Show Utah Energy Council Ex Secy tells policy role The Utah Energy Conservation and Development Council Executive Secretary told the Vernal Area Chamber of Commerce Tuesday that public meetings were being held in Utah's energy areas to Uto help us help you ou to have a better energy policy The purpose of the Utah Energy Council is to recommend energy policy to the governor and the Legislature said Reed Searle Scarle According to Searle the Energy Council was formed to help solve problems and to plan with industry and regulating agencies By Dy having pre pre- qualification meetings for industry with federal agencies who are re responsible for the land management millions of dollars can be saved Searle said All too often an Industry will spend millions of dollars on an operation prior to an ao Environmental Environment l Impact Statement and th then n the EIS PIS will disapprove the project t and all is ia lost lOit lo t. t Problems need to be solved before the EIS such as the iti of the proposed Intermountain Power Project and the Moon Lake El Electric power plant site pointed out Mr Searle Searie The Clean Air Act the Endangered Species ies Act and changes in EPA standards can Cin preclude industry from coming into energy rich neb areas areM of tJ Utah 1 said Mr Searle We need another state office to give technical information information information in in- formation regarding environmental problems never before encountered The Energy Council hold held its U. meeting in Ver Vernal Tuesday evening evenia the d to be held outside de Salt Silt Lake Uke City The meeting was wu held to learn first fin ba hand A U tie the local and c. c concern t regarding energy wg development t t and lAd their i impact of t tji the i J local l |