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Show V.'w A4The Times-lndependen- wwn mti nni ! ! tr Thursday, Jan. 14, 1982 t, BLM highlights the year in Utah, outlines changes reserve. Fifteen companies participated in the bidding which resulted in $14,200,-41- 1 of bonus bids. One tract, developers for use of public lands in the Uintah Cottonwood, brought $3,150 Basin. BLM is currently per acre, which is the highest covering seven synfuels bid ever received for federal of the income project proposals in one coal. One-haenvironmental impact statefrom minerals is given to the ment in cooperation with State of Utah. Livestock Grazing . state and local officials. announceFinal regulations affecting , Following the ment of the end of a ten year livestock grazing on public moratorium on federal coal lands were published. The leasing, the BLM completed changes made provide for the first activity in the more meaningful consultatUtah ion with affected parties, ; Coal Region. A decision was phase decisions into effect to made to put 10 coal tracts up permit monitoring, provide for lease in Carbon and for modification as a result of Emery Counties. The tracts monitoring studies and inhave reserves of sure effective public involveabout 600 million tons of ment. In November, proposcoal. ed rulemaking was suggesOn July 30, five tracts ted to amend the current were put up for sale by rules to further streamline sealed bid followed by oral grazing use administration auction. The tracts included by removing cumbersome 10,855 acres and about 200 procedures. A major change in the million tons of Adopt-A-Horprogram was to have taken effect Oct. 1, ; 1981, but was rescheduled for Jan. 1982. It 1, established a fixed fee of' $200 for a wild horse and $75 for a burro. The sale of 4,615 acres of public land was completed in - July, 1981. It is located about 10 miles north of Delta and is to be used as the power generation site for the 3,000 megawatt Intermountain Power Project. The secretary of The Bureau of Land Management in Utah has asked to identify small future. BLM responded to anticiparcels of federally administered lands which local pated applications from during calendar year 1981, changes designed to better serve the public, protect the environment and encourage needed development. Under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior James Watt and the new governments need to acquire to meet community needs for schools, hospitals, parks or other public purposes. Governor Scott Matheson, as a result of input from communities, identified about 88,000 acres in Utah. Energy Conference An energy transportation conference held in February attracted officials from 13 western states and Washington D.C. under the cooperative sponsorship of BLM, Forest Service, State of seen considerable change Bureau National Director Robert F. Burford, many regulations have been alter ed or are proposed to be changed. This has been done primarily to lessen the complexity of public compliance. Highlights of 1981 included important personnel in Utah involving the August appointment of Roland G. Robison Jr., a Utah native, as BLM State Director. Earlier, Gene was selected as district manager for the BLMs Moab District. ' Western Governors were ac-tio-ns No-di- syn-fue- Utah, Northwest Pipeline Corp., Utah Power & Light Co., and the International Right-of-Wa- y Association. The conference was an extension of the good to promote mutual trust among all agencies and industry in processing applications' for major energy projects in the neighbor policy ls lf Uinta-Southweste- rn , se CANT SEEM TO GET COMFORTABLE ON THAT BED OF YOURS? . the Interior accepted the recommendation of Gov. Matheson s siting committee for the location of the J Jr) TRY THIS BED OF OURS. lounge relax " EASTMAN HOUSE SLEEP ' i m ar--- ' : 'Tm getting a break on my taxes and high interest on my savings. grazing revenues . collected duriiig the last, half of fiscal year 1981. In May, more than$9,029,359 was paid to the state bringing the total to more. than $21,5 million for '. '' the year, 7 7 C5 Plans, were announced, by .the BLM : to accelerate wilderness studies involving :2.6 million acres of land in Utah. BLM plans to complete ' ; phase on these . received nearly : $2,- -' 235,000 in a competitive oil: and gas lease opening involving .24 parcels of i land totaling nearly 8,000 acres in Duchesne, Grand, San Juan and Uintah Counties., ;; T . Last . fall, more than was r distributed i. to Utah Counties by BLM as in lieu of taxes payments,' in a areas by December-o1984. In pecember, Utah native program designed to.provide funds to local governments James;" M.V Parker r. was to partially offset the. fiscal selected hs BLMs new National Associate Director. impact of certain BLM . 00 For the first time everyone is eligible, and the First Security I.R.A. Tax Deferred Savings Plan is designed to make it easy for you. Earn interest get a tax break! Working couples can deduct up to $4,000 a year off their Federal Taxable Income, up to $2,250 if you have a spouse, individuals up to $2,000 plus, you receive high interest on your savings. 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Air and Other (NUREG-0170- which was ), issued in 1977. Congress, while specific-icall- y requiring that governors be prenotified oft spent fuel shipments, has left to the Commissions judgeme- on potential hazard-whi- ch other types of nuclear materials will be subject to The Commission accordingly nt-based has determined thatin accordance with the intent of notification requirements congress and consistent should not apply to nuclear with the Commissions dewastes of amounts and types termination that shipments that the Commission deter- - of radioactive waste do nof mines' do not present a pose a potentially significant potentially significant hazard hazard to the public health to the public health and and v will be required only for safety. " V Proposed regulations were large quantities of radioac-- . , published in the Federal five Waste. This will consid; Register: on December; 9, erably lessen the administra1980, for public comment. tion burden, since only a few For spent fuel shipments, hundred shipments of large the final rule is essentially,- quantities of radioacrive the - same as. the vone? waste are made annually.. The revised regulations proposed, except that; the licensees are required to boundaries of such state. The law indicates that the . safety-prenotifica- tion ' River Commission to meet in Denver The Jan. 18 meeting The annual meeting of the Upper Colorado River agenda includes reports by Commission will take place officials of the Bureau of in Denver, Monday, Jan. 18. Reclamation, Western Area The commission includes Power Administration and representatives from Utah, commission staff members Colorado, Wyoming and and officers. rt New Mexico. VISITED RELATIVES 10: The commission is an Mrs. Angus Beeson and interstate coordinating agenRichard Sly, returned v son, cy concerned with water and from Corsicana, ; Sunday in the power developments where Texas they had been upper basin of the Colorado visiting Mrs. Beesons sister River. When bills to authorbrother-in-laMr. and ize projects are brought and Mrs. Bobby Andrews and before congressional committees, the commission family. provides assistance to local NEVADA VACATION ; f groups in presenting their Mr. and Mrs. Dan Win- cases. bourn and 51. .Dana, have returned from v will be effective July 6, 1982 Las Vegas, Nev. where they v (180 days after publication in had been visiting the the F ederal Register W inbourns daughter, Nyda and husband Roy Beeson. January 6, 1982. -- ' . grand-daughter- ,:. sale EPfs saturdayi Boise Cascade ments to the governors designee rather than the govemor-- if the governor so desires. 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The couple "Final Environmental Statement on the Transportation plans a Feb. 14 wedding in Moab. m Deposits have never been easier! tSSSSZA , pt Also, the Commission has something for every working person. - f . regulations. After consideration of the public comments received on the proposed regulation for notification of governors on potentially hazardous nuclear wastes, other than spent fuel, the commission . has decided to change the rcope of the rule so as to cover only large quantities of nuclear waste, as defined in the Commissions regulations. As proposed, the amendments to Part 71 of the Commisions regulations would have required advance notification of governors for. approximately 24,000 radioactive waste shipments per year. After consideration of the comments received, the NRC believes that inclusion of all these shipments is likely to cause an unwieldly paper management problem and reduce the usefulness of the notification system. First Securitys I.R A. Tax Deferred Savings Plan i."- - the-stud- - ; Vf-- - nuclear waste, including spent nuclear fuel, to, through, or across the Transfers eliminate tules made obsO- lete by a change in the law. The land withdrawal review program is continuing : ? tion to the governor of any state prior to the transport of Several regulatory changes easing transfers of public land to states were announced. The changes eliminated a 12,000 acres limit on the amount of land a state may include; in;, one application, READ During September, '.the senV;to the Utah State Treasurer by the BLM as the states share of mineral and providing for timely notifica- dev-aste- Land . promulgate efforts in the states history took place. In cooperation with public agencies and the private sector some 21,590 acres of rangeland and d vegetation .which were during one of Utahs worst fire seasons have been recondtioned and reseeded. 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