Show Laughlin is is Granted Grant 4 1 Gas Charter Here Heri A certificate of ot convenience and necessity has been issued to Loran I L. L Laughlin for the purpose of furnishing furn turn natural gas to residents of Moab it was revealed in a report sent to The Times Independent by bythe bythe bythe the Utah Public Service commis commis- sion The findings report and order of the tho state body governing public utilIties utilities utilities util util- In the state of Utah dated June 15 revealed that Laughlin had been granted the authorization to construct operate and maintain a agas agas agas gas distribution system for Moab Monticello and Vernal It went on to order that ply ly with the state laws and regulations regula regula of the municipality and to comply with the rules and regulations regulations regula regula- Lions regarding the construction and operation of a gas utility bu business He was further ordered to c commence com coin m- m mence construction J. J I work on the system within days after the Pacific Northwest Pipeline company has gas available for distribution distrIbution- I and to complete the system within one year of the date of ot commence commence- ment I The proposed distribution system will consist of a three inch Inter Inter- mediate pressure supply line to tobe be connected with the pipeline at at a a point immediately east of Moab The distribution main will wiIt-pas wiIt pas Into the city southwesterly then will with a two inch intermediate ate pr pressure line within the city limits of Moab The various streets within within- the city will be piped as required receiving receiving receiving re re- re- re the gas supply from the three inch main supply line Cost of the entire distribution system including in in- eluding street distribution lines services to customers premises meters regulators and general properties properties prop prop- and facilities was estimated by Laughlin to be approximately when hen the saturation point of meters is completed The areas of Moab Monticello and Vernal for which the certificate of convenience and necessity e w was s' s granted wilt will be operated as as one unit There are approximately 1859 I 1 I- p potential l residential commercial commer cial and industrial customers in the three areas areas- Laughlin appeared before th council late last year and rea reached ed edan an agreement with the city on the terms of obtaining the public utility rights in Moab He filed for hi his certificate of convenience a an and nd d necessity with the state body April 26 20 and the issuance of the certificate was dat dated d June City officials said they had not been een informed of the issuance of the order by the state body at last weeks week's council meeting The copy of the The- report mailed to The to The Times Times- Independent was turned over to Robert C C. Gibson city i attorney for for- study fifed filed 1 lo to the I. I 1 Gibson a report C Lr in In-a In a letter dated July 11 II and nd has written to t the e Utah Sta State Public Service commission for a 11 a. a opy copy of the order Just when natural g gai s will 1 bey be available to Moab user is unknown WD- WD Construction has been started on the multi-million multi dollar doIla Tex Nelson Nelson- of the i l land nd department of the pipeline joined Pink Mathews in Moab for the purpose purpose of pushing the obtaining of way right forthe for forthe the line Une through Grand county |