Show Interiors Interior's oil shale advisory panel meet The Oil Shale Environmental Advisory Panel are meeting InVernal in inVernal inVernal Vernal this Wednesday and Thursday to review the latest environmental report on the two Federally leased Utah tracts and for an the on-the-ground tour of the tracts at the completion completion completion com com- of the first year of the leases This meeting the tenth for forthe forthe forthe the Panel is the second inVernal InVernal in inVernal Vernal and will again provide an opportunity for residents to offer their thoughts on oil shale development and progress of the prototype program Other meetings have been held in Denver Grand Junction Rangely and Meeker Colorado Park City and Salt Lake City Utah and Laramie Wyoming The Panel was established by bythe bythe bythe the Secretary of Interior to advise the Department on environmental aspects of the development of the Federal oil shale tracts The prototype oil shale leasing program was launched a year ago with the leasing by competitive bid of two Colorado and two Utah tracts The Panel meeting began at till 11 11 a am a.m. m. m June 18 in the Vernal Elks Lodge On Thursday morning the Panel will assemble at the Elks Lodge at 8 am a.m. for an the on-the- ground tour by bus of the two Utah oil lease tracts returning to Vernal at about 5 pm p.m. The Panel visited the tracts last June This tour will give members the opportunity to see the exploration and environmental environmental environmental en en- programs wt which ch have been initiated on the tracts during the first year of the leases and on which the Panel has been advising the Area Oil Supervisor and the Vernal District Manager |