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Show i The Times-Independen- Thursday, March 29, 1979 t, Cl Moab actors puff away for West German Television viewers Productions, of Burbank, Calif., was in the Moab area last week shooting a television commercial for a West German cigarette company. Locations included the Colorado River near Tommy Whites Lane-We- st ranch, the Dead Horse Point road and the road to Ahh! Nothing like a cigarette after a Mineral Canyon. Here a cameraman adjusts a camera river... Severed Moab residents were mounted on the front of a small van for a moving shot during the filming of a cigarette t. In all, there were 24 on the Dead Horse Point road. Lane-Wes- hard day on the members. The commercial will be seen only in West used as extras Germany. River transportation was provided by by Holiday Tours. commercial cast and crew the financial elite upon the ruins of the Republic. In discussing state legislative action, Roberts said Friday that when a few states pass laws Regulations plague mining industry, official says in report The Society of Mining Engineers of the AIME has released a summary of problems presented at the 1979 AIME annual meeting in New Orleans, The Louisana Feb. summary was prepared by John W. Crawford, director of health and safety for the 'Pittston Co. Coal Group of Lebanon, Virginia. Though primarily concerned with coal mining, federal inspectors have (outlawing federal control) the entire conspiracy will fall apart. Roberts also criticized what he called the third received formal training at the National Mine Health inspectorate based on and Safety Academy in opinions developed from the proper application of personal experience of regulations, as well as inspectors or lack of routine retraining and experience. He continued, The special training courses is replete with record the implementafollowing tion of new regulations. examples of inspectors applying reguRegulatory Problems Crawford lations that either do not Basically, said, the regulatory exist or have been stretched far beyond the intent of problems are two-folThere are a few specific the regulations. some of the problems regulations that, under In particular, Crawford outlined by Crawford af- certain circumstances, criticized regulations confect all forms of mining. compliance is nearly, if cerning equipment cabs, Crawford told those at- not actually, impossible. underground illumination tending the meeting that and jnderground escape-way- s There is for being unreasonable and confusing. 18-2- 2. over-zealo- us d. non-unifor- m Complexity of Regulations Crawford also criticized the complexity of the regulations, citing as an example, the rules concerning self-contain- ed helf-rescue- ra. 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To the layman it appears the regulators were not quite sure their position was a proper one; but that did not stop the promulgation. I Am sure the industry will find out the hard way why it required so much justification. He went on to say that numerous MSHA regulations are written in such a manner that discretion is permitted on enforcement. Oftentimes, Craw- ford asserted, the inspector, rather than using judgement based upon sound mining exercises practices, 'black and white judgement. Crawford said that mine operating personnel may feel insulted when regulations are enforced by persons possibly less and qualified. He stated that some inspectors have taken it upon well-train- ed themselves to interpret the intent of the regulations, ignoring such resources as immediate supervisors, the engineering staff at the local district office, the health and safety staff at the headquarters office and technical support expertise. ng 3) TRANS WESTERN AIRLINES of Utah P.0. Box 3253. Logan. Utah 84321 level of government, referring to governmental councils, such as the Southeastern Utah Asso- application of enforcement of regulations by the Said Crawford, The sad commentary about such a situation is that only in rare instances will the inspectors supervisor take exception to the inspectors actions when confronted by a mine operator. SA- , ' ciation of Governments. He stated that such groups are replacing local elected officials with appointees. Roberts said that federal control of vast amounts of land in the -- .;. "''- V- - . ' - Season is opening in Canyonlands National Canyonlands Park has started the new season and is preparing for a busy one. The Needles Campground has started fee collection and is supplying normal services with water now available in the campground. There will be many interpretive services offered this year both in and outside of the park. Campfire programs are being offered every night r : ; and special events are western United States being offered on weekresulted from agreements ends. All backcountry . made by state officials to roads and trails are now Fire destroyed a car parked behind the shop building at Grand County High gain admittance into the open. Tuesday, March 27 at 12:20 p.m. Flames gutted the interior of the car, which was Union. He claims that being used for auto repair instruction. No cause for the fire was given, although such agreements violated legislators enact legislafirefighters theorized that it may have been started by spontaneous combustion. the equal standing of the tion similar to a bill states west of the Missis- introduced in the Nevada sippi River, as eastern State Senate on March 25, states do not have large, 1977, which would return amounts of federally-controlle- d federal lands to the land. control of state Roberts urged that Utah A large crowd attended national corporations to do a public rally at Star Hall away with state and local last Friday, March 23, to government. hear Archibald E. Roberts It is Roberts contention (Col., U.S. Army, Ret.) that all National Parks, Forest Service and BLM speak on Regional Government and Land Conlands should be turned trol. over to state government. In an interview prior to He feels that the Constituhis speech, Roberts stated tion forbids the federal that land control by the government from holding federal government was large tracts of land. part of a plot by nonRoberts stated that these profit foundations and a public lands could be group of international better administered by banking groups and multi-- state governments and would provide a larger tax The most common base. answer received is that he Roberts said that what cannot alter an inspectors he refers to as federal decisions, which then regionalism began on causes one to wonder why March 27, 1969 when have supervisors if they President Richard Nixon will not exercise their signed an executive order responsibility. creating ten regions for Problems With IBMA federal government agenCrawford said that cies and services. Roberts there are also problems asserts that this order with the Interior Board of states illegally Mine Operations Appeals merged into new political units. (IBMA). He stated that Roberts stated that each the Board has issued state must pass legislation ' Car destroyed by fire ' -- . ... Roberts addressed large group in Moab last Friday ( There are 2 big ; differences between our decisions negating the making in- enforcement agencys terpretations and policies. The agency apparent- ly has chosen to hold these decisions in abeyance, he said, rather than admit error and disseminate new policy structions to the spectorate. inin- In conclusion, Crawford stated, For the mining industry to ever succeed in systematic and routine compliance with the regulations, the federal government must accept its share of the responsibility by making the necessary regulatory corrections, ad- alism federal region- illegal, linking violations to specific articles in the Constitution. Roberts is the director of the National Committee to Restore the Constitution, a group which is lobbying for legislation in numer- ous states to transfer federal lands to state governments. A chapter has been formed in Moab. Roberts maintains that a criminal conspiracy is now in control of the executive, judicial and legislative branches of the federal government. In testimony before a Wisconsin State Senate Comequately training and mittee Roberts stated, monitoring its inspection there is a criminal workforce and honestly element in Washington considering and accepting and New York which seeks comment received from to overthrow the Constituthe industry on regulat tion of the United States and erect a dictatorship of proposals. 1 The Name Caterpillar 2 Wheelers reputation for parts and field service back-u- p! Our Cat yellow field service trucks and parts vans are a common sight in Southeastern Utah. 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