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Show B2-Th- e Times-lndependen- Thursday, Nov. 14, 1991 t, Garn seeks to double the local tax revenue county " "in-lieu- The Senate Energy Committee has approved legislation endorsed by a Senator Jake Gam member of the committee, which would more than double federal payments to western counties with large portions of federally controlled ), lands. Gam's bill, an amendment to the 1976 Payment in Lieu of Taxes Act (PILT) calls for funding of the PILT program to be increased from its current $105 million level to $220 million. The PILT program was authorized by Congress in 1976 to compensate western counties for federal lands within their boundaries. "Unfortunately, die annual funding level never has been adjusted for inflation and has remained at $105 million since 1976. The money now received by these counties is equal to half of what it was when the program began. Obviously, the counties' expenses have risen dramatically in the last 15 years. Raising the PILT allotment to non-taxab- le $220 million merely brings the counties share up to what it should have been all along," Gam said. Additionally, the Energy Committee members accepted Gams language to protect counties from losing PILT payments that are given up when State land is exchanged for federal land. lie said Utah has been losing approximately $250,000 every year because newly acquired federal lands cannot be considered for PILT compensation. "This provision will hall ihc erosion of revenues due to routine land exchanges," Gam explained. The Energy Committee also authorized SI. 5 million for the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to study the causes and extent of salt erosion at the Bonneville Salt Flats. Actual funding for the study was approved earlier this week in the FY 1992 Interior Appropriations Bill. Gain said that the study will hopesolutions fully offer some long-terto the pioblcm. "As everyone knows, Bonneville is the place where the world land speed record was set and where every year race car drivers are out on the Salt Flats trying to break the existing record. The Salt Flats truly area natural phenomenon that slim Id be protected," he said. Also included in the bill the city of Kaysville was granted pcrnusMon to continue using a communication relay station on top of Kaysville Peak. Under the terms of a 1926 land patent, the mountain was to be used only for watershed protection purposes. However, approximately 13 years ago transmitters were constructed on Kaysville Peak for use by Davis County School District buses. The Senate Committee an granted exception to the city, and the relay station may be used for daily school bus operations Also at Gain's request lands currently under the supervision of the BI.M near I ixh Lake National Forest will be transferred to the I oresl Service. Administrators at both agent icx agree that the lands, due to their location, can more efficiently be maintained by the Forest Scivicc. Another bill, sponsored by Senator Orrin Hatch and cosponsoicd by Senator Garn, which would allow lands around the Ml Olivet Cemc tcry in Salt Lake City to be con verted to a golf training fac ility was approved by die committee 'I he kind may be used lor 70 years. Services held Tuesday for James Hastings James Hastings, age 95, of .!. Christmas food ideas will be presented as well as some folklore about the jolly old man, the heart of Christmas himself. the presentation. Join us for an exciting hour of The Treasures of Christmas. For additional information call or UTAH POWER 259-594- A outside of Moab. Dlvls'on ' Pac,liCo,p Kane Spnng Road, Moab, died Friday, November 8, 1991 at the Veterans lospital in Grand Junction, Coloiado wlieie he was a resident for the last three months. James was bom on September 15, 1896 in Wnnensburg, Illinois, the son of Joseph Francis and Annabel Whitehead Hastings. He married Chloe Miller LMurty on January 23, 1963 in Moweaqua, Illinois. On Oct. 20, 1918, James joined the U.S. Army and served during World War I. He was discharged on Nkuch 13, 1919. James was a farmer in Illinois until lie letiicd. lie moved to Moab in 1984 and lived with his niece, Mrs. Lucy (Charles) Nelson. While in Moab, James attended the First Baptist Church. le was a member of the Moweaqua First Christian Church, Moweaqua, Illinois. James is survived by one step-soAngus McMurty, three Doiis Craig, Velma Frantz and Carolyn O'Dell, eight nieces including Isabel Coiy from Lola, MT (who attended the services along 1 n, s, man) out uf town family members), Lucy Nelson, Moab and wicii Save Save the dump. our water. Save money. 2 bags of mulch! 'W'A'i -- 1 4-corn- Janies Joseph Hastings will be given to those attending Moab on Tuesday, present a special Christmas event in Light Marilyn be will ideas 7 LDS 400 Food North Chapel. presented as well as some Nov. 18, from to pm. at the will be given to Calendar "Santa The itself. folklore about the jolly old man, the heart of Christmas those attending the presentation. There is no charge for admission. & Trust challenges commission air to clear the WOLIDjJy The Santa Calendar" . . . Holiday presentation Co.'s Manners will Utah Power several great nieces and nephews. James was preceded in death by his wife, Chloe on January 4, 1975, three brothers, Hezckiah Earl, Syril Gilbert and Benjamin Royal Hastings and two sisters, Minnie Ellen McAdams and Nina Jane Hastings. Funeral Services were Tuesday at 2 p.m. at the First Baptist Church in Moab with Rev. Donald Falkc officiating. Rev. Ronald Larson of the Moab Christian Center said a special prayer for the family. Fran Townsend was the accompanist and f Vernon Erb sang "Sweet By and By" and "In The Garden." Interment was in the Sunset AIMS to protect plants from hard winter frosts by mulching to add moisture-holdinmatter to soil with mulch to decrease garden wastes at our dump Memorial Cemetery. Hcfncr-Disc- h Funeral Home is serving the family. The Grand Canyon Trust challenged western states and the EPA to achieve the national goal of restoring visibility to the Grand Canyon during a meeting of the Grand Canyon Visibility Transport Commission. The Commission has four years to recommend regulations for improving visibility in the Grand Canyon and the "Golden Circle" of parks and wilderness areas on the Colorado Plateau. The Commission, established by the 1990 Clean Air Act, convened its first meeting at the Shrine of the Ages on the Grand Canyon's South Run. The Commission is comprised of representatives from seven states, including Arizona Governor Fife Symington who will chair the Commission. Speaking on behalf of the Grand Canyon Trust, Roger Clark said that the Commission "has a legal and moral obligation to restore the crystal clear vistas of the Colorado Plateau." Clark noted that "the Grand Canyon is all too often clouded by a shroud of haze from cities, smelters and power plants." The Environmental Protection Agency's recent decision to require sulfur controls on the Navajo Generating Station was the first lime dial die agency has acted to enforce the 1977 Clean Air Act to improve visibility in any of the nation's parks and wilderness areas. National Park Service studies have shown that the pow'er plant in Page, Arizona is one of many sources of haze in the Grand Canyon. Congress established the Grand Canyon Visi- bility Transport Commission to propose revisions in existing regulations for preventing any future impairment and for remedying any existing impairment of visibility in the Grand Canyon region. The Grand Canyon Trust presented the Commission with eight recommendations. The Trust cautioned that demands for scientific certainty could stall actions for reaching difficult decisions to control air pollution over the Colorado Plateau. Clark said "many government jurisdictions and powerful economic interests have an enormous stake in the work of this Commission and that Commissioners must guard against intentional efforts to delay the process." The Trust noted that despite Congressional intent, "our nation has ers failed to develop a long-terstrategy or to make reasonable progress in meeting the national goal of preventing and remedying visibility impairment in any of the United Slate's 158 class I areas." The EPA projects a 37 percent increase in sulfur dioxide emissions in the Grand Canyon Visibility Transport Region during the next two decades. Continued growth in the West will impede progress in clearing the air over the Grand Canyon. Claik presented recommendations to establish an interstate compact for m progress in sustaining improving visibility and to revise long-ter- m existing regulations for defining and protecting clean air corridors. He also called for setting visibility targets and for placing a high priority on controlling sulfur emissions from specific sources such as Mohave power plant in Laughlin, Nevada. Other recommendations included an adaptive strategy for evaluating the effectiveness of regulations and for creating new regulations. The Trust encouraged aggressive pro- grams for reducing automobile emissions and for controlling emissions from power plants and smelters. Clark warned that "this Commission has no real power except the power to recommend and persuade and yet it is charged with beginning a precedent-settin- g process that has eluded federal and state agencies for over a decade. Success will require strong leadership and commitment as was necessary in negotiating the recent settlement on Navajo Generat ing Station. The Grand Canyon Trust was a principal negotiator in reaching the agreement to reduce emissions at Navajo Generating Station. President bush endorsed the settlement on his visit to the Grand September Canyon. In celebrating the agreement, he said, "This represents a milestone in our implementation of the Clean Air Act and in our efforts to protect one of America's crown-jewnational parks." The Trust offered the Commission its support in reaching more milestones "along the long trail to clean air in the Grand Canyon and in meeting our nation's challenge to el restore, for present and future generations, the crystal clear vistas of the Colorado Plateau." Agency welcomes new member All American Agency is proud to announce their newest sales agent, Mike Steele, to the Real Estate business. Mike recently completed his real estate training in Salt Lake City. He is a long time Moab resident and has been in the electrical industry nearly 20 years. "We feel that he will make a valuable contribution and we are proud to have him as a newest member of our team. Good luck," said the staff of All American. Fund Raising WANTED! USED LEVIS DEAD or ALIVE Grand County High School is collecting USED LEVIS AS A FUNDRAISER g LEAVES BRING YOUR OWN BAGS NO BRANCHES ONLY, PLEASE Golf OR LIMBS TWO LOCATIONS H.M.K. 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