willow and South Willow streams are piped into the reservoir. The completed earthflll dam is one mile long and 75 feet high and shaped like a horseshoe. Irrigation officials are pleased with the finished product but concerned with vandalism. "People are welcome to go and look at the dam but vandalism should be reported. The bottom Is lined with clay and sand so people should stay off of the bottom," said Grantsville Irrigation Company President Ernie Matthews. He said said Mr. that drive vehicles and other recreational vehicles could tear the bottom apart. very time consuming, Hadfield Irrigation Inc. of Lehi is laying pipe on the southeast side of Grantsville. The system will stretch past State Highway 112 and supply water to farms as far east as Gunderson Acres. A Utah Wildllife Resources Division spokesman said that the sole purpose for the reservoir is irrigation and if the Grantsville group four-whe- The Lehi company is Installing to PVC pipe ranging from 24-inc- h diameter and moving quickly with the project. More questions need to be answered before work can begin on the west side of the city. Irrigation officials need to find out who owns various four-inc- h parcels of land and what those land owners want to do in regards to the irrigation system. "Sometimes two or three people living in different states will own a piece of land. The whole process is Matthews. Oh yeah! Where's the fish? had wanted fishing they would have designed the dam differently. The problem with Grantsville," said the wildlife spokesman, "is that they don't have enough irrigation water In the late summer and fall. The reservoir was designed for water storage only and at times the water level might get too low for the survival of fish. Mr. Matthews feels the bottom line is that the Wildlife Division believes that stocking the Grantsville Reservoir is a poor Investment and that "not enough water is . merely an excuse. "We visited the Wildlife Resources Division three times to ask them to participate in the project. We told them if they would supply $500,000 we would expand the capacity of the reservoir and always leave 400 acre feet of water In the dam, said Mr. Mathews. The State Division balked thinking it an unprofitable venture. They indicatd that people still might not fish the Grantsville waters. Meanwhile the irrigation phase of the project continues. Mr. Matthews said that anyone possessing old stock from the former irrigation companies can take it to Cleo Boyer and have it transferred Into new stock. He said negotiations between owners and new buyers have been active in recent months with a variety of agreements between parties. water-shar- e United Way Daniel L. Pacheco of Tooele has been named campaign division director of the United Way of Great Salt Lake. A 1981 graduate of Tooele high school, Mr. Pacheco has been attending Utah Technical College at Salt Lake, and will graduate with an associate in applied science degree in marketing management on June 6. Stakes Plan Conferences Tooele and Tooele South Stakes will hold their semiannual conferences Saturday and Sunday. Tooele Stake All members and living in the Tooele Stake are invited to attend the general session of stake conference which will be held Sunday at 10 am. at the stake center, 253 So. 2nd East, The conference opens Saturday at 4 p.m. with a priesthood leadership session. Those invited to attend include: bishoprics, high concilors, Aaronic Priesthood advisors, stake and ward clerks and executive secretaries, and all Melchizedek priesthood group and quorum leaders and secretaries. All adults, 18 and over, are invited to attend the 7 p.m. Saturday session. A special youth session of conference will be held Sunday at 8 a.m. at the Tooele Ward building. All youth between the 12 and 18 and their advisors are invited. Tooele South Stake The Tooele South Stake conference will open Saturday at 4 p.m. with the priesthood leadership meeting. All adults are Invited to attend the Saturday 7 p.m. session of conference. The general session of con- ference will be held Sunday at 10 a.m. All meetings will be held in the Tooele South Stake Center, 1025 Southwest Drive. In This Issu3 T.V. WcoWy |