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Show County Okays $35 Million Bonds For Shale Pollution By MARK D. MICKELSEN FARMINGTON Davis County commissioners com-missioners have signed over $35,000,000 in industrial bonds to Chevron for pollution control equipment for a new oil-shale production pro-duction facility in North Salt Lake. MONEY FROM the bonds will be used to fund the cost of air, water and solid waste pollution control mechanisms for the $ 100,000.000 plant, according to E. Jensen, assistant treasurer for Standard Oil of California, Cali-fornia, Other than issuing the bonds. Davis County retains no responsibility for the project. Any expenses incurred by Chevron Chev-ron will have to be paid by the company. THE COMMISSION approved $35,000,000 in bonding over a five-year period after receiving positive approval from the county attorney. The North Salt Lake-based pilot plant, capable of converting shale into useable oil, will accommodate, at its peak, 350 tons of ore each day a "step up," says Mr. Jensen, from a similar plant Chevron operates oper-ates out of California. HE SAID much of the residue produced ; by the plant will be transferred back to a ' Colorado dumpsite.? . Com. Ernest Eberhard asked if some of ' the residue might be used to cover sections ' of the Bay Area Refuse Disposal site, or BARD. Jensen said he doesn't know what form the residue takes when it comes out of the plant or if it hardens to cement-like substance. COM. EBERHARD said there is a great deal of uncovered garbage at the BARD. The commissioners emphasized that the bonding money must be used only for pollution pol-lution control equipment. CONSTRUCTION of the plant is ex- ; pected to begin in early August and should be completed by "the end of the next year," Jensen said. Nearly 100 workers will be employed at the facility when the plant is completed. JENSEN SAID plant officials expect to : use only $20,000,000 for pollution control : devices, but requested an additional $15,000,000 to allow for inflation over the five-year period. |