Show t Hearing held for proposed 0 35 35 million sewer s system stem Proposed plans for a 35 5 million sewer sewers system stem for Vernal City and Ashley Valley were presented in a public hearing Wednesday of last week to la a small group of inter interested st d persons Hussell Russell Vernon project engineer of th the st study done by Uintah Engineering and Land Surveying presented the wide valley-wide sewer collection n treatment and disposal system plan Jim Brooks EPA re representative resent tive for region 8 and Don Utah Division of Health were were present at th the hearing Vernal City is the sponsor of or orthe of the sewer project in cooperation with Maeser Water District and Ashley Valley Water and Sewer Improvement District Tim THE PROPOSED sewer project includes collector works sewer pipes treatment works and disposal works with a aland land application sprinkler system for growing crops and also includes lagoons and a small reservoir The system starts in Maeser with inch 8 lines and then branches branche through Vernal City with two main inch 15 lines at North and South A 30 inch line will continue from the present disposal site to a new treatment and disposal site east of Naples on the east side of Ashley Creek The sewer proposal is projected to serve the needs of the area for a 20 year period to 1995 and serve an estimated population of with room to increase capacity if needed Mr Vernon explained d that an EPA step one grant had been obtained for the sewer sewer study A step two grant for 75 percent of the cost of the project is the next participation sought from the the Environmental Protection Agency s suits were just too loo much Both coal fired power generating and oil shale extraction extraction ex ex- traction plants cannot be built Unless they can be ton by selling their products and services With all the environmental environmental environmental en en- controls added to these projects they can be delayed until the final cost of the product is too loo costly NO ONE NI really wins win when an essential energy producing project gets gels kicked off the drawing boards In a matter of time the need must be met and the time lost will mean billions billion of dollars in added costs Why cant can't someone explain the Daylight Saving Time benefits in getting on with our energy producing projects to some of our opposing fn en en environmentalists before the added costs make it impossible to enjoy mans man's technologically advanced society IT IS estimated the local share of the project Is is about to be pai paid by connecting connecting connecting con con- fees and a revenue revenue bond p paid d off orr by income from a monthly service fee of of ap ap- approximately p- p proximately per month It was was was' explained d t th the hearing that residents living iving within the sewer project would be expected expected ex ex- ex to hook onto the system within a specified distance and ad they they would be given a a reasonable length of time to hook on Ashley Valley is now on the priority list for EP EPA A assis assistance ance in the state I II IF TilE THE step two funding is approved and the the final statement approved by EPA construction could begin by the spring of 1977 A review period of from six we weeks ks to four fou months months' will wil now nosy bo be made by EPA and all ll feder federal r I agencies concerned before an opinion is given approving the project At Al the Wednesday hearing no opposition was expressed concerning the proposed sewer project Representatives of all entities state they would support the project |