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Show l(tQS0i7))SS Pridoy, September 30, 1983 Verm! fcftetS 3 PIK may not be continued The payment-in-kind (PIK) program pro-gram may not be continued next year as originally intended when it was implemented im-plemented earlier this year. Reviews of the success of the program have been mixed. The PIK program was intended to reduce the surplus of grain in the country coun-try by paying farmers to leave land idle. In that respect the program was a success, but in other ways there have been problems. About 38 percent of all farmland in Utah has been left idle under the program, pro-gram, and about 33 percent of the land nationwide. That was twice the expected ex-pected participation. The program was implemented because storage surplus of grain had gotten out-of-hand. The costs of storage have made it difficult, if not impossible, for the government to con- Cable TV price hike tinue to store the excess. However, because of the PIK program, plus flooding and poor weather, that problem pro-blem should be drastically reduced. Many crops across the country were wiped out by the flooding and bad weather, especially in the normally high productivity area of the Midwest. Carryover of corn and sorghum has been cut in half, and wheat dropped slightly after dramatic increases in carryover in recent years. The problem created by the program pro-gram is that reduced supplies creates increased prices. Prices to consumers is up and will probably continue to rise. Corn is up $1 a bushel over what it was selling for last year. Wheat prices have remained virtually unchanged, un-changed, but may increase as the surplus is depleted later in the year. This in turn costs livestock producers more to feed, and raises the price of meat at the grocery store. The Utah Cattlemen's Association does not like the program for that reason, since they benefit in no way. The Reagan Administration's goal for the PIK program is to reduce the government's participation in the aricultural industry, which has been record government surplus results, mainly due to an artificial market created by government price supports. The PIK program was seen as an immediate, im-mediate, temporary solution to rising storage costs and price-depressing surplus. In that sense it has been an overwhelming success. Both the Utah Farm Bureau and the Utah Cattlemen's Association have taken the stance they do not want the program repeated. v. - .Vlr-. O TT"-T- 65- Tf Oct. 12 County gets $527,905 in 1983 PILT funds A TENT was set up near the new White River Bridge for a luncheon and dedication dedica-tion program for the highway and two bridges from Vernal to the White River Shale Oil Company plant site. Strong winds cut short remarks from represen tatives of sponsoring agencies. The project pro-ject is a vital link to the progress at the Bonanza Power Plant and the mining preparation of the White River Shale Project. A public hearing is scheduled for October Oc-tober 12 to see if Acton Cable TV will finally be allowed to increase their rates. That decision was made by the Vernal Ver-nal City Council Wednesday after it had been determined that the company com-pany had completed hookups in the Dell Avenue area. Sometime ago the City Council told Acton they would be allowed to increase their rates when that portion of the city had been connected con-nected and the service was to the satisfaction of the council. Acton has been attempting to get approval ap-proval for the rate increase for several months, but the City Council has not been willing to grant that request, because of problems with the system. City councils are given authority by the Federal Communications Commission Commis-sion to regulate rates with city boundaries. The management of Acton Cable TV says all of the problems have now been worked out, and the service being provided pro-vided is good. They say there is no reason now not to allow the increase, since the rate now being charged is way below the rates in other areas of the state. However, the City Council said they still feel a responsibility to the residents of the city to allow them a chance to comment before the rate increase is given final approval. Payment in lieu of taxes (PILT) were distribued this week by the Department of Interior. Uintah County Coun-ty will receive approximately $516,500, Duchesne County $348,00 and Daggett County $33,500. The PILT funds have been witheld because of a legal discrepancy as to how the funds should be used and who should get the money. In 1982 the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals in Michigan ruled PILT funds were meant for the smallest units of local governments, rather than for counties. Congress last week passed legislation legisla-tion allowing the money to go as scheduled to counties. The PILT funds are intended to benefit counties which are deprived of business tax revenues because of large federal holdings within their boundaries. That legislation legisla-tion has already been signed into law by President Reagan. The formula for how much each county receives is based on total federally owned acres in the county, plus population. A county such as Daggett, Dag-gett, which has only 8.7 percent privately owned land still doesn't fare very well under the formula, because the total number of acres involved is comparatively small. Daggett County will be getting only $33,500 compared to Box Elder, which is getting the largest piece of the pie to the tune of $729,000. Last year Utah, as a whole, reeciv- Reservoir storage is high for this time of year ed $7.9 million, third only to California ($10.6 million) and New Mexico ($8.93 million). This year's portion will be nearly the same as last year, up less than 1 percent. There may yet be another day in court for the PILT funds. Even though the legislation was passed last week, groups are now working on a second challenge which may be filed in federal district court in Michigan. That could stop payments in Michigan and perhaps in other states as well. This is how other counties in Utah will benefit from the release of the PILT money: Beaver, $198,000; Cache, $162,000; Carbon, $310,000; Emery, $336,000; Garfield, $168,000; Grand, $300,000; Iron, $426,000; Juab, $252,000; Kane, $185,000; Millard, $308,000; Morgan, $90,500; Piute, $55,000; Rich, $92,000; Salt Lake, $59,000; San Juan $347,000; Sanpete, $351,000; Sevier, $391,000; Summit, $287,000; Tooele, $606,000; Utah $455,000; Wasatch. $292,000; Washington, $573,000; Wayne, $89,000; and Weber, $38,000. x x x x x x x x x x x x ,i. 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River flown, according to the advisory, ad-visory, will be as follows: Colorado River at Weslwater Canyon: Ca-nyon: The flow on Sept. 15 was 5 .000 cfs and will continue to decrease (tllfthtly. Cataract Canyon Including the (Irwn River: The Sept. 15 flow was H.ooo cfs Bnd will conuniip lo oVcrr ai nightly. Ijtke Powell: Is at elevation 3.702 feet. It Is expected to decrease to 3.680 feet by next spring. Colorado River through Grand Canyon Ca-nyon : The present release of 28.ooo cfs w ill be maintained for several weeks. Upper Green River Fontenell Reservoir: The Inflow of about 1,700 cfs Is being released and will continue to decrease as the Inflow decreases. 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