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Show 0 Vernal Exprett Wednesday, August 26, 1992 NOTICE The following Notice of Intent to construct, submitted in accordance with section 3.1, Utah Air Conservation Rules, has been received for consideration consid-eration by the Executive Secretary, Utah Air Quality Qual-ity Board: American Gilsonite Company 136 East South Temple, Suite 1460 Salt Lake City, Utah 84111-1104 Solvent Extraction of Resins From Gilsonite Uintah County - CDS A2ATT PLANT LOCATION: Bonanza, Utah mine site, SE 14 Sec 24, T-9-S, R-24-E UTM: 4,431,033 Northing, Nor-thing, 656,397 Easting The emissions from this source will be as follows: fol-lows: Total Emissions Particulate 2.48 tonyr PM10 2.48 SO2 2.77 NOx 7.35 CO 1.48 VOCnonmeth 23.38 The engineering evaluation evalu-ation and air quality impact im-pact analysis have been completed and no adverse ad-verse air quality impacts are expected. It is the intent in-tent of the Executive Secretary Sec-retary to approve the construction con-struction project. The construction proposal pro-posal and estimates of the effect on local air quality are available for public inspection and comment at the Division of Air Quality, Utah State Department De-partment of Environmental Environmen-tal Quality.. 1950 West North Temple, Salt Lake City, Utah 84114-4820. Written comments received re-ceived by the Division, at the same address on or before September 26, 1992 will be considered in making the final decision deci-sion on the approvaldisapproval approvaldis-approval of the proposed construction. If anyone so requests to the Executive Secretary in writing, within 15 days of publication of the Notice, No-tice, a hearing will be held to explain the project pro-ject and technical rationale ratio-nale for proposed action. A hearing will be scheduled sched-uled as close as practicable practica-ble to the proposed project pro-ject location. Comments obtained during a hearing will be evaluated and considered by the Executive Execu-tive Secretary before making a final decision on the approvaldisapproval approvaldisap-proval of the project Date of Notice: August 26, 1992 Published in the Vernal Express August 26, 1992. CORRECTION NOTICE On August 19, 1992 a public notice was published pub-lished concerning the submission of a plan by the Pennzoil Products Company for the post-closure post-closure care of a Waste Disposal Landfill Cell at their facility. The facility's facili-ty's location was erroneously erro-neously stated as being in Box Elder County. The actual location is in Duchesne County. Published in the Vernal Express August 26, 1992. PUBLIC NOTICE Uintah County, Vernal, Utah Uintah County hereby makes notice of intent to sell a wrecked, 1980 Chevrolet, 34 ton pickup, pick-up, serial CCM24AF310915. Sealed bids will be accepted ac-cepted at the office of Dale W. Cameron, Purchasing Pur-chasing Agent, on the second floor of the StateCounty Building at 152 East 100 North until the deadline of 4:30 p.m., September 14th, 1992. The bid envelope must be clearly marked "Pickup Bid" with the bidder's name, address and telephone tele-phone number. Uintah County reserves the right to reject any or all bids or select the bid deemed to be the most advantageous to the county. The pickup is available for inspection during regular business hours at the county shop located at 1483 East 335 South, Vernal, Utah. Published in the Vcmal Express August 19, 26, Sept. 2 and 9. 1992. PUBLIC NOTICE UINTAH COUNTY, VERNAL, UTAH Uintah County hereby makes notice of intent to solicit proposals for new construction or acquisition acquisi-tion of an existing building build-ing for the Ashley Valley Food Pantry. For a copy of the "Request "Re-quest For Proposals" or for more information, contact Dale W. Cameron, Uintah County Purchasing Agent, at 152 East 100 North, Vernal, Utah 84078, phone 781-0770, 781-0770, ext. 462. Quotations must be submitted no later than 4:30 p.m. on Monday, August 31st, 1992. Published in the Vcmal Express August 12, 19 and 26, 1992. NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Claudius Alva Banks, Deceased. Probate No. 923 800 017 ES All persons having claims against the above estate are required to present pre-sent them to the undersigned under-signed or to the Clerk of the Court on or before November 18, 1992, or said claims shall be forever barred. DATED this 4th day of August, 1992. CLAUDIA B. FLETCHER 235 North 200 East Vernal, Utah 84078 (801)789-6891 Published in the Vernal Express August 12, 19 and 26, 1992. NOTICE OF AGENCY ACTION Cause No. UIC-130 BEFORE THE DIVISION OF OIL, GAS AND MINING DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES STATE OF UTAH In the matter of the application ap-plication of John M. Beard Company for administrative ad-ministrative approval of the Federal 3-34 Well located lo-cated in Section 34, Township 8 South, Range 18 East, S.L.M., Uintah County, Utah, as a Class II injection well THE STATE OF UTAH TO ALL PERSONS INTERESTED IN-TERESTED IN THE ABOVE ENTITLED MATTER. Notice is hereby given that the Division is commencing com-mencing an informal adjudicative ad-judicative proceeding to consider the application of John M. Beard Company Com-pany for administrative approval of the Federal 30-34 Well, located in Section 34, Township 8 South, Range 18 East, Uintah County, Utah, for conversion to a Class II injection well. The proceeding pro-ceeding will be conducted conduct-ed in accordance with Utah Admin. R.649-10, Administrative Procedures. Proce-dures. The interval from 4376 feet to 5789 feet (Green River formation) will be selectively perforated for water disposal. The average aver-age injection pressure is estimated to be 300 psig or less with a maximum requested injection pressure pres-sure of 300 psig. The estimated es-timated injection volume will be approximately 100 barrels of water per month. Any person desiring to object to the application or otherwise intervene in the proceeding, must file a written protest or notice of intervention with the Division within fifteen days of the date of publication publi-cation of this notice. If such a protest or notice of intervention is received, a hearing will be scheduled before the Board of Oil, Gas and Mining. Protestants Protes-tants andor intervenors should be prepared to demonstrate at the hearing hear-ing how this matter affects af-fects their interests. DATED this 20th day of August, 1992. STATE OF UTAH DIVISION OF OIL, GAS AND MINING R J. FIRTH Associate Director, Oil and Gas Published in the Vcmal Express August 26, 1992. NOTICE TO WATER USERS The State Engineer received re-ceived the following Application) Ap-plication) to Appropriate Appropri-ate Water (Locations in SLB&M unless otherwise designated). Persons objecting to an application must file a Protest stating the reasons rea-sons for the protest. To have a hearing before the State Engineer, persons must request a hecring in the Protest. Protest must be filed in duplicate with the State Engineer, 1636 West North Temple, Salt Lake City, Utah 84116, (801-538-7240) on or before be-fore OCTOBER 2, 1992. (PROTESTS MUST BE LEGIBLE WITH A RETURN RE-TURN ADDRESS.) These are informal proceedings pro-ceedings as per Rule R655-6-2 of the Division of Water Rights. (LEGEND: Point(s) of Diversion POD; Place of Use POU; Nature of Use USE) UINTAH COUNTY 45-5627 (A66254): Clinton J. Nelson QUANTITY: 1.45 ac-ft. SOURCE: 6 in. well 30 ft. to 100 ft. deep. POD: (1) S 160 W 1050 from NE Cor, Sec 8, T5S, R22E. (5 miles southeast of Vernal) USE: Irrigation: Irriga-tion: from Apr 1 to Oct 31, total acreage 0.25 acs; Domestic: 1 family. POU: NE14NE14 Sec 8.T5S.R22E. 45-5633 (A66373): Clarice Helco QUANTITY: QUANTI-TY: 0.015 cfs. SOURCE: Underground Water Sump. POD: (1) N 1190 W 1560 from El4 Cor, Sec 17, T4S, R21E. (Maeser) USE: Irrigation: from Apr 1 to Oct 31, total to-tal acreage 0.25 acs. POU: SW14NE14 Sec 17.T4S.R21E. ROBERT L. MORGAN, P.E. State Engineer Published in the Vernal , Express August 19, 26 and Sept. 2, 1992. PUBLIC NOTICE Ordinance 92-13 An ordinance establishing establish-ing Vernal City Records Access & Management Program (GRAMA). This ordinance shall take effect the day after publication, the 27th day of August, 1992. Published in the Vernal Express August 26, 1992. PUBLIC NOTICE The Division of State Lands and Forestry has received an application from Colorado Interstate Gas Co. to obtain an easement for the purpose of a natural gas pipeline across the following described de-scribed lands: Uintah County Township 9 South, Range 20 East, SLB&M, Section 36: within Township 9 South, Range 21 East, SLB&M, Section 26: within NW4, Section 27: within N2, Section 32: within NW4 Containing 15.13 acres more or less Reference No. ESMT 183 The acceptance of this application by the Division Divi-sion required the initiation initia-tion of a planning process which will be site-specific unless an analysis of the comments , received from the public and the Resource Development Coordinating Committee indicates a broader planning plan-ning effort is required. Any individual wishing to comment on the planning plan-ning process or on this property's natural and cultural resources or unique attributes, the potential po-tential for conflicts with other land uses, or any other aspect of this property prop-erty should do so in writing writ-ing to the address listed below. The Division will accept ac-cept public comments during the following period peri-od of time. From 8:00 a.m. Friday, August 6, 1992 Until 5:00 p.m. Monday, September 7, 1992 STATE LANDS & FORESTRY 3 TRIAD CTR STE 320 355 WN TEMPLE SLCUT 84180-1203 Gary Baglcy (801)538-5387 Published in the Vernal Express August 12, 19 and 26, 1992. PUBLIC NOTICE Uintah County, Vernal, Utah Uintah County hereby makes notice of intent to solicit proposals for asphalt as-phalt scalingrejuvenating the taxiway at the Ver-nalUintah Ver-nalUintah County Airport. Air-port. For a copy of the "Request "Re-quest for Proposals" or for more information, contact Dale W. Cameron, Uintah County Purchasing Agent, at 152 East 100 North, Vcmal, Utah 84078, phone 781-0770, 781-0770, ext. 462. Quotations must be submitted no later than 4:30 p.m. on Monday, September 14th, 1992. Published in the Vernal Express August 26, Sept. 2 and 9, 1992. UDOT gets bids on U.S. 40 section The Utah Department of Transportation has opened bids on a project to upgrade the section of U.S. Highway 40 between Silver Creek Junction and Park City Junction. Bids were submitted by three contractors con-tractors with the apparent low bidder bid-der being Gilbert Western construction construc-tion company at $9,368,411.40. The official engineer's estimate was $11,651,188.30. The contract will not be awarded, however, until the bids are reviewed to make certain no errors were made and that all requirements re-quirements were met. The upgrade will better meet the traffic demands of the Heber Valley and Park City areas by providing a four lane highway from Interstate 80 to Park City Junction. This will allow for an interchange at Silver Summit and an alternate access to Park City. Work on the three mile project is expected to start this fall and scheduled to last one year. Federal funds are providing approximately ap-proximately 93 percent of the project cost, with matching funds coming from the state. UDOT will administer the contract because federal fed-eral funds are involved. Domestic oilenergy bill By Helene C. Monberg, Vernal Express Washington, D.C. Correspondent The domestic oil industry is on the decline, but there are few provisions in the big energy policy bill (HR 776) that will help to stabilize it, while some provisions will accelerate acceler-ate U.S. oil companies' move abroad which began about a decade ago, according to industry and government gov-ernment sources. The slide in the mainly Western-based Western-based oil industry is being felt in particular by the states of Texas, Alaska, Louisiana, California, Oklahoma and Wyoming, which have consistently produced more than 100,000 barrels of crude oil a day or more in recent years. All saw their production decline in the period peri-od from 1985 to 1990, according to U.S. Energy Information Administration data, and it has continued con-tinued to decline since then, according accord-ing to industry sources. There has been a decline in the output of wells in the oil fields of Texas, Louisiana, Oklahoma and Wyoming for the past 20 years, and production in Alaska and California began to decline de-cline in the mid-to-late 1980s. Chairman J. Bennett Johnston, D-La., D-La., of the Senate Energy Committee told the Senate on Aug. 4, "Our domestic oil and gas industry indus-try is in serious trouble...the most recent Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) lease sale in the Central Gulf of Mexico offshore Louisiana...held in May of this year produced the lowest amount of bids in over 20 years. Out of 5213 tracts offered for sale, only 151 actually received bids." The active rotary rig count has fallen to levels not seen since 1942. Domestic exploration budgets are being slashed, with greater decreas- 1992 UINTAH COUNTY POLLING LOCATIONS Jensen 1 Davis E. 2 Davis W. 3 Naples 4 Glines 5 , Maeser 6 MaeserDryfork7 Vernal West 8 Vernal So. 9 Vernal SW 10 Vernal NW 11 Vernal LN. E. Vernal SE 13 Vernal East 14 Ashley 15 AvalonWillows 16 Gusher 17 Fort Duchesne18 Ballard 19 Tridell Whiterocks 20 Lapoint 21 Jensen Water Office Davis Elementary Davis Elementary Naples City Office Uintah Care Center Maeser Elementary Gym Maeser Elementary Gym Discovery Elementary Gym Discovery Elementary Gym Middle School Auditorium Vernal Jr. High Foyer StateCounty Bldg. Golden Age Center National Guard Armory Uintah Water Cons. Office Community Building Lois Farnsworth Home West Jr. High Library Ballard Town Building Tridell Community Building Lapoint Elementary 5950 S 8500 E 4021 S 2500 E 4021 S 2500 E 1420 E Weatherby 510 S 500 W 2670 W 1000 N 2670 W 1000 N 650 W 1200 S 650 W 1200 S 721 W 100 S 161 N 1000 W 152 E 100 N 155 S 100 W 220 S 500 E 78 W 3325 N Randlett Hwy. 40, Gusher Hwy40 2100 E 800 S Tridell Lapoint PRIMARY ELECTION SEPTEMBER 8, 1992 GENERAL ELECTION NOVEMBER 3, 1992 Polls are open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. 1992 UINTAH COUNTY REGISTRATION AGENTS REGISTRATION DAYS - September 1, 2, 3, 1992 at the following location from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. JENSEN 1 DAVIS E. 2 DAVIS W. 3 NAPLES 4 GLINES 5 MAESER 6 MAESERDRYFORK 7 VERNAL W. 8 VERNAL S. 9 S. W. VERNAL 10 VERNAL N. W. 11 N. E. VERNAL 12 VERNAL S. E. 13 VERNAL E. 14 ASHLEY 15 AVALON -WILLOWS 16 GUSHER 17 FT. DUCHESNE 18 BALLARD 19 TRIDELLWHITEROCKS 20 LAPOINT 21 Blanch Wllklns 5417 S. 9500 E. Nila Kay Richards 2825 S. 2500 E. Darcy Simmons 3058 S. 1500 E. Rebecca Richards 2225 S. 3250 E. Candace Hall 1165 W. 1500 S. Beverly Merkley 1357 N. 3500 W. Virginia Adams 2185 N. 3500 W. AUean Foley 570 S. 2100 W. Ada W. Busch 1255 S. Vernal Ave. June Christiansen 690 W. 500 S. Geraldlne Powell 227 N. 800 W. Lucie Bartlett 153 W. 400 N. Jeanne M. Shakespeare 410 S. 200 E. Edith Stag 515 N. Vernal Ave. Dorothy Anderson 2109 N. 500 E. Cathy Cooper Taml Farnsworth Debbie Davis Karen Haslem Janet Bartlett KathyWooley 11200 E. 6000 N. Jensen 545-2578 Randlett 722-4764 Gusher 722-4755 Roosevelt 722-2685 Ballard 247-2686 Tridell 247-2615 Lapoint es projected for the future. Major companies are expected to increase spending overseas by over nine percent per-cent this year at the expense of domestic do-mestic exploration and production. "This translates into lost jobs," Johnston said. "Thousands of people peo-ple are being laid off. The oil and gas industry has lost over 400,000 jobs over the last 10 years, more than the steel and automobile industries indus-tries combined. Experts predict that 40,000-50,000 jobs will be lost in the industry this years," he underscored. under-scored. The House Committee on Energy and Commerce, in its report on HR 776 on March 30, noted costs of energy en-ergy are linked to this country's economic health. "The latest shock, triggered by Iraq's invasion of Kuwait in August, 1990," that caused the Persian Gulf war, "and the subsequent embargo of Iraqi and Kuwaiti oil exports," reminded us "that our dependence on the volatile Persian Gulf region for an increasing increas-ing share of our daily oil consumption consump-tion involves definite risks and costs. Administration economic spokesmen and others have pointed out... doubling of oil prices during the embargo was a major cause of the "current" recession," which began be-gan in 1990. "Growing imports also contribute to the nation's negative balance of trade," it said. The House Committee on Science, Space and Technology stated in its report on HR 776 on May 1 that the U.S. is currently importing 42 percent per-cent or about 7 million barrels of oil per day out of the 16 million barrels of oil that this country uses on an average day. Oil imports account for $54.6 billion of our annual trade deficit, it said. The House Science Committee noted, "Domestic production of crude oil declined from 10.3 million barrels of oil per day (MMBD) in 1984 to a current level of about 9.2 MMBD. Proven domestic oil reserves re-serves have declined steadily over the past decade and currently are estimated es-timated at 26 billion barrels. The base of proven reserves is roughly equal to eight years' production at current rates, and provides little capacity ca-pacity to increase production rates." Total U.S. oil resources are estimated estimat-ed to be 513 billion barrels, but most are too expensive to be recovered recov-ered using today's technologies, it observed. Because of moratoria that have been placed on leasing much of the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) in the annual Interial Department appropriations ap-propriations bills in recent years and the high cost of developing most remaining re-maining reserves on the U.S. mainland, main-land, U.S. oil industries increasingly have looked abroad for areas to explore ex-plore and drill for oil, including the Middle East, Africa, Asia, South America, Mexico and Canada, according ac-cording to the industry and government govern-ment sources. ANWR, THE LAST FRONTIER FOR DRILLING OR PRESERVATION The one big "last frontier" in the United States in which the U.S. oil industry sorely wants to explore and drill is the Alaska National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR), a 19,049,236-acre area in Northeastern Alaska. ANWR AN-WR is estimated by industry sources to hold up to 9 billion barrels bar-rels of oil. This compares with Prudhoe Bay, also in Alaska, America's largest oil field, which is estimated to have 12 billion barrels in reserve. The first energy policy bill that Johnston introduced in the Senate last year would have allowed exploration explo-ration and drilling in ANWR, but Sens. Howard M. Metzenbaum, D-Ohio, D-Ohio, and Joseph I. Leibcrman, D-Conn., D-Conn., threatened to filibuster the bill. An expert vote-counter, Johnston figured he could not round up the necessary three-fifths vote needed to close off Senate debate. So he dropped ANWR from the Senate energy policy bill. The Senate version that went to conference confer-ence committee on July 30 did not allow drilling in ANWR, and the House version never included ANWR. AN-WR. ANWR would have killed the bill, several sources told WRW. The Wilderness Society is making a special spe-cial effort to protect ANWR. A brochure called, "Vanishing Arctic, Alaska's National Wildlife Refuge," is in its reception room here for all to read. The Society also regards ANWR as a last American frontier fron-tier a frontier against human intrusion. intru-sion. ANWR and most of the OCS lands are off-limits to oil exploration explo-ration drilling and development in both versions of HR 776. The American Petroleum Institute, the lobby for the largest oil companies, said on July 30 after the Senate passed its version of HR 776 it was disappointed the legislation "failed to open the coastal plain of Alaska's ANWR to oil development and retains re-tains the unwise prohibition against driling on most of America's offshore off-shore lands. Without permitting access ac-cess to these highly promising areas, ar-eas, the legislation...provides very little that would sustain domestic oil production and curb the nation's growing dependence on foreign oil supplies." C. Maury Devine of Mobil Corp. told WRW on Aug. 18 Mobil has OCS leases in Bristol Bay, Alaska, in Pulley Ridge on the Gulf Coast on the west side of Florida, and offshore off-shore of North Carolina that are affected af-fected by the OCS leasing moratoria until 2000-1 in both bills. She said Mobil would "dearly like to drill in those areas, but since they have been closed off, we would like to get the issue behind us." Both bills provide for the federal government govern-ment to cancel and buy back existing exist-ing leases in these areas. As the government is heavily in debt, she observed, "We have to be realistic. We are not looking for cash. We would like to receive credit toward future royalty payments" for oil and gas production on federal lands. As a practical matter, that is likely to be the only way the federal gov-ememtn gov-ememtn can pay for the cancellation of leases to the companies that hold such leases. Both bills provide for revenue-sharing with adjoining states of federal receipts generated by offshore oil and gas leases. Affected states and the oil industry like that provision, even though both bills have restrictions on how the revenue-sharing may be used. With only 596 domestic oil drilling rigs in operation the week ending June 12, the lowest number since records began in 1940, the Independent Petroleum Association of America (LPAA) expressed its concern about the downward slide of the domestic oil industry. Denise A. Bode, IPPA president, noted in June, "In the last 10 months 45,000 people (have) lost their jobs" in domestic do-mestic oil, an industry "vital of the nation's economic stability and energy en-ergy security." IPPA represents independent in-dependent oil producers and particularly partic-ularly welcoms provisions in both versions of the energy policy bill that provide relief from the alternative alterna-tive minimum tax (AMT) for independent inde-pendent oil and gas producers. The legislation removes what are called "tax preferences" that the industry in-dustry claims have penalized investments invest-ments in drilling new wells and replacing re-placing wells that have been drawn down. There is virtually unanimous agreement within the oil industry this is the most important provision in the legislation to help the oil industry. in-dustry. It is expected to provide close to $1 billion in new tax benefits bene-fits for independent oil and gas producers pro-ducers during the next five years. The House version of the bill extends ex-tends AMT relief for five years. The Senate version would make the provision pro-vision permanent. Other provisions in HR 776 affecting af-fecting oil: Both bills provide for additions to the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR), but the House voted down an amendment by Rep. Philip R. Sharp, D-Ind., that would have required re-quired U.S. refiners and importers to set aside about 1 percent of the oil they buy each year to be put into the SPR. The oil industry and other opponents claimed it was the equivalent equiv-alent of a consumer tax on oil. The House version of the bill provides pro-vides for speeding up the regulatory process of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission in setting oil pipeline rates that are "just and reasonable." It requires the federal government to re-offer leases at public auctior where there is competitive interet in the leases. It prohibits the purchase of atut 1000 controversial oil shale cums on public lands in Colorado Utah and Wyoming, under an amedmcnt sponsored by Rep. cn N. Campbell, D-Colo. |