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Show UTAH 12C Sunday, May 24, 1992 ‘Sour gas’ pipeline may be built in ’93 Rich, Summit counties would be affected The pipeline, proposed by Amoco Production Co. in 1983 as the OTM AAA SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah Pacific Resources has revived a dormant plan to construct a pipe- Cave Creek Sour Gas Gathering line through two rural Utah counties to carry natural gas contaminated with extremely lethal concentrations of hydrogen sulfide. The 41-mile pipeline from Utah System, received final public and private approval in 1984. Amoco didn’t proceed with the project, however, and instead sold its interests to Union Pacific Resources. The company plans to begin construction of the pipeline, now known as the Wahsatch Gathering System, in 1993. About 18 miles of the pipeline will run through Summit County and nine miles through Rich County. It will cross the Utah-Wyoming state line six times and will run under I-80, U-16 and the Union Pacific railroad line. The pipeline will also cross two sections of the Bear River in Wyoming, and would lie about a quarter mile belowthe high-water mark of the Woodruff Narrows Reservoir in Wyoming. The pipeline will pass through important wildlife habitat in Utah and Wyoming. Union Pacific Resources acknowledges the dangers of sour gas and is emphasizing the safety measures — including unusually deep ‘burial and a complex monitoring and shutdown system — that will be taken during the construction andoperation ofthe pipeline. No environmental advocacy groups commented on the environmental study in 1984, nor did any concerned citizens. Representatives the Utah Wilderness Association, the Utah chapter of the Sierra Club, the Wyoming Wildlife Federation and the Wyoming Outdoor Council said they were unaware of the revived pipeline project under either of its names. Union Pacific Resources is emphasizing the financial benefits the project will bring to Utah and Wyoming, and is planning public briefing sessions for this summer. Informal meetings already have been held with commissioners in Summit and Rich counties. to Wyoming will connect eight “sour gas” wells to a processing plant in Whitney Canyon, about 16 miles northeast of Evanston, Wyo. The so-called “sour gas” will be taken from seven wells in Wyoming and one in Summit County. The southernmost Summit County well, near the Ball & Moore Reser- voir about 10 miles northeast of Coalville ounts for about half the total gas that will be transport- ed to Whitney Canyon. Therest of the gas will come from wells near Evanstot Hvdrogen sulfide, hazardous to people, wildlife and livestock in even low concentrations, forms sulphur dioxide whenit is burned and must be removed from natural gas before it is used in homes or busi- nesses. The sour gas that will be transported in the pipeline will have a hydroge *n sulfide concentration of 15 percent, or 150,000 parts per million A person exposed to sour gas with 700 parts hydrogen sulfide per million woulddie in less than two minutes, according to information provided by Union Pacific Resources. An environmental study completed in 1984 shows a 95 percent chance of a “pipeline incident” and a 28 percent chanceofa pipeline rupture over the 20-year life of the project, but assumes theactual risk of exposure to people living in the area to be almost nonexistent. Sourgas, like natural gas, is lighter than air and disperses rapidly into the atmosphere when released. However, hydrogen sulfide dissolves quickly in water and 1s poi- sonous to aquatic organisms, the 1984 environmental study states Standard-Examiner County sheriff's captain to run Draper Police Department DRAPER (AP) — A Salt Lake County sheriffs captain will run the Draper Police Department while the Utah attorney general’s office and Draperofficials investigate one-time chief Hans DeHaas. DeHaasresigned underpressure in January. He was rehired during a closed meeting after he demon- strated that the terms of his resignation agreement were breached. But that secret rehiring was deemedillegal, and before reconsidering DeHaas, the city is looking into allegations leveled against him before his resignation. At the conclusion of those two probes, DeHaaswill face a third in- quiry by Peace Officer Standards and Training, said POST director Ike Orr. “Regardless of what the attorney general's office finds, before we certify (DeHaas) again, we'll do our own investigation,” he said. 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