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Show "Environmental Bill of Rights" Urqed fey Burton in Price Talk Rep. Laurence J. Burton, R- Utah, Sunday urged ad-cpticn ad-cpticn cf an . "Environmental "Environmen-tal Bill cf Rights" that' places maximum emphasis on both Utah's man - made and natural resources. Speaking before the Utah Wildlife Federation conference confer-ence in Price, Burton contended con-tended that "any lasting improvement im-provement m our total environment en-vironment must include regeneration re-generation of our wasted and polluted areas." "We must have a coordinated coordin-ated approach to such environmental en-vironmental factors as. land use, cipeni space, dean air and water, noise abatement and industrial development," the Utah Conressiman asserted. as-serted. "If cur concern wififo environmental en-vironmental quality is to be imore than -a one-week exercise exer-cise cf conscience, we have to redirect the values' of society," he said. "The trend ito more and more emphasis on packaging of consumer goods must be replaced with new emphasis on. cultural .' and mental development oi the individual." Burton said that "as long as -soctety places greater valine val-ine on the contents of throw-away throw-away beer and soft drinks containers and ail the other packaging paraphernalia of cur time, than on the quality of thought, cultural and aesthetics present in' our ci- vilization, we have little Ihcpe for lasUing environ-imental environ-imental improvement." "Any effective effort to clean up and save cur pol luted planet must also be accompanied ac-companied . by programs aimed at maximum industrial indus-trial and population dispersal," dispers-al," he told the group. As an example, Burton cited the proposed coa',-fueled, coa',-fueled, power - genera ting plant at the Kaiparowits Plateau Pla-teau in Kane County. '"This! plant will produce five million kilowatts of power and mean around $79) Ito $800 million dollars to the economy of this 'area in use of land water and in employment," em-ployment," said Burton. "This people who are building build-ing this plant have to meet istrxt anti pollution standards feroe they can get the contract con-tract from .the Interior Department De-partment to start construction. construc-tion. He said the prior-approval restrictions include a pro vision 'that if it is tech nologically passible 99.5 per cent cf pollution must be removed from any emission emis-sion or waste of the plant, if tedhnology has not reached reach-ed thiis peak efficiency, no less than 97 per cent cf all pGilMion must be removed from ax and water. "The greatest challenge we face in Utah and in the nation for that matter-is matter-is one of reaching a balance between economy and ecology," ec-ology," Burton asserted. "For years, Utahns have known that we must have a broader tax base to meet the needs cf cur times for better education, better roads, more and better jobs, more recreation.' and, in short, more of the things which make life worth while 'in our state. To do this, we must have industrial development. "But it does us no good to reach a 'level cf industry ,wh:ch helps provide a better bet-ter way of life if we so poison cur environment that we can no longer live the way we want to live, breatii 'clean a'.r, fish and frolic in clear streams and leave to cur children a land and a landscape as free of man-nialcte man-nialcte pollution, debris and ifar-flurig clutter as is possible pos-sible for us to do," he said. "Our cities are not yet teeming with people as are the cities of other areas. We do not yet have tie waste, the air and stream pollution that now plagues other areas. ar-eas. But our turn is coming acid, while we have time to Cind solutons, the time to look for tih'em is now," he asserted. "We have state 'statutes to curb air and water pollu- it'on. We can launch drives to clean up the litter in our recreation areas. You, who love to hunt and fish, can Iplay a leading role in making mak-ing sure that cur lands remain re-main uncluttered. We are rapidly approaching a time when our community will (have adequate sewage and waste disposal facilities. "President Nixon this week cabled for a "new and sustained sus-tained commitments to environmental en-vironmental quality." He (has asked Congress for legislation leg-islation to implement his program. This must be done. Some cf these measures 1 have introduced. "But we must do much more than talk about this or demonstrate in the streets. ,We must advance positive ideas for solution and we must start now. "There is no single level of KovemnTJ-s j Solve these fcsues . involved from the tj;- to the community wT-f starts in the citi i towns with build ' nd planning st'j extends through orJ? 1 state governments il1 come areas, such as,!1' of pollution by adhere ad-here is a definite lederal legislation. "We need to know (to turn for help and to start positive specific areas cf J?' control and cc ihe concluded. - |