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Show Tuesday, October 22, 1996 3A Emery County Progress Public hearings scheduled on gas field proposals EIS life and potential loss of wildlife habitat and local wintering grounds. The second issue concerns the quality and quantity of water being produced by the methane gas drilling. The water being produced is low quality, explained Dunn. Large quantities of unusable water is produced by each well drilled. The other key issue covered in the EIS document is the potential social and economic impacts. There will be human impacts to this part of the state caused by this project, indicated Dunn. Several other issues classified as not so far reaching By LAYNE MILLER Staff writer The environmental assessment covering River Gas proposal to drill 600 methane gas wells near Price will be available Friday, Oct 18. Two public hearings on the massive project are slated for Nov. 13 in Price at 7 p.iq. and Nov. 14 at 7 p.m. in Castle Dale. Both meetings will be conducted in the respective county commission chambers. Copies of the document are currently available at the United States Bureau of Land Management office in Price. We encourage the public to get a copy of the EIS and study it, pointed out BLM official Penny Dunn during an interview Wednesday with the Sun Advocate. This proposal will have an effect on the area for years to come. Both positive and negative effects. An EIS is mandated by the 1969 Environmental Policy Act on any proposal affecting public w e encourage the effects. It assesses all impacts, both beneficial and adverse on the land or on the human environment, explained the BLM spokesperson. PENNY DUNN, BLM 9 will be covered in the document. Threatened and endan- Dunn indicated that the River Gas EIS will highlight at least three key issues. The first is the negative impact the proposal could have on local wild stand information, Dunn re- ported. comment There is a Writdocument. on the period ten public comments are en60-da- y couraged. A second EIS process will begin in January on two other methane gas drilling proposals. Anadarko Petroleum, plus a combined proposal from Texaco and Chandler Oil, will public to get a copy of the EIS and study it. This proposal will have an effect on the area for years to come. Both positive and negative land. much land that is bare ground - not growing plants - that it is a concern, commented Dunn. Instead of plants, there will be compressor sites, roads and well pads, she added. All these issues will be covered in the EIS. We encourage people to educate themselves on the issues, then attend the meetings and ask questions. The document will be the size of the Salt Lake City telephone book and will be filled with technical, hard to under- gered wildlife, raptors, recreation and visual impacts are included. We will end up with so be considered in an additional study. It is due to be released in two years. The second study considers drilling in the southern end of what is being called the Ferron Fairway. River Gas paid an independent contractor to write the EIS for the BLM. Dunn explained that River Gas owns the drilling leases on the proposed area and the BLM is considering only how those leases should be developed. GRHS singers at competition '4$ ii By BETTY BAILEY Green River Correspondent Over 700 of Utah's finest singers competed at the All-Sta- te Choir Competition, including seven of Green River High School's "best of the best." Students were chosen last year for the competition that was held in Salt Lake at the Tabernacle on Oct. 12. Two area rehearsals conducted by Bryce Wilson were held at Emery High. Competitors had to memorize and be passed off on the music for the competi- tion. Paige Rapich, Amber Maldonado, Pam Bowerman, Sean Bayles, Val Rowley, Michael Drawe and James Roesler rehearsed in Salt Lake Thursday night and all day Friday with the full band, choir and orchestra for the competi- tion on Saturday. The ctors All-Sta- te guest condu- included David ducted at the Price office on Oct. 29, 7:30 to 9:30 p.m., and Nov. 2, 9 to 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. The gathering for child care providers in Emery County is planned at the Castle Dale office on Nov. 7, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. The purpose of the meetings new method of paying for state subsidized child care. The gathering for parents in Emery County is set on Nov. 7, 5 to 6:30 p.m., at the agencys office in Castle Dale. The office is located at 690 East Main. Meetings for Carbon County focuses on explaining the cashout child care program cently implemented by the Utah Office of Family Support. Under the newly developed guidelines, child care payments will be given to parents at the beginning of each month. Parents are responsible for paying all child care costs to providers before services are received. The program supports the re- parents who participate in the program are slated Oct. 29, 6 to 7:30 p.m., and Nov. 2, il a.m. to 12:30 p.m., at the office in Price. The office is located at 90 North 100 agencys East. Meetings for Carbon County child care providers will be con- - philosophy that parents are responsible for all choices for their children and negotiations with child care providers. According to agency officials, child care providers will be able to establish competitive markets outside the states influence. Direct payment to parents eliminates the states responsibility to determine child care rates and alleviates the administrative burden of paying providers via a complex billing process. The payment method is designed to support quality child care by increasing the availability and accessibility to providers selected by parents. Providers do not have to sign 517' nt J. J s Fam ily Store ms Main Huntington 801-687-90- 29 $29.95 rote source ror leves Crlsfovicts boot cut jeans T-Gstu- toft R Holsinger from Grand Prairie, Texas; Will KeslingfromLTtah; and Richard Stephan from Potsdam, New York. The choir performed, "Magnificent Mysticism," "Joyfully Sing," and "Life Has Loveliness to Sell," as well as several other pieces. "The students did very well this year," says choir instructor Jodi Jenkins. "These competitions are a wonderful learning experience and we have a lot of fun doing them." 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Hwy 6, Helper also contact the DHS office in Price or Castle Dale. 472-523- UT 8 Ballots: (Continued from Page In other election news 1A) a scanner at their polling location to immediately feed returns to Funk at the courthouse after the election ends at 8 p.m. A public demonstration and display of the new scanner is slated for 9:30 a.m. Nov. 4 at the courthouse. A training session for election judges will follow so they may help voters with any questions or concerns. When minute. its sit with a nice pirl But when you sit on a yu two hours. American Heart Associations Fighting the final day the County Clerk 's Office will mail out absentee ballots. They must be postmarked by Nov. 4. Absentee voters may vote in the clerk's office during business hours from now through Nov. 4, he said. Satellite registration is also planned for Oct. 28 and 29 from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. each day at the Oct. 25 is Heart Disease and Stroke The Most Important Instrument in the Treatment Thats relativity. following locations: Ferron City Hall Emery County Courthouse Huntington- - Huntington City Hall Ferron- - Castle Dale- - Green River- - Green River City Hall Also-Elresidents will be voting at the library instead of the LDS Church this year. mo for two hours, you think its only a hot stove for a minute, you think When the Country needed Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid, The Republicans Voted No! When the Country needed fair wages, and safe working places, The Republicans Voted No! When the Country needed the Minimum Wage, The Republicans Voted No! Albert Einstein Thinking about the cold weather ahead? 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