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Show I . V ;u n vX M I 1 '" " 4 ' y . , ' s , i ? . : -.' " ' f ... i 3d ' ' ' , ' ' lv" tS I , , ' : : " '(l . : ghj r-i .r m ,T.,-M,..W rtM,.,,v M,..to,y.,Ml.n1,.,.,.,.,rn, trtM-MMmMMM.,,. j ith ! fresiding at Bureau of. land Management hearings in Moab Jan. j 27 regarding Colony Oil environmental Impact statement were, I -10ft to right, Tom Owen, Grand Junction BLM District Manager; I Harvey C. Sweitzer, Administrative Law Judge, U.S. Dept. of irlBLM Conducts E3earing Here $n Oil Pipeline Impact Statement . Comment regarding the , ;Bureau of Land Manage-Inent's Manage-Inent's environmental impact rm -statement on Colony Development's Develop-ment's proposed oil shall plant and pipeline in Colorado and Utah was mainly positive and j complimentary at a public . hearing held in Moab Jan. 27. Althought there were nearly I 50 people in attendance during j. the afternoon session, most were connected with the for ' project in some way, and only ice t0 presented testimony. aj Mr. Lloyd C. Foy, president of La Sal Pipe Line Company, which proposes to build and I operate the pipeline, termed j the EIS "a.very excellent report which has been well studied and thought out." He took exception to only a few minor points, stating that he felt the "pipeline and shale oil I plant can be built through I cooperative effort of the oil ' company and the federal I people to give a safe operation which will help to alleviate the energy crisis which now prevails in the United States." Also testifying during the afternoon was Max D. Eliason, senior vice-president and general gen-eral counsel for Skyline Oil Company, who spoke in support of swift development of che fledgling oil shaie industry. He termed the national Environmental Policy Act an "administrative monster," stating that those who voted for its passage undoubtedly could not have forseen that it would be used as a weapon to Interior, Salt Lake City; Marvin Pearson, Craig, Colo.,' BLM District Manager; and S. Gene Day, Moab BLM District Manager. halt industrial growth." "Environmental "En-vironmental impact state -ments," he said, "by their very nature, consider the worst possible effects which could result from any giyen project," and added that "the press and environmental groups often construe these possibilities to be near realities." realit-ies." Three people rose from the completely filled 'court room during the evening session to speak at the hearing, including Lloyd Pearson, archaeologist, who described the archaeolo- gical research contained in the EIS as "sad." He called for more extensive study in the final draft by a professional archaeologist, rather than an outdoor recreation specialist. He also voiced concern for a more thorough research effort regarding historic archaeology in the area, mentioning such sites as the trail of Father Escalante and the route of the narrow-gauge railroad. Hearings on the environmental environ-mental impact statement continued con-tinued Jan. 28 in Grand Junction. |