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Show mim fee9e ieeaie ff prof k eppirtiidfe cusing on Utah and the west in terms of energy security job security, military security se-curity and economic security." Governor Scott M. Mathe-son Mathe-son says that the decade of the 80's has dawned with considerably less brilliance brillian-ce than expected in Utah, but that there are positive signs on the Immediate horizon hori-zon which are encouraging. Matheson noted that nearly near-ly one quarter of a million new jobs will be created in Utah during the next ten years even if the MX, IPP and synthetic fuel development develop-ment ar not implemented. We in the west and in Utah are anticipating a decade of 'growth and economic vitality vi-tality that we have never before experienced. At the state level, we have devoted considerable time and energy exploring Utah's potential po-tential and developing growth management strategies that will prepare us for both the challenges and the opportunities.' op-portunities.' The Governor said there is enormous need to provide our citizens with the proper training to take advantage of the emerging job opportunities oppor-tunities which will be available avail-able this decade. If IPP, the MX and synthetic syn-thetic fuel development progress pro-gress as anticipated, Utah's growth patterns will spiral even more dramatically. These massive projects will demand an enormous work force and will add thousands thou-sands of new jobs to the region re-gion and the state. The next ten years will bring a number of events and present probabilities for Utah and the Western region. re-gion. " There will be continued exploration and development of oil and gas reserves in the region, which now represents rep-resents 28 of the total domestic do-mestic production. Accelerated uranium mining min-ing for the nation's nuclear nu-clear power industry. The projected growth in the uranium ura-nium industry over the next ten years will bring some 23,000 workers, and 136,000 new residents at a cost of $1.7 billion to the western' states for public facilities to educate, transport, and serve the added population. The west contains 60 of the nation's developable coal reserves. Sixty years ago the west produced 6 of the nation's coal; In 1979 it was 26, by 1989 it will amount to more than 50. Synthetic fuel development is now set to take off with the recent appointment of members of the Synthetic Fuels corporation. That corporation will begin awarding $20 billion in federal fed-eral subsidies and Incentives toward commercial production. produc-tion. Thirty six projects In the west have been identified. identi-fied. These projects will bring in 856,000 new resi- dents. We can anticipate a population popu-lation Increase of more than one million people in the next decade in our western states. The conservative estimate of the public facilities which will have to be provided will be more than $15 billion; bil-lion; and those costs do not include growth in urban centers, cen-ters, completion of major Colorado River water projects, pro-jects, nor the mind boggling dimensions of Exxon's proposal pro-posal to produce eight million mil-lion barrels of oil per day from the Uintah and Piocene Basins in Utah and Colorado. The project along could result re-sult in the addition of 1.5 million new residents. The Governor also stressed stres-sed that national security is no longer just military security. The nation is fo- |
