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Show T South Utah generating plant discussed by concerned leaders in Progress finding an acceptable site for a electrical generating station in the vicinity of Southern Utah's Kaiparowits Plateau was reported this week to environmental leaders and members of the U. S. Department coal-fire- of d the Interior. in Southern Utah which would billion tt generating facility could be built and in operation within Meeting in Interior Department offices, the group was five years. told of the most recent studies If this coal is not used for to identify potential new sites electrical the generation, Trees: nature's gift for America'a third century scapes it with trees and shrubs and flowers is making war on "ugliness." But the people of the AAN offer other, perhaps even more important reasons for every citizen to contribute nature's growing gifts for the country's bicentennial year. In this time of great concern- about the deteriorating quality of our atmosphere, the AAN reminds us of this fact: During the course of the 23,000 times we each inhale and exhale in a single day, we greatness. While Miss Winslow was take in 35 pounds of oxygen -and we get it all from green making her environmental plants on land and vegetation in Massachucontribution in the sea. setts, another more ambitious In addition to their manuunderwas gardening project of oxygen, plants facturing in the at way Virginia colony the home oi George Mason. are one of nature's most effiThomas Jefferson called him cient air purifiers. Their hairy "the wisest man of his gener- leaf surfaces clutch falling of dust and dirt to ation," and others have refer- particles red to Mason as "the Pen of help curtail the steady rain of the Revolution" because his pollutants in our atmosphere. the efficiency of writing of the first Consti- Dramatizing tution of Virginia became the this process, a recent research basis of our Federal Pill of study showed the dust count on the sheltered side of a Rights. section to be Today's visitors to Gunston plantedlower than a similar Hall, the Mason estate near the nation's capital, find a count on the windward side. Still another factor in our tall boxmagnificent di wood allee planted in about nation's environmental 1776 by George Mason with lemma as it approaches its third century is the noise seedlings he imported from pollution in which we live . . . boxEngland. The wondrous wood garden remains as his a cacophony that contributes to all sorts of tension-relategift to his land as we approach diseases: headaches, stomach a and third our symcentury, illbol of George Mason's love ulcers, neuroses, mental and respect for nature's ness, allergies, even cardio vascular and circulatory disbeauty. ease. DumHarvard University's Consider this information barton Oaks, in Washington, D.C., was the site, in 1944, provided by the AAN: Heavy when representatives of four street traffic registers an noise level of 70 major world powers - Russia, average China, Great Britain and the decibels. Proper landscaping United States - met to plan can reduce that noise about Plant parts break the first( draft of the United Nations Charter. Perhaps the up sound waves, change their direction and reduce their indelegates walked through the For the same reason, tensity. their stately gardens during when many modern offices are deliberations . . . and using live partitions of plant they did they surely stood materials between work areas beneath one of the oldest trees in the capital city. The to effect a measurable de- crease in sound volume, add majestic white oak has been a and freshen the air. quiet sentinel in that place beauty, all With this in mind, the since its planting some 50 of the American Ass'n people nation's our before years of Nurserymen conjecture on independence. The American Ass'n of the impact which our nation would if every Nurserymen is focusing at- citizen experience one tree or planted as such on tention plantings these which have been a part Ousn or nowering shrub as a of our nation's natural wealth bicentennial gift to America. They say. throughout its history to point Imagine! new beautifiers, air puriup the value of new planting now in observance of the ap- fiers, sound mufflers, earth proaching American bicen- nourishers, water protectors tennial year. "The best time all at one time to restore our to plant a tree," the men and diminishing riches in nature's women oi the AA1N say, was gifts! The need for this kind of a long time ago. The second individual action may be now." is best time "Decorate our nation for its urgent. By 1976, the bicentennial year, estimates are birthday year," they say, of America's "with trees along our streets, that will live in urban areas. plants and shrubs in our gar- people dens and parks, lawns and But recent studies reveal that of the public trees ground covers over the naked earth." And they provide a in a typical metropolitan area number of compelling argu- that are lost every year ments for taking these steps through natural causes or as we enter our third century. because of new construction Beauty, of course. Destruc- are never replaced. "This nation and our world tion of natural beauty is a disof our na- will survive in America's third astrous century," the people of the tion's material growth. The easiest way to strike a nursery industry claim, "if each individual can learn to telling blow for beauty in our land is for people to take a know the life value of nature's hard look at their homes and gifts, just as those like Peneneighborhoods, and if they lope Winslow, George Mason, don't like what they see, to do Jefferson, and others in their did as they planted for something about it. The time homeowner who plants a their country's future. grassy front lawn and land Penelope Winslow planted tree to celebrate her eleventh birthday. Standing beside the little sapling in the front yard of her father's new home in Plymouth, Mass., she could look some 500 paces away to the rock where the Pilgrims first set foot on this nation's soil. Her gift has become a part of our heritage, because 200 years since its planting Penelope's linden tree still stands as a monument to America's a linden "Construction and operating of the proposed station will produce economic, social and -- environmental impact. However, we recognize that the level of impact upon the environment must be minimized, and we are committed to design, construct and operate the plant accordingly," , Fogarty said. Following final site selecfor contion, applications struction and at the new site will then be sub ject to environmental impact studies, public hearings and policy reviews. Fogarty noted that since this review process takes an extended period of time, and that the development of coal is recognized as necessary in the establishment of U. S. self reliance in the energy crisis, it is im- - low-sulf- most likely alternate fuel is oil taken from U. S. Reserves or imported from foreign nations. This 3,000 megawatts of would generation require about 33 million barrels of oil annually - more than presently consumed each year for all purposes in the State of Utah., Four southwestern utilities are relying on the Southern Utah Project to provide a major source of additional electric power required by the 1980s. They are Arizona Public Service,. San Diego Gas & Electric Company, the Salt River Project and the project director, Southern California Edison Company. "The four participants anti- cipate an increased electricity consumer demand in the next ten years of more than 14,000 megawatts. The 3,000 mega- watts to be generated at Kaiparowits will supply about 20 percent of that need," David J. Fogarty, vice president in charge of system for Edison, development pointed out to those assembled for the briefing. "The proposed coal-fireelectric facility in Southern Utah is not a new project," Fogarty said. locate the generating facility farther from Lake Powell and the Glen Canyon Recreational area. Once all environmental approvals have been obtained, the $1.5 "It had its inception more than ten years ago when test rillirnr orintr iho -K .1 i narnwit.S ,,..lf u.v..6 indicated a large dePlateau posit of recoverable d coal. "A number of sites in the area have been suggested over the years. The time has come when the best site should be weighed in the light of environmental considerations, economic feasibility, and vital fuel availability," he right-of-wa- said. j Robert S. Currie, project manager, explained that Southern California Edison and the three other utilities last June had submitted a detailed environmental report to the Department of the Interior recommending Nipple Bench as the desired site. When Interior officials suggested that Nipple Bench was too close to the Glen Canyon Recreational Area, additional and even more restrictive guidelines were established and the new, more detailed siting study was initiated. "The selection process including map interpretation, reconnaissance, helicopter ground level investigation and matrix analysis, was conducted environ- to ascertain mentally acceptable power plant locations," Currie said, Completed early in November, the study identifies four candidate sites, ranging from four to 17 miles farther two-volum- e j j j i y portant to move forward as soon as possible on the site decision. Bingham Junction has DUP meeting 15, son of Mrs Boucher, Jr., Sandy, received his Eagle Scout award at a court of honor held Dec. 5 at Midvale Methodist Church. He is a boy scout in troop 178. Scoutmaster is Glen Harkins. Roy $2.00 NOW Irom Lake Powell than the Nipple Bench site. 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