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Show I 'J -ERUP utah press association m aseball and softball face rival 1521 E 3900 S STE 100 ' n HfllinarQ SALT LAKE CITY UT 841-1 9 Ihu Fn 417 418 Weather by M l A5Jl-N tJRtK)K Mainly Mjmly ninny. Hifh inn.HiSli Kl: At I I. IINV . in the mid in ihc mid and tows NKundli A 7 in (he low in ihc upper OC?t? i I ,v JOs. 104 : c n j. C1 - CI i k i i 7 "717 "f Ear e,-;sjf teMUl4 i t. if "f fa l-;s3f te 'A M id USt l -oil 'x i 11 5th Year No. 16 Vernal, Utah 84078 00 CENTS www.vernal.com Wednesday April 1Gf 2003 y Your Hometown Newspaper ' ' , ., v at TANKS ARE US Tank manufacturing done right in Naples By Kevin Ashby Express Publisher If much time is spent in the oil fields or on the highways traversing the Basin, then you have seen great big metal tanks. What most people don't know is that there is a tank manufacturing manufactur-ing business staying very busy located in Naples. If you need a cylindrical looking look-ing tank built, even with odd or special specifications, then talk with Fernando Rubio at Challenger Process Systems in Naples. Although they can't build just any tank, the production crews specialize in cylinder tanks used in the oil field for production, drilling and collection of gas and oil or to collect condensation from gas and oil lines plus they are built to hold oil brine and mud. Tanks from Challenger vary from a small one measuring in at six feet in diameter by eight feet tall to a huge 830-barrel tank ROYALTIES, REVENUES By F1ary Bernard - -Express Writer A proposed natural gas project on the Tavaputs Plateau could generate millions in royalties and revenues for Utah. But getting the gas out of the ground could cost the state some of its premier archaeological resources. Conservationists assert that the loose application of federal regulation in the canyon below the plateau will compromise Nine Mile Canyon's ancient rock art gallery. "We're not trying to stop the drilling," said Steve Tanner of the Nine Mile Canyon Coalition. Coali-tion. "We're just trying to get a responsible program." At least 26 conservation groups have signed a letter addressed ad-dressed to the Bureau of Land Management expressing their dissatisfaction with the agency's programmatic intent and call for extended protection to Nine Mile - T v. ... IRRIGATION PIPELINE COMES AT A COST Homes along 500 North in Vernal have put up with a pipeline installation project all spring, and now they are putting up with dust as crews sweep dirt back into the trench from off the street. Construction Construc-tion crews have most of the pipe in the ground with a little more work to do on the connections and access boxes. Exit Rp.alty Professionals 1285WestHwy 40 Vernal, Utah 84078 (435) 789-EXIT (3948) - measuring 15.5 feet across and 25 feet tall. With only 18 employees employ-ees tight schedules allow them to produce between 30 and 50 tanks a month. "We are more of a custom shop where a tank may have an odd size circumference or a coned dimension," explained Rubio. "All tanks are manufactured, tested and then painted to the customers' specifications." Included in the employees is a drafting team that takes the information about the tank from the customer. The tank is then designed on paper and approved for fabrication after safety checks are all met. Materials are then ordered. Presently, metal is received from Utah as well as several other western states. Flat sheets of metal are shipped to the Naples plant ranging from three-sixteenths three-sixteenths of an inch to three-eighths three-eighths of an inch in thickness. A 400-barrel tank is constructed from fiat metal sheets measuring SEE TANKS ARE US on A2 AND ROCK ART Canyon's archaeology. Of primary concern is the on-going exploratory work in the canyon by the Bill Barrett Corporation's WTest Tavaputs Natural Gas Full Field Development. Devel-opment. While there are other operators, BBC has proposed to drill seven times the existing number of wells on 137,930 acres ofBLMtland. "Sites have been damaged by the effects of this development already," said Jerry Spangler, of the Colorado Plateau Archaeological Archaeo-logical Alliance. "At least one historic site has been destroyed completely." That damage has occurred despite de-spite existing federal regulation to protect cultural properties. Overthe years, the BLM partnered part-nered with conservation groups to protect Nine Mile Canyon but the working relationship has been sporadic. . "The initial process began in 1971, with the writing of?a Nine , McMullin Homes Smart, riliiicnt. AlliuJ.iNc k- '..X v.- , - . --O- -- v s. v V . '-v , I - . '( Employees at Challenger Process Systems in Naples keep the sparks flying as they bend, weld, grind, shape and pressure test tanks for the oil and gas field. Crews specialize in the custom tank needed in the patch and work long hours in producing up to 50 tanks a month. Mile Canyon Archaeological District Dis-trict Nomination for the National Register of Historic Places." said Spangler. "The agency was supportive sup-portive at first, but after a while the process stalled." After momentum lagged for a historic district nomination, conservationists picked up the effort. In 2004, the coalition hired Spangler's firm to re-draft the nomination. "The district follows the contours of the canyon bottom and side slopes covering over 47,000 acres and more than 800 archaeological sites," said Spangler. Span-gler. "It was completed in February, Febru-ary, submitted to the state and now on its way to Washington, D.C." Spangler explained that the archaeological district status will offer no more protection to Nine Mile Canyon than exists currently. That'sbecause federal law mandates the federal agency to protect cultural properties on J Executive Home P"T ' !, "Sbdrms, 'y ;r-sf.......L. 3 baths ; i ', Maeser -H Location i r. iff. 1, lands they manage. . ,- ' "The law requires that the BLM consider the direct and indirect effect that a projects like the Tavaputs drilling will have on cultural resources," said r ft.- Viewers take in the famous Great Hunt Panel in Nine Mile Canyon which has been recommended for special protective measures. The road before the petrogylph panel has been moved from proximity to the delicate panel. More protection may be possible with future actions. Impact Ulitigati funds seusuc Helping to print a Uintah County history book topped the discussion by the Uintah Impact Mitigation Special Service District Dis-trict board last week. The book is a history publication publica-tion being compiled by George Long with a request for $9,400 to subsidize half the cost of printing 200 copies. The subsidy is intended to keep to keep the cost of each book at $20. It was reported that Long has presold 185 copies of the history book at $20 per copy. The project started about three years ago by Uintah County. It will be finished with the publishing of this book. The board voted to fund the Wonderful p. n" ---;rr- Family Home ffif ' $194,900 Brand New Home -Back On Market! !" "i .. r 4 , , v-.V Spangler. "Designating Nine Mile Canyon an archaeological district will not shut down the . drilling nor is it intended to." "But the nomination will provide a platform to get grants amount needed to print 250 books at approximately $27 per copy. The board also discussed an insert that would be printed to be included in this year's Utah Business Magazine - Governors Special Edition that is used by the state economic development division in providing information informa-tion to people all over the world about Utah. The insert would be published after the pattern of the Uintah County insert used last year for the Utah Business Magazine. That insert was 32 pages, while the one this year will only be eight pages. Several on the board mentioned men-tioned that the cover on the Brand New Home - Pick Colors $229,900 on District ocal projects for the protection of- fragile resources in the canyon," said Tanner. "We've been after this district nomination foryears, but the BLM has dragged its feet." SEE NINE MILE on A2 1 - v i r i i i . , previous insert was the only part that needed to be changed or improved. The board was told that from the previous insert, the district received $150,000 scholarship money, plus another $50,000 that was added later. "This is money well spent," said Rob Behunin, district manager. man-ager. "On top of these funds, another person saw the magazine last time and purchased $300,000 of property in Vernal." The board voted to approve the needed $20,000. The board also approved a $2,500 request of matching funds from the transient room tax event money to help fund SEE IMPACT FUNDS on A2 A T Great Starter Home $169,900 Brand New Home - Pick Colors $239,900 |