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Show Local government challenges governor on nuclear waste study The San Juan government ofby Carl Eisemann San Juan County commissionficials have stated their belief that Section 10137 (c) (5) of the ers and the MonticeUo City CounNuclear Waste Policy Act incil issued a challenge to Governor dicates that the county and the Scott Matheson Thursday forwhat taken action city have an interest recognized they term improper by Congress in seeing that their by the governor in connection with are considered by DOE. to concerns his decision oppose further By prematurely announcing study of the Gibson Dome site a In a for nuclear repository. your unqualified opposition to the Gibson Dome site, you have statem ent read at a press conference held at the state capitol, effectively taken yourself out of the negotiation picture in which attorney Lisle Anderson of Monour concerns can be protected, ticeUo asked Matheson to respond the officials notified the govertwo to specific questions. nor. L Do you have the authority Our concern is that the goverto S. U. Constitution under the nor may be improperly using regulate site selection activities mandated by Congress, whether grant funds, said Anderson. A Notification of Intent from the you do so directly or indirectly? Utah State Clearing house says 2, May funds grantedpursuant that the proposed use of a grant to U6 ( a) of the Nuclear Waste by the State is to requested Policy Act be usedtopursueyour to affect DOE's action take personal committment against efforts to locate a high level consideration of the Gibson Dom e waste repository in nuclear site? and Failure by the governor to southeast Utah plan a relations to answers public program on the provide satisfactory issue. these questions may force local The final paragraph of the letofficials to pursue other means ter delivered to the governor of redress. Anderson comments the Thursday press that the people of San Juan County foUowing conference reads as foUows: are interested in seeing that We do not wish to pursue a nuclear waste is safely stored. not poUcy of confrontation with you. They are greedy people However, your consideration of willing to sacrifice scenic values the Gibson Dome sitehasnot been for Ulusory economic gain.'' balanced. Your officehas repeat- -. However, says Anderson, the area can show a peculiar or edly ignored the concerns of elected representatives of those particular interest which is not f shared by citizens as a whole" ' people who are blosest to the Gibson Dome site and focuses and that interest entitles them to instead on politically popular take legal action. This position Your environmental issues. is supported by the fact that statement exaggerates both the uranium mining and mining, a of the size San in Juan potential storage site principal industry and its impact on Canyonlands County, has collapsed, partiaUy National Park, thus misleading as a result of failure to find a voters in Northern numerous safe storage for spent nuclear Utah. We have the right to expect fuel. more treatment. Anderson notes that the question of the legality of the governor's statement opposing further Express yourself for consideration of the Gibson Dome site and a directive to heads of the Burr Trail road State departments ordering them not to issue permits to the Deby R. Buckley Jensen of in is Calvin Black Commissioner partment Energy (DOE) ; violation of both the U. S. Consaid Monday that he had been stitution and the Nuclear Waste notified by the office of Senator , Jake Garn that the principle Policy Act. According to Anderson, Article reason the Boulder to Bullfrog VI, clause 2, of the Constitution scenic road was not funded last states that it is a first principle year was because of the oppoof law that the government of the sition of Sid Yates, chairman of United States is immune from the Interior Subcommittee in regulations of the States. This Washington. principle was reaffirmed in the Black went on to say that the case of MiUer v. Arkansas, in creation of this road (Burr Trail) which the U. S. Supreme Court would have an enormous positive held that the state of Arkansas impact on the tourist industry could not impose licensing reWith the in southern Utah. quirements on contractors for at a of Halls Crossreality ferry construction of federal facilities. ing, and the building of this scenic Local officials contend that the southern Utah will highway, directive invalid is governor's finally have all its national parks on these same grounds. and recreation areas interA second point of contention is It connected," said Black, the failure of the governor to will be one of the most scenic involve local residents in the highways .in the natjon and it decision process as required by will be easy for people visiting the Nuclear Waste Policy Act. parks in southwestern Utah to While local officials com roeqd visit Lake Powell, cross the lake the governor forrelying on proand visit parks in southeastern visions of the act! for State moniUtah, added the commissioner. of DOE toring activities, they San Juan commissioners decondemn him for ignoring the cided that separate letters over southeastern Utah residents who each of their signatures would would be in closest contact with be sent. They urge all concerned a repository if one is built at ; Gibson Dome. ( Please turn to Page 3 ) -- J RT . Intense concentration marks the face of a competitor in the Navajo fry bread contest held as part of Bluff Days. All cooks start with the same ingredients, but there is a difference in the results0 " Alvin Reiner photo HOMETOWN NEWSPAPER FOR SAN JUAN COUNTY, UTAH ' 25 cents June 27, 1984 Vol. 66. (to, 19 Moonlighting by county employees main topic at commission meeting by R. Buckley Jensen The morning session of the Sari Juan County Commission was dominated by the issue of whether or not members of the San Juan County -- Sheriff's Department ought to moonlight as security personnel for Tectonic's Die., a prime contractor for the ' dam. The issue wasbrought to ahead - . Mon-tice- llo by Louie Martinez, a unemployed local man who applied for a job as a security guard. The same day Martinez applied was. the day Tectonics made an arrangement with local law enforcement ' officers.' While admitting that there is nothing illegal about what had . been done, Martinez raised the ethical question of public em ; Adams and Lyman advance to Republican primary Lake City won convention approval for governor. Bangerter received 971 votes. Marriott state - representative from Dis- -. captured 643, Bangerter and Val trict 74, San Juan and Grand Oveson, state auditor, will team counties, advanced to the August vote of up for the office of governor primary election on a lieutenant and caucus held at the governor. the mate will be Marriott's in running Republican State Convention 441 Karl Snow, who, with votes, Salt Lake City. ' as in bid the in came his third ; Francis Lyman of Blanding gubernatorial candidate. received 17 delegate votes. David . Adams of Monticello received ' Bob Wright of Salt Lake City of 9 votes. Lee Bumingham ; received 216 convention votes in ; 3 votes. ? Monticello received his second bid for governor. that the told delegates Laura Ferguson of Salt Lake Lyman answers for he could provide ' City received 33 votes. - public issues. He proposed eco-Congressman Jim Hansen was nomic development in Grand i nominated as candidate from the County through .use of Navajo : First Congressional District. Aneth Trust Fund allocations to Congressman Howard Nielson Utah Navajo Industries of Bland- received the nod as candidate ing. from the Third Congressional " Adams 'cited' his service on District. V School Board the San Juan County Dave Monson, lieutenant govas a strong base for under- ernor, and Alice Shearer, Salt standing and solving the problems Lake City councilwoman, will v of teachers and public schools. vie for the primary vote as He said he would actively pro Republican candidate from the mote the appointment of persons Second : Congressional District. knowledgable of the problems of At the local level, incumbent southeastern Utah to such policy Kenneth R. Bailey will run unLand making groups as the State ' opposed as the Republican can- , Board. ? county comdidate for four-ye- ar The winner of the primary missioner. Republicans Lewis will face Carl Osborn in his second bid for the Singer and Jerry Holliday wifi District 74 seat now helg by battle it out to see who will C. Hardy Redd (R- - Monticello). challenge Democrat incumbent com- -; Norman Bangerter of West Bob Low for two-ye- ar r missioned ; :V c Valley and Dan Marriott of Salt Two of the three men seeking the Republican candidacy for ; two-cou- nty , i ; ' - (D-Bland- -tng) ployees using public equipment and being employed at a second 24 job when they are hours a day. Supporting Martinez r in his case were , Bob Nieves, on-c- all executive - director of SOCIO; Silva, director of the Deloris Governor's Office of Hispanic Affairs; and Adolph Velasquez, Weber County SOCIO member. After listening to what each had to say, Commissioner Bob Low said that while it was an unfortunate situation, there was really no way the county could dictate what employees do with their personal time. Commissioner Black disagreed, saying that in this instance, where law enforcement officers were tech24 hours a day, nically there were problems with moonlighting. All three commissioners. were totally against any county personnel using patrol cars or other county equipment in moonlighting' efforts. Later in the day Sheriff Rigby Wright reported that Tectonics had agreed to hire a fuUtime security guard and that future use of county or city law enforcement officers as security guards would be virtuaHy eliminated. Ron Dickemore of the U. S, Forest Service received approval from the com mission for an easement deed for the road from the forest to South Cottonwood. This gives the county legal access for within the road maintenance ' forest. on-c- all ! , ( Gail Dalton, county clerk, reported that a survey of county showed 8 7.5 percent of those responding wanted a dental em-emplo- yees benefit program in lieu of araise in salary or other benefits. The commissioners commented that before anything is decide a definitive plan wouldhave to Represented and accepted by county .. employees. ( Please turn to Page 5 ) . even-hand- ed . ; . - |