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Show WEDNESDAY, January 23, 1985 Vernal, Utah 84078 93rd Year No. 7 SFC mvo area prjjtt " Ten projects were cut, but two Uintah Uin-tah Basin projects are still vying for a slice of the $8 billion the U.S. Synthetic Syn-thetic Fuels Corp. has left to spur development of synthetic fuels. The failure of 10 projects to meet SFC criteria, combined with the quasi-government corporation's decision earlier Tuesday to withdraw an offer of aid for five industrial coal-water coal-water boiler ventures, leaves 22 projects pro-jects still eligible for federal synfuels loan guarantees and price supports. Local tar sand projects which were eliminated for the SFC eligibility list are: The Cottonwood Wash oil shale project pro-ject at Vernal; sponsored by Magic Circle Energy Corp., Davy McKee, American Mine Services Inc., , Deseret G&T, Foster Wheeler Corp. and Cives Corp. The PR Spring tar sands projects sponsored by Enercor and Solv-Ex Corp. Other projects being eliminated because they did not meet the SFC's qualifications are: COGA-I coal gasification project in Macoupoin Count, 111.; sponsored by Bechtel Corp., Dean Witter Reynolds Inc., Freeman United Coal Mining Co., Union Carbide Corp., Norsk Hydro Agricultural Division and Coal Gasification Inc. The Louisiana Fuels Group coal gasification project at Lake Charles, La., sponsored by Consolidation Coal Co., the British Gas Corp., Babcock-Woodall-Duckham Ltd. and Big Three Industries. - The Byrne Creek coal gasification project in Uinta County, Wyo.; sponsored spon-sored by Dravo Constructors Inc; Monaco Group Fund. Stockton Trading Ltd., Forbes & Co., Dakota Minerals and World Energy and Extractive Ex-tractive Fuels. Employees prepare for July With the Bonanza Power Plant 99.9 percent complete, but major power lines from the plant about 50 percent, Deseret employees are using the time before the July startup of the plant (or preparation. There are about 90 Drscrct employee on the 400 megawatt power plant and when the power begins producing power, sometime next iummer, the workforce will Increase In-crease to about 120. The computer inventory area of the power plant U undertaking the enormous enor-mous chore of input ing a description trf every piece of equipment at the power plant on a computer. The computer com-puter operator do not anticipate that the job will be dune by summer. The mechanical ami electric maintenance department at the power plant U one of the busiest with V LJ .1 yf 1 mm fira(QiaD The Sweeny lignite gasification project at Sweeny, Texas; sponsored by Signal Companies and Phillips Petroleum Co. The Scrubgrass coal gasification project in Venango County, Pa.; sponsored by Union Carbide, A-C Valley Corp., UOP Management Services Ser-vices Inc., Davy McKee Corp., Pyrofax Gas Corp., Lyden Oil Co., Struthers Wells Corp., Jervis B. Webb Co., GKT, Pemcorp, Schneider Inc., General Electric Co. and Cives Corp. The Means eastern oil shale project pro-ject in Montgomery County, Ky., sponsored by Dravo Corp. and Breckinridge Minerals. International Hydrocarbons Inc.'s Uintah Basin tar sands project at Sunnyside, Utah. The projects were cut during a closed session of the SFC board last week. The board also reviewed a report of an independent task force on the Seep Ridge oil shale project in Vernal which signed a letter of intent for $45 million in loan and price guarantee assistance June 22, 1984. The task force reported that the project's pro-ject's original maturity and strength evaluations were adequate and project pro-ject risk areas were properly identified. iden-tified. The board will continue its review of the project's status and progress at the February 19 meeting. Ralph Bayrere, the agency's vice president for projects said the eight ventures failed to meet one or more of five key qualification criteria that Includes explicit design and cost estimates and an ability to finance 60 percent of the cost with non-SFC guaranteed funding. In light of recent Congressional actions ac-tions and changes in the outlook for synthetic fuels, the SFC board is testing of equipment and repairing malfunctions. The maintenanccemployces will be unique to the power plant in that they will be trained in both electrical and mechanical repair. Usually these are separate. Operators at the power plant are undergoing additional inlass study of their responsibilities and problems that may arise along with experience with turning pieces of equipment on and off. About 10 to 20 percent of the power plant Is operating Including the auxiliary aux-iliary boiler for healing the facility. Operators of the plant have gained approval from manufacturers of the equipment to operate It periodically to maintain it in proper working condition- as ecteyen 3 reevaluating the SFC program. The board concedes that market forces are keeping oil and gas prices well below the cost of synfuels, and are expected to continue doing so for a decade or more. A new statement of objectives and principles of the SFC reflect a more conservative attitude. Snyfuels cannot help much with short-term disruptions in the world price of oil, however, if a price increase in-crease is expected to last for several years, production of some types of synfuels might be expanded quickly enough to be of value. The new directive urges the board to sponsor projects which will expand knowledge about a nationally important impor-tant synfuels option, with no more duplication than necessary to provide pro-vide efficient amounts of insurance and competition. It is the view of the board that application ap-plication of the new objectives and principles will result in a diversified, technically sound and environmentally environmen-tally acceptable synfuels program that will give the nation the synfuels capability it needs, with the funds that are currently available. The Board determined that four proposals pending before the corporation cor-poration in the utility category of the solicitation of Cola-Water Projects met the technical requirement of the solicitation and they were designated a qualified project. The Paraho-Ute Oil Shale project in Uintah County is still under consideration con-sideration for loan and price guarantees in the third solicitation. " The project proposed 14,105 BPD of hydrotreated shale oil and 8 MW of electric power. The project is being sponsored by Paraho Development Corp., Texas Eastern Corp., Signal Cos., Inc., Raymond International and Utah International Corp. The delay in the start up of the power plant is due mainly to an overflow of power availability and a desire to not jeopardize the warranties oh the equipment. Deseret Generation and Transmission Transmis-sion is currently negotiating Its Interest In-terest In the Hunter Power Plant, and might possibly sell their interests. Meanwhile the corporation Is contracting con-tracting excess electrical power to other municipalities. A problem with delivery of the power to municipalities, with Utah Power and Light virtual monopoly on the power lines In the state, would be resolved by legislature that would require re-quire L'PAL to wheel other power company's power at a certain cost. Such legislation Is being considered by the current session legislature. prfpars tc en ls r'ant 28 Pages Single Copy 25' m w if TV - r SNOW, and more snow fell stacked up to about six inches 20 basin exceed last yeas average The Uintah Basin Health District has identified 20 cases ot hepatitis type A since last September which is about five times the average number of cases. Type B hepatitis, the virus of infectious infec-tious hepatitis, is usually contracted fecal-orally and caused by poor "We would like people to know that our employees are here to stay, and the the plant has not shut down," said Clarin Ashby, director of public relations. rela-tions. Petition filed on child rape A petition has been Med In Juvenile court In Vernal by County Attorney Mark Nash and the Naples Ptdiee Department alleging rape of a child, The suspect In the case is a U year-old year-old mate. The situation was brought to the attention of the police department depart-ment when the victim, also a minor, was brought Into the Ashley Vallry Medical Center for treatment Monday, Mon-day, Jan. li The u' 5-ri will be arraigned ar-raigned in Juvenile cmirt INSIDE I VA on-the-job training 7 I Investment fraud warning signs 9 jj: Sheriff attends national convention 12 I Junior Miss winners 13 I Orchestra group on tour 18 I UHS girls lose in overtime 21 Editorial 2,3 Classified Ads. ... 10-11 TV Guide 5 6 g Obituaries 4 Expressions 13-20 Two Adv. Inserts :: Public Notices 8,9 Sports . ; 21-28 &:S:v:;S:v:wSS Snow Monday until it and making driving hazardous. It was the se clogging streets cond storm to hit Ashley Valley this month. hepatitis hygiene. "It is not spread through the air, or by shaking hands with a person with the illness," said Rand Webb, director Uintah Basin Health District. Since the outbreak of hepatitis was reported, Webb said that the Health District has given about 200 gamma globulin vaccinations, which prevent hepatitis. "Unless people have close contact Combined hydrocardon tar sand lease issued The nation's first combined hydrocarbon lease to allow mining of tar sand was issued last week by the Department of the Interior's lUireau of Land Management tl'.LMi. according accor-ding to Roland G. Robinson. Ul.M t'tah state director. The lease was Issued Id JiJm II, Trigg for IJ2 23 acre In the Raven iUdge-lUm timk .special Tar Sand Area In t'intah Cwinty, The lessee in-dirated in-dirated he intends to produce paving, type asphalt. The Combined Hydrocarbon Iaii' itfg Act a passed by (Wgfes in l'nl, amending the Mmrral leasing Act nf l:o and authorising thp SeTrt,ir)f vk the Interior to uue com' l ined r!ffrar'n lea--r nfl fr.'cf si land to latilfa'e and rrKourag? prt. 1 ' .1 cases with a person with hepatitis, as a member of the same household, it is not necessary to get the vaccination," vaccina-tion," Webb said. The Health District is currently testing drinking water to determine if it is the cause of the outbreak; however, Webb said he doubts if it is being spread through ih water Continued on pogt 2 duction of oil from tar and and other hydrocarbon deposits, More than W percent of the nation's tar nd ts in letleral land in Utah, Trigg submitted an application Dec. 11, VX2, to ctmvert an oil and gas leaM to a combined h dmrarUtn lease (n Aug, tfi. VM, lUibinMin Issued a deci-nion deci-nion (based on an environmental BvscssmcnU that the proposal wwitd have no significant environmental impact. im-pact. 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