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Show Park Record Thursday, April 2, 1987 Page A5 (Cowumty Mews County sludge wars continue by Hedy West Record staff writer Stage two of the Summit County sludge saga took place this week as Snyderville. Basiri Sewer District Director Rex Ausgood appeared before commissioners Tuesday. "We've spoken to Park Meadows Racquet Club," said Ausgood, "and they're willing to let us initiate a pilot sludge disposal program on the Jack Nicholas golf course." Ausgood explained the dried effluent ef-fluent from the wastewater treatment treat-ment plant would be trucked to the course and spread evenly over a section sec-tion every day. "The course is big enough that we figure it will take a week to completely cover it," he said. Commissioners had asked Ausgood to stop dumping sludge into county landfills because the odors were offensive to nearby residents and the landfills were becoming swampy. "We lost a cat (caterpillar tractor) in the Rockport landfill last week," said county landfill supervisor super-visor Bruce Rowdy. Ausgood met with county staff and "brainstormed ideas" on where to put the waste. "We considered digging digg-ing pits along the highway, installing a line to pump the sludge out of Summit Sum-mit County and into the Great Salt Lake, and even packing the Jor-danelle Jor-danelle Dam with the stuff," said Ausgood. The team contacted Jeremy Ranch homeowners to ask if the sludge could help fertilize the greens at the country club course there. But, said Ausgood, "they told us the sludge would 'hit the fan' if we tried to deposit it there. " The sewer district originally planned plan-ned to use drying beds close to the 14th tee at the Jeremy Ranch golf course, but homeowners complained so violently it was forced to dump in county landfills. Since the sludge is not dried as much as originally planned, plan-ned, it is wetting the already wet garbage and creating a semi-solid muck in the Rockport and Henefer landfills. The sludge has some value as a "fertilizer" said Ausgood, so several ranchers and the Park Meadows golf course were "ideal candidates" for shouldering some of the sludge burden. There are rules which govern where the waste can go, though. Ausgood explained although it could be used on beef cattle pasture, dairy cattle ground was jj'out of the question. " Oil pipeline An $8 million crude oil pipeline was again the topic of discussion at the Summit County Commission meeting Tuesday. Steve Malnar, a consultant on land acquisition who works for the company com-pany building the line, told commissioners commis-sioners a performance bond would be issued, and valves installed to prevent oil spills at river crossings for the 10 inch diameter, 41-mile-long pipeline. Both were issues the commission had asked Malnar to address ad-dress when he originally spoke to them March 3. The line will cross both the Weber River just south of Wanship, and a creek which runs under 1-80 at Rasmussen Road. "We will put in a block valve on the east (upslope) side at Weber," said Malnar. Commissioners had also asked Malnar and the firm he represented, Rooney Engineering, to consider alternate routes to avoid overcrowding over-crowding the utility corridor near Kimball Junction. For instance, said Commissioner Tom Flinders, Rooney should look at tying into an existing oil pipeline further east than planned, to avoid building the Couple married, voters on same day According to Summit County Clerk, Douglas Geary, history was made in the courthouse in Coalville last week when a couple from Park City obtained a marriage license and voter registration cards from the Clerk on the same day. "We have sold maybe a half dozen marriage licenses to Park City people over the last ten years," Geary told the Record's Coalville correspondent, "and we also registered four people from Park City to vote during the last Presidential election. This is the first time I can remember that the same couple did both on the same day." The couple actually took their marriage vows there in the Clerk's office in a simple civil ceremony. Fifth Circuit Court Judge Paul Hooking for Llama Llasooers Llend a Hand and Lliven up Your Uife Call Milo Ravage at 543-LLAMA V mi: W ' Mi ' i Summit County landfill boss Bruce Rowdy can't believe his eyes as he takes in his own sludge-coated form. Rowdy was driving a caterpillar tractor at the Rockport landfill when it sank in semi-soft sludge which had just been dumped by the sewer district. "So, you can eat it, but you can't drink it. Is that it?" asked Rowdy. The sewer director then explained how the Park Meadows course would be fertilized with sludge. "We'll spread it out so each part can still see the sun and photosyn-thesize,"hesaid. photosyn-thesize,"hesaid. When asked whether after a few weeks the course wouldn't be buried under the sludge, Ausgood replied, "Well, naturally it will be piled higher and deeper, but not so deep as to bury the balls or anything." He did recommend using the brightly colored orange balls just in case, though. "What happens in the winter?" asked Commissioner Tom Flanders. Ausgood seemed reluctant to discussed once again new line in this particular spot. But a representative from Rooney who attended at-tended Tuesday's meeting said, "They (Chevron) did not even want to entertain the thought of us tying into their line there." Instead, the oil pipeline will go all the way to booster and heating stations sta-tions at Kimball Junction, where its 20,000 barrels per day of crude will be dumped into the Chevron line heading for Salt Lake . City refineries. Malnar explained his company would like a written agreement within 30 days with the county because it planned to start work in June. Although he anticipated needing two building seasons to finish the line earlier, Malnar told commissioners "it will only take one summer" at Tuesday's meeting. Forty miles (the length of the line) is about enough to keep one contractor busy for three or four months," he said. Flinders asked whether the firm had all the right-of-way agreements needed. Malnar responded that the "big property owners" were satisfied. "There are only a few minor problems," he said. Malnar Grant performed the wedding while on recess from the morning criminal arraignment calendar. The rare event was celebrated in the courthouse cour-thouse with a brief reception in the Clerk's office catered by the famous Dean's Cafe. Following the reception, a Courthouse Cour-thouse employee asked if the couple would be voting Republican or Democratic in the next election. The bride favored the Democrats, while the groom leaned to the GOP. Sheriff's deputies were able to break up the fight that followed. "If the District Court had been in session today," Geary noted, "we could have completed the divorce all in one stop." Geary declined to reveal the names of the couple to protect their privacy. i 'mm """"" mm ' J V answer, but finally admitted the sludge would be delivered in frozen gelatinous chunks to the course where it would be stored until spring thaw. "So, there will be chunky sludge there all winter," he said. Commissioners questioned Ausgood on whether this was the best possibility. "Don't those folks over in Park Meadows have noses, too?" asked Flanders. "Aren't they going to complain? " Ausgood said, "all we can do is try," but assured commissioners that at least the management of Park Meadows was behind the proposal. pro-posal. "They're having financial troubles, you know," he said. "This way, they don't have to buy a single drop of fertilizer." Commissioners expressed concern con-cern that the frontage and other county roads not be damaged by installing in-stalling the oil pipeline. If there were damage, the bond money the county required before the project began would pay for repair. Flinders also said the roads should be "videotaped first" to compare their status before and after the project, and that they should be "raked and graded" during dur-ing project completion. The Rooney Engineering representative agreed the roads were a concern, but wanted to "spell out the limits on this thing so we know what we're going to be liable for." told the commissioners he was offering offer-ing landowners $15 per rod for right-of-way, but "didn't really consider the county a landowner" and only wanted an easement through their property along the frontage road beside 1-80. Commissioners directed Assistant County Attorney Franklin Andersen to work with Rooney's attorney on an agreement, and bring it back to the board to consider. Kamas man hired for dog shelter Summit County named a new animal field officer to replace Animal Control Officer Barry Shoda last week. Sheriff Fred Eley said he had hired Clinton B. Wilde of Kamas to work in the county animal shelter near Kimball Junction after preferred prefer-red candidate Mike Georgi turned the position down. Eley said he hired Wilde because "he showed a real interest in-terest in the job, and seemed willing to stay with it." Eley, who is in charge of me Animal Control program, hired the new man a step below existing new officer, Ralph Georgi. He does not anticipate having an animal control officer at the shelter. When questioned on whether he anticipated any changes in the animal control program or shelter, Eley said no. 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