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Show 4 - WARMING TIMES - APR 1992 — SEISMIC ggnt, from Page 1 What will it be like? Those who lived here when the last seismic work was done (year??) have some pretty unpleasant stories about how severe the impact was on their lives. While BLM apparently assured them they would hardly hear the blasts, the reality was very different. With lines over ten miles long and blasts every 200 to 300 thrown out the cases. However, the cases were good enough that BLM didn’t want them to be heard, deciding to discontinue the hearings instead. While SUWA and the Sierra Club may try to get the process re-established, it would take a fairly lengthy court case which wouldn’t help to us now. You can help by calling or writing the BLM (Brad Palmer, Grand Re- feet, that’s a lot of impact on us, and a source Area, 885 So. Sand Flats Road, lot of impact on some very special country up above us. What can we do? We have to get Moab UT 84532—259-8193) and ask BLM to start noticing that we exist and that we mind what they are doing to us. If we don’t seem to care, then BLM will continue to do things that hurt us. BLM can attach a wide range of stipulations to permits regulating how this type of activity shall be conducted. The oil companies are used to this and expect it in most cases. We have to let BLM know that the cumulative effect of that you be put on their mailing list for all EAs (Environmental Assessments) for seismic work in and around Castle Valley. Tell them that you are con- fence is on the road. Decided to work on the intersection near the community lot first since it has been surveyed. Road Supervisor will get some surveying cost estimates on additional projects for next Town Meeting. Some discussion on dust problems— no solutions in sight. TOWN COUNCIL: Saturday, May 2, will be CV Trash Pick-up Day. with help from county road crews. (See article, Page 2.) Joint POA/Town Council budget meeting Wed., April 22. 7 p.m., fire station. Planning Commission opening. Call Jack at 51 15 if interested, before May 4. Good way to help find solutions to problems our town will face in the future. Discussion about Community Lot more of us they hear from, the better. I am also making a list of people planning. See insert in this issue (same will be available at Easter Party, April 19.) Much discussion about underground electrical power ordinance. Draft has been submitted to Town Attorney for review. who care about what this seismic work Several of us are looking into facts, might do to our lives, and who might installation costs, technical possibilities. If you would like to help with this, please call cerned about how the work may affect those who live in Castle Valley. The be willing to write a letter or make a me at 5115 so that we can share the phone call. If you are interested in information we turn up. The long-term intent is to find ways to slowly get all our We have the noise of the helicopters helping out, please call me at 5115 and get your name on the list. It’s crucial in filming commercials around Castle the long run that BLM begins to Rock, we have the river road shut down consider our interests as well as those for more film commercials, we’re going to have a large amount of of the large oil companies, helicopter filming companies, and other commer- disturbance because of the seismic cial activities impacting our lives here was. Temporary moratorium on some work, and that only leads up to the in Castle Valley. —Jack Campbell overhead installations of electrical power was extended two months. all they are doing to us is unacceptable. actual drilling for oil and gas likely to follow from the seismic work. Our community must let BLM know they how their projects will affect us. They are supposed to do this but won’t if we don’t speak up. There used to be administrative appeals processes we could use if BLM did something too harmful. Because BLM was losing too many of these appeals cases, they simply eliminated the appeals option. If the appeals had been weak or frivolous, they would Need to begin by preventing more damage in the immediate future. Technology has improved dramatically, allowing underground installation to be much better than it —Jack Campbell Town Meeting Minutes are not merely agents for the big corporations, but should also consider utility lines underground (in 10 or 20 years). POA MEETING:Voted to help the Easter party arrangements by supplying two portable toilets for the event. Bill Viavant made the interesting suggestion that we should look into giving people who own more than one lot a financial incentive to combine their lots. The whole community would benefit by having less eventual development traffic, and congestion. Roads discussion: How to deal with road encroachments (where either the Town road is on someone‘s property or someone's have speeded up the hearings and Fire Department Notes Last month we talked about the nature of our fire department and the fact that our services were accessed through the 911 operator. This month we will point out some things you can check in your homes to keep a fire from starting. Wood will not normally burn at temperatures as low as 250'F. However, if it is repeatedly subjected to that temperature, it will undergo a chemical change which reduces the ignition CASTLE CANYON NURSERY temperature to that much lower than normal level. The most obvious place to look for this problem is around your KEN and ALICE DROGIN Box 2106, CVSR. Moab, Utah 84532 chimney and fireplace or wood bumer. Cleators of fine Landscapes A second place is around ceiling lighting fixtures. Using bulbs of higher 259-8274 ANYTIME Ucensad Landscape Contractor PLANTING 0 IRRIGATION SYSTEMS ' DRIP IRRIGATION HEADQUARTERS HARDY NATIVE PLANTS NATIVE GRASS 8 OUICKLAWN SHADE TREES - ALL SIZES GIVE USA CALL WE DELIVER wattage than recommended by the manufacturer can be a fire hazard. A third hazard area is around recessed lighting fixtures. The manufacturer not only specifies a maximum bulb size, but tells you that insulation should be kept away from the fixture, and he tells you how far. Believe him. It could save your home. —Floyd L. Stoughton |
