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Show Green River area is one recommended for IPP ' rV County mv he ,,(Nhmi at If' as Urge '''1 one brought by the M t"pnv' Huntington I T4S, fH. JO nien and ' " farce narrowed the iM choices for the Inter-. Inter-. ,uin FWf Project's .1 1 slnJnicsF1,,,from 'libit e being considered ,iM tre in Kmt"r' xinK. ' j commendation on one , sux of those sites is .pfv-ied to go to Gov. Scott 'uliHesi by Nov. 1. ry three Emery County include the Mounds site the Crbon County f yri. the Green River nd I j, Sin Rifiel site s. N County nd the sixth jg'sSHJd be t West Lynndyl jMJlird County. Ccuntv Commissioner Gar-jtCSoo. Gar-jtCSoo. ho attended many J the siting task force 'actings, said IPP officials are -3 boJJing out for the Salt " $ o 7 Mounds - f .: A A , i v I r " - rii)A f -. S'y v - - - ,A''3-rvC"" '- -n xr" - V ' .i,Y ...V."""101 - f T " x. V " Green River y ' j v LEGEN0 I .''7 " N :,ri fOVI 0 OAD$ nOMOOOq! I r S 6amo ftoos tJ"" t - y tT C" JtEPTKALS " X. POTSTEST JT O" CAkAOUNOS ' o y San Rafael site Map of Emery County shows proposed IPP sites In county. Wash site near Hanksville in Wayne County, however. That site is 13 miles from Capitol Reef National Park. Secretary of the Interior Cecil Andrus has told IPP the Salt Wash location is not acceptable to his department because of its proximity to the national park, claiming the plant would deteriorate the air standards in the park. Only two of the proposed alternate sites meet the clean air standards necessary for the plant constructionthe Mounds Mou-nds site and the West Lynndyl site. The four other sites could meet the standards if variances var-iances were granted for them. The task force was made up of representatives from the U-cral government, energy companies, county commissions commis-sions and the Legislature. Commissioner Snow said that Emery County, however, was not represented on the committee possibly because the commissioners have expressed ex-pressed opposition to the plant being constructed in Emery County. "I'm not opposed to the construction of IPP providing there's a proper tax base and that it be constructed in Wayne County," Snow said. Snow expressed concern at the social impacts of the power plant if it were built in the county. IPP plans to mine Emery County coal to operate the plant wherever it is located and has indicated that an additional 5.000 persons will have to move into the county to do the mining. "My concern is the social impact with the additional labor force of coal miners and construction workers," Snow said. A major concern of the county officials is the possibility possibil-ity that the huge power plant won't generate any tax revenue. rev-enue. Since the plant would be owned by 13 Utah cities and Los Angeles and Anaheim, Calif., it is not certain whether the plant would be subject to properly tax. Property owned by a municipality usually is not. The impact of construction workers with no tax revenues to offset the increase in population would be more than the county could handle, Snow said. The county attorney is seeking an opinion from the state Attorney General's office to determine whether II'P would be taxable. The county has taken on the responsibility of providing police protection and health care for the county. Whether other problems created by IPP would be handled by the cities or the county is one that would have to be resolved, Snow said. II'P has promised the county some funds to help offset the impact of the project regard less of its location. But no specific amount has ever been named. County officials have estimated esti-mated that J35 million would be required to provide the services that would be required requir-ed to offset the increased population even if the plant is not built within the county. But that money coming after the impact hits would still put the county in a catch-up situation. "You need the money before the growth happens," Snow said. Snow said the San Rafael site, deep in the San Rafael Swell, was the only site the environmentalists were comfortable com-fortable with, since building the plant on that location would not create hazards for any endangered species. Transporting coal and water will provide a problem wherever where-ver the plant is located and the task force is taking these problems into consideration during their siting hearings as well as the socio-economic impact and ecological considerations. consid-erations. The construction costs of the plant will also be considered. |