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Show Project set for September I )raft EIS on AAoon Lake V i II Die regular meeting of the Board H Directors of Deseret Generation and 1 snsmission Co-operative, held Aug. I in the company offices, board ptierswere informed that the draft ach,vironmental Impact Statement Mo Bilorthe first unit of the Moon Lake ject, should .be completed and (! to the public during the latter 1 of September. making the announcement, Merrill ett, general manager of Deseret, , led that every effort has been made Ofi anticipate and eliminate any' dlems that might arise concerning EIS. They have worked closely with I agencies involved, and feel that re will be no "surprises" when the iis issued. '(flowing a 90-day period for public end: pent on the EIS, the final ieij; mient will be prepared and whi!t fohed, allowing construction to ids : jn on the plant by April 1, 1981. as also reported, concerning the sn Lake plant, that word has been Hup rived from the U.S. corps of jeU ineers that a 404 permit is not jjm cred for Deseret to take water from Green River for use in the plant. er C uring the Board meeting jge ; Illations for the condenser unit for Moon Lake Plant were reviewed tie bid by Marley Heat and (rss ista Company was accepted. n he '(porting on the Hunter II . era piiition, which has been under ;ts,t-Nation for several months, Mr. act :': ses:. Millett stated that the Utah Public Service Commission had approved the sale stipulation agreement and order, and these documents have been signed by the parties involved. The purchase of 39 percent of the Hunter II plant from Utah Power and Light carries a price tag of-$115,400,000. Applications for funding, for both the cooperative and municipal sections of the project, have been submitted, and approval is expected this week. It was reported that the CFC board was to meet Monday, Aug. 25 to act on the application, and the REA application was scheduled to go to the Administrator Ad-ministrator at about the same time. Work is completed on the Operations and Maintenanace agreement for Hunter II, and wat to be filed with the commission Aug. 25. Closing date for the Hunter II agreement is still set for Sept. 15, and all parties are working toward that date. In discussing rate structures following the inclusion of Hunter II power, it was pointed out to the various co-operatives that the wholesale rate of power will be somewhat high, due to the construction costs as new plants are added. However, when these rates are projected over a five year period, the leveling affect provided by. the stable power source leather than purchases, will provide a savings to Deseret (and their purchasers) of more than $24,000,000 in power costs per year. program was recently awarded to Paraho by the Department of Energy (DOE). The total cost of approximately $9 million will be shared by the DOE and the industry sponsors. An additional ad-ditional $3.2 million grant is being negotiated by Paraho and DOE for completion of a commercial feasibility study which will examine the possibilities of expanding the single module retort facility into a 30,000 barrel per day plant utilizing three retorts. Phase I of the module program and feasibility study wiff facilitate a Paraho proposal to construct one or more above ground, commercial-size oil shale retorts, a mine, and the support sup-port facilities. The facilities will be sited 40 miles southeast of Vernal on Paraho's Utah State lease. Oil shale is a sedimentary rock, a marlstone, containing a waxy hydrocarbon called kerogen. This rock is mined, crushed, and processed above ground in a retort. The retort heats the shale to about 900 degrees Fahrenheit, causing the kerogen to break down into oil vapors, gases, and carbon. These oil and gas vapors are cooled and collected producing oil for refinery feedstock and gas for electrical generation. |