Show Garn opposes federal oil shale commercialization act Creating a government owned operation actually impede development of Utah's oil shale deposits and cost the taxpayers untold millions of U.S. Senator Jake Gam said week- Garn was explaining his opposition to the Oil Shale Com- Test which was considered by the full is thal M must wP new sources o fuel- and oil shale is one of the brightest Republican vast amounts of oil sitting under the ground In Colorado and Wyoming would help to reduce our dangerous dependence on foreign Garn noted that the disputed bill would create a govern- ment contractor run of oil shale development and Possible social and environmental fact that private contractors do not share any of the in GOCO operations invites financial problems Garn are no real in- for the contractors to hold down spending-and the oil shale proposal's million budget could easily balloon to Deputy Secretary of Energy John F Ed ed f thC com- mercial projects because of govern- ment Garn said another reason for his opposition to the proposal was the probability that It would divert funds and attention away from other oil shale development For the Department of Energy currently has a million program planned for including a series of five cost sharing projects using advanced he pointed The senator noted that Congress has has done with oil and natural he emphasized |