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Show $y The stone is hard and heavy and '. ' Jt- f JHI Vol . The public is invited to comment on revisions of the mining regulations proposed for 140 million acres of National Forest lands. Forester Vern Regional Hamre said the proposed regulations will go into effect September 1 unless public comment warrants further revision. He said the amended regulations will help provide protection to the environment of National Forests during mining operations. A final Environmental Impact Statement has been filed with the Council on Environmental Quality and the revised regulations were published in the Federal Register July 16. The public will have 30 days comment. until August Regional Forester Hamre noted that the Forest Service asked for public comment when the regulations were originally proposed in December 1973. Responses were received from individuals, conservation organizations, mining industry organizations, and U.S. SenaHe tors and Congressmen. noted some significant changes have been made in the original proposed regulations. A provision has been added which specifies that under certain conditions miners and the prospectors must give noadvance Forest Service tice of intent that they plan operations on National Forest lands. If the Forest Service (Please turn to page 6) ''$ ?4 .,'& century from now . But somehow stonemasons of the wonders of San Juan change would CD oJySOD greet you a August 8, 1974 HOMETOWN NEWSPAPER FOR SAN JUAN COUNTY. UTAH 57, No. 29 Forest Asks Public Views On Mining A little the shape gives the feeling of great whirling forces , Tfe ' UP&L To Expand Pinto Substation It will cost $6-1- million 2 grab hold of the 34 5,000 volt line that will bring more electrical capacity into San Juan County and southeastern Utah. According to Harry Haycock, power systems engineering supervisor for Utah Power & Light Co., thats the cost of a planned substation to be located just east of that will tap the com34 panys 5,000 -- volt line spanning the area between Salt just to -- Mon-ticel- lo Lake City and the Four Cor- ners area. substation is an electrical junction point where voltage (pressure) is reduced to the lower voltage used in the companys distribution A systems. Electrical utilities transmit power at high voltages because it permits the flow of more energy. Tapping the UP&L line will be done by expanding the existing Pinto Substation about a mile east of Monticello. Con struction is scheduled for late spring of next year, and completion of the project for spring of 1976. Electrical load growth of industrial customers in the area brought about need for the construction, and the new assures reliable electric service to all customers including the areas mining and petroleum industries. substation Public Service authorized has Commission UP&L to fix a turn to page 6) The 10-v- I 15--- to v -- h. v v -- .a- ' ' f.i - ilaff .i U ill it ear sur-(Plea- f .11 I . Utah 1 mm ... , . se AEC Suggests Plan to Study Ore Tailings The Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission has asked the Governors of eight western states including Utah, to assist the Federal government in surveying 22 piles of uranium mill tailings in their states. The request was made in a letter from AEC Chairman Dr. Dixy Lee Ray to the Governors of Utah, Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, New Mexico, Oregon, Texas and Wyoming. Tailings are the sandlike residue of milling uranium ore. They contain natural radium which produces radioactive radon gas. If improperly controlled, the material might blow or leak into adjacent areas and might pose a potential health hazard. The survey, which will be conducted by the AEC in cooperation with the Environmental Protection Agency, is the first of a two-pha- se program to determine whether the tailings are properly controlled and, if not, what corrective actions might be taken. In her letter to the eight Governors, Dr. Ray said: Results of the study will be reported to the Joint Committee on Atomic Energy for consideration of corrective or remedial action where required. It is likely, that if Congress authorizes a corrective program, it may be on the This corner of the Huntington Plant Substation holds equipment similar to that which will go into Pinto Substation, east of Monticello. Pinto Substation will transform 345,000 volts down to usable voltage for the area. basis of federal-stat- e particiwith state the financing pation, a percentage of the cost. (Please turn to page 6) |
