Show i i Colorado oil oili shale planning The Plains Mountain-Plains Federal Regional Council has conditionally conditionally conditionally con con- approved a technical assistance program for four northwestern Colorado counties affected by proposed oil shale development TilE THE PLAN would combine federal state and local resources and costs and administration would be shared Three conditions were laid down by the council for the proposal including federal approval of pooling of funds at least temporary suspension of the training schedule for planners until it can be determined exactly what training will be necessary and submission of a coordination tion play by the council of governments in Rio Blanco Garfield Moffat and Mesa counties TilE THE TECHNICAL assistance program calls for about a third of the funding to be provided by bythe bythe bythe the federal government About 20 planners would be hired to implement the program which is estimated to cost about 1 million over a year two period |