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Show fCR UT SFC If f : i I i 1 ,1 j I " J . , t , , -- t v :';(' i7 r - " -..i'-a ,.'..'.,. i 'WE'RE COMMITTED to an oil shale program,' Tom Corcorna, SFC Board of Directors, tells Vernal City and Uintah County officials. New bids on airport let Progress is being made on finalizing finaliz-ing construction of a new airport terminal ter-minal building in the area, as new bids are being accepted for the project. pro-ject. Robert Money, architect with Molen and Associates, has redesigned redesign-ed plans for the building that was bid by several contractors in April. In addition to accepting new bids on the plans designed by Money, Thomas Wardell and Bryce Caldwell, county commissioners, are also drawing up a proposal for construction construc-tion of the building on a design build concept. They plan to let the bids for the project in approximately one week. The decision to bid the project under both concepts came after local contractors Indicated that they could County officials to hire additional computer man Computer ere hwilcd the time saver of the century, but Uintah County official are finding that hard to believe mainly because of the lack of personnel to prgr am the county's computer, Three county official. Amy Tor, auditor; Francis Southam, treasurer; end Lola Anderson, recorder, requested that the commit skm approve an additional staff member to be responsible lor com pu'er programing. The county's current system, hich ha cntnpu(rn?eJ the a-wir'i, (rraum'. auditor's, clerk, com fr,(iorrf, te !r).!xne ys!em end sheriff department, ha spread the tmiMy'g current cmpu!ef staff of 4 and a half rtr ',..)rr U hete lhry tarvrH make all rW fnndifk a-liar-n pti the tfnm'y'i oHar?. Current grams fnirchairJ frnftl t-Uh (Vmr.'y "lrty ff the cl of i5 vc'.-j -rr.fnt, to M cpvrf certain flirr! pf tnjf frcpor.s.! :,',.iro, Mr. N-ni'harri said. s can t EJ f rA ha!.' ay," sb t4i the cr.mij',e'rs. Vkhm the (."fi'(r sysm a? in- iV.z)'y . Kf.. Tint T tSrT4 fr-iir Vif a day mMifyirtf the C-rn V. ' Gale, (tr't cfflriief t)rrn-?"f. said that in th fst two pM h hl lime U pTtram H Hit b'-nr iHiHI that t' re fr'-ersm N d mT ter"-r'sd f fra rr;ir rff I V-z -6 t-t r c 'j UTAH PRESS ASbOClHl ijM slc, ut siii construct- the , building . for ..about .. $260,000. The building would be 6,200 square feet as originally planned, but changes would be made in the overall design and the materials used to construct con-struct the building. Uintah County Commissioners rejected re-jected the previous bids for the terminal ter-minal building because bids exceeded exceed-ed the architect's estimates by almost $100,000. The seven bids were opened in commission chambers April 8. The lowest bid was submitted by Merrell Sheriff of Bountiful at $366,500. Officials from Uintah County Coun-ty and Vernal City originally thought the building would cost $260,000. The new plans designed by Money include less square footage to bring the project within the anticipated budget. The new plans reduce the building size from 6.200 square feet to dinance, the commissioners do not have a say ei to who the department heads hire. "The only thing the commission controls is your budgets," Domgaard said. The three Mid that hiring a computer com-puter programmer would not put them over budt, but would require tighter budget. The development fee for computer mmrnir Winter sports Need for facility to be determined the nrd fnf in!rr spirts development i!l drprnd on puWic rnrr.mrnt during then hell 30 day priod. C S. Ffre?l Janice officials repotl. The preral is to lxaie a tnnhile mtasjranl etuf 23 mile iwth of Vernal aWg U S. H e'iay n The site is currently the Cat McKee 5.nm rky parking area. Tb? f;r'f"r'ed development m;M f i irrt;ma'c!v I in f'tr in Si?? end mj:d tnr.ti?t nf t If by ifiwf jrsn; ; tf!:jf urd. 9 cwessinns lra!e,f. E3 a'd o 1 s-ni-- lr srjTurr.ittniMi., f rrs r".;''ry $k eTi;r'rnt and $n m'i's fr-ia's, g4 c j; 'V 1 "" c at. sr" m'-V '-le ad tf?t rr.'!i ski tews A one atr A glimmer of hope still glows for the development of Utah oil shale as congressional officials and a member of the Synthetic Fuel Corporation Cor-poration were in Vernal Tuesday to kindle that hope. The project which was the source of all the clamor was the J,000 barrel per day Seep Ridge project; a joint venture of Gilbert Shale Oil Company, Com-pany, subsidiary of Peter Kiewit Sons, Inc. and Geokinetics, Inc. "The SFC is committed to an oil shale program," said Tom Corcoran, member of the SFC Board of Directors, Direc-tors, "We clearly want to have several different above ground, modified in-situ, and in-situ projects." pro-jects." - The Seep Ridge project, about 60 miles southeast of here, will utilize the LOFRECO in-situ extraction techniques developed by Geokinetics. "Seep Ridge is the best example of a true in-situ process," Corcoran , said. The project is the only in-situ extraction ex-traction project to receive a letter of intent for loan and price guarantees totalling $45 million from the SFC. The government has pledged an initial in-itial guaranteed price for shale oil of $42.50 per barrel, and will pay the difference dif-ference between the guaranteed price and the market price. However, an announcement by the SFC board to delay any action on the Seep Ridge Project for 90 days cast . 4,600 square, feet, but the overall design has not been changed. Space has been taken out of the passenger waiting and freight areas. The new plans and specifications are available from Bob Nicholson, citycounty ci-tycounty planner, or the architect's office at 50 South 600 East in Salt Lake City. A $100 deposit per set is required. re-quired. The deposit will be refunded upon return of the plans within 10 days of the bid opening. Bids for the project will be open June 3, 1985 at 2 p.m., in the commission chambers. A bid bond in the amount of 10 percent per-cent made payable to Uintah County, Board of commissioners, must accompany ac-company the bid. City and county officials of-ficials are hopeful that construction on the building can begin as soon as possible. programs pun.ha.sed from Utah County Coun-ty Include all updated and new modifications on the system, however, Kale iwild that getting Hint information has been difficult to get. "We're proud of the things wc have done with the computer on limited resources," Gail said. "Bui to make Continued on pogt 2 parking lot will be provided for the public on site. The prnjftt is bring prrrKH by a taal devf Inprr, hmeTf, if a rvj in shnnri f'if lle pmKt it ill te ajrn fnf public bids. The Fnrett Service will then chmise the bidder ho in their judgment can provide the rt facility. Currently thrre are hci facilities between Vernal and the Flaming Gorge flerreatjnri area, hfevpr. there ar S"tr.e rn? ;:' ry eki and ? mr mobile irsi'i. Wn"eti enmmef-is trwcernifig the t?rc!. :rrr! ,.!!' 1 b Seel n I! c Vpreal (U'Cr fHfict Wec II . ay it. Vernal, t 'ah. WEDNESDAY, May 15, 1985 Vernal, Utah 84078 93rd Year No. 39 32 Pages Single Copy 25c si 0 S mm bttq some doubts about the future of the project. But there were no doubts expressed express-ed about the project Tuesday in a meeting with Vernal City and Uintah County officials. . "I have every reason to believe that the Seep Ridge Project will be part of the portfolio of partnership projects...it is a good program with tremendous potential," Corcoran said. "It would be a tragedy to get in that position again," he said referring to the oil embargo of the 1970s. "We are bullish on this project." Corcorcan pointed, how that now. the oil market has changed from when the SFC was formed which may require some resizing of some oil shale projects, "but the government has made a commitment and it cannot can-not renege on it." The SFC, with the change in market, has had to re-evaluate its projects from three to four stand alone to now tying the projects together. Mike Lekas, . president of Geokinetics, Inc., said that part of the reason for the 90-day delay on the Seep Ridge was basically to scale down the other projects. Also the SFC is determining how the projects will fit together for planning plan-ning of a central upgrading facility which will be used by Utah and Colorado Col-orado projects. The Union project in Colorado has an upgrade facility and also there is the possibility of using the Gary Refinery in Fruita, Lekas said. The scaling down of projects will not affect the Seep Ridge Project like other projects such as the Cathedral Bluffs Shale Project in Colorado. . That project has been reduced from 14,000 barrels per day to 2,000 barrels per day. A LITTLE I?a:M lury d Seoul wnd'da'e Gay Bat? trew of four bCilfec Seoul bg Ki3R-s Par H ca-'on in . : i.rt: ,,. ''X'Vj? .(.- ' -l'-'- i ; ;'.-..; . - - - -M, ..m- -r t j - . , . . i , ..... ... , I . t V, -m's . rtr 5i i ) t .. I " J ' " ' 1 1 n) i i )w , -MM ( ; , . . ' ' : , v I l v 1 , . .-, f . . . " .-.'" . J u " . r- i r - i i t f f ' . ' . . . . S INSIDE this week's Express Care for premature infants 4 New member of Naples police dept 12 Animals ready for show and sale 13 Lady Lions honor past presidents 16 Eskimo exhibit at museum 22 Vernal Race Meet 25 Editorial 2,3 Classified Ads .... 10-1 1 TV Guide 5-61, Obituaries 3 Expressions ...'..13-23 Public Notices 8,9 Sports 25-31 Three Adv. Inserts , t cr If If the Seep Ridge Project is given the "green light" from the SFC in 90 days, Ken Skinson, Peter Kiewit, said that there will be a six to eight month period to engineer the details of the project and possibly construction would begin next spring. Kiewit is a major construction company, based in Omaha, Nebraska with extensive experience ex-perience in construction of shale oil facilities. Commissioner Neal Domgaard told the group that Uintah County is 100 percent behind the Seep Ridge Project and is prepared to pave some 30 miles of road into the project sight once the project receives SFC confirmation. confir-mation. Corcoran contended that it is County gets tough on stray animal owners Owners who allow animals to stray onto neighbor's property will be subject sub-ject to a fine and suit for damages if a new ordinance proposed by the Uintah Uin-tah County Commission Monday is approved. The current county ordinance, patterned pat-terned after the state's ordinance, allows civil action for damages caused caus-ed by stray animals and also vaguely allows the county to levy fines against violators of the estray ordinance. or-dinance. Monday, Jack Lent, Uintah County Animal Control Officers, and County Attorney Mark Nash requested the county commission to authorize a revision of the ordinance which will make it clearer that the county can fine flagrant violators of the or dinance. d rx;1 i'co t?e' fc tc?'1 a Tre"0 89 13f rl Maer. Garjr Bat'f r?a:H sr--I.C?' S-z-.'-H b?'i gg Pay I; t Ps- 't c 2-J Fa'ik -! m necessary for government involvement involve-ment especially with price guarantees to unlock the technology necessary for oil shale development. The Secretary of Energy recently announced that projections of offshore off-shore oil and gas reserves have been reduced by 50 percent, he said. "It would be a wrong time to change the SFC program,"' he said. "Yes, we want a shale project in this part of the country." Corcoran along with Lekas, Skin-son, Skin-son, Ron Madsen, representative of Senator Orrin Hatch, and Bob Waidner, Senator Jake Gam's office toured the Seep Ridge Project site Tuesday. Nash said his interpretation of the ordinance would be that both civil action ac-tion and a fine is allowed, however, "a good defense attorney could make it an issue." The ordinance will allow county intervention in-tervention for chronic problems, but not for every stray animal. The problem, said Lent, is that an "estray" is a loose animal where the owner is unknown. The bulk of animal trespass problems are cases where the owner is known. Another problem with handling the problem civilly is "how do you assess the damages to a freshly Irrigated field where stray cattle have been grazing for a day?" Lent said. . Continued on page 3 llDEct lb?' . . f U ' I. I |