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Show ' : I ' . i - " - ' i - -- - . ' r . f i :1 I ,jT - ' - - .. . ,r . , ' " " -. - ' ; ,. I " i I : 1 t' t t . i FLASH FLOOD in Ashley overflows the county road at 2000 North and 1048 East in front of the Arnold R. Kidd home. The storm hit the clay hills north of Ashley at about 8:30 p.m. May 28 I . f' ; 4 V i , " r i u ,v.'v ' THE RALPH BLAND HOME at 1019 East 2000 North in Ashley was surrounded by two feet of water backed upirom a flash flood May 28 from ' a storm in the clay hills north of Ashley. Little rain fell in the Ashley Valley, but the run-off and by 9 p.m. water was overflowing the bridge crossing east of the Kidd home. The water was routed around a basement home for the approximately approx-imately half an hour of flooding. from the hills hit the 2000 North bridge and backed up until it flooded over the county road. Mrs. Bland reported that he home was high enough that the water did not enter inside the home. Final BLM permits stall Moon Lake power plant Construction of ' the proposed Moon Lake power plant by Deseret Generation and Transmission Cooperative Co-operative may be delayed because it has not yet obtained necessary permits. DG&T announced earlier this year that it would begin construction June 2 at the Bonanza site. However, the company has not obtained the necessary permits from the Bureau of Land Management. These permits are necessary for ' either the Rangely, Colo., site or the Bonanza site of the power plant. Robert Burford,. BLM director in Washingtion, D.C., requested letters be written by the governor of both states stating that they, along with the county commissioners of both counties involved in-volved are satisfied with the mitigation agreement made with DG&T if the power plant is built in either county. The coal mine will be located at Rangely, but the power plant location will be decided upon by Burford after receiving the letters. David Moore, chief of planning and environmental coordination for the Vernal BLM district, said the decision by Burford cannot be legally made before June 1 because of the environmental en-vironmental impact statement process. Moore said the Uintah County Commission Com-mission had to agree to the mitigation with DG&T provides money to offset of the other state of this action so these letters could be sent to Burford. The mitigation process is one in which DG&T provides money to offset the cost involved in providing services for the additional people brought into the areas as a result of the coal mines and power plants. This would include construction workers as well as operational employees. Nearly $4 million has been proposed for mitigation impact funds for Rangely and Rio Blanco County. Proposed impact mitigation for Vernal and Uintah County totals over $9 million, according to the DG&T En-viornmental En-viornmental Impact Statement. |