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Show Iloujc tours nootlicrmal area; holds air hearing Rep. Allan Howe spent most of last Wednesday in Milford assessing the alunite and geothermal situation and meeting with local people on the "clean air amendments". amend-ments". He kicked off the day with Mayor Young and other local dignitaries on a tour of Phillips Phil-lips Petroleum's holdings in Roosevelt Springs KGRA. Unfortunately there were no tests being conducted at the time. They returned to Milford for a no -host luncheon at the Hong Kong Cafe and then Howe met with individuals and political leaders who had something to discuss with the Congressman until 2:00 p.m. At 2:15 Cong. Howe opened open-ed his hearing on the 'Clean Air Act Amendments' in the Senior Citizens Hall. Howe gave a 15 minute introduction to the amendments amend-ments and the responsibility responsibili-ty of Congress before allowing allow-ing questions. He also avow- ed his disappointment that there would be no Kaiparo-wits Kaiparo-wits decision. Editor Wilson challenged him and the rest of Utah's Washington delegation to see that Kaiparowits decision is made, so that Southern Utah can know where they stand. Cong. Howe was asked by Steve Inman what happened to the veto proof Congress that was supposedly elected in 1974 . Howe explained that mathematically the veto proof congress existed, but that in reality it was not so simple. He took some solace in the few vetoes that congress con-gress did override. Ohter items that came out were the grazing environmental environ-mental impact statements being written by BLM . Grant Esplin chlded Congress for allowing $800 million dollars to be wasted on something that had been,studied to death, when the same money could be used for range improvement. improve-ment. Esplin, who is Beaver County Agent, also asked support for a couple of farm subsidies. Waldo Yardley joined Es -plin, stating that his group had offered to rehabilitate BLM range at their expense, but were told they couldn't do anything until the EIS was completed. Neil Christensen, FCAG Administrator, indicated that everyone agreed the EIS was a good thing, but that procedures needed to be changed and speeded up. No one agreed that the EIS was a good thing or even necessary. neces-sary. Wally Fotheringham urged Howe to support the mining law of 1872. He said if it is lost the little man is lost with it and any chance of the U.S. becoming mineral or energy independent as well. Other subjects coming to the fore were estate taxes and corrupt agencies and politicians. Approximately 40 people attended. |