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GRAND CANYON (UPI) — Some federal officials expressed concern Thursday that environmental regulations will dwindle under the Reagan administration Paul Fadelli on the staff of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works said he believes the Clean Air Act is one target of the new Republican majority in the Senate A controversial amendment to the act concerning visibility regulations u'as the subject of a two-hodiscussion Tuesday night The visibility regulations would prohibit the location of power plants or smelters within 100 miles ur of federally-designate- d “pristine environments Officials said there was no question but that the regulations w'ould restrict development of energy resources in the western United States and some indicated they believe Reagan may curtail the regulations The comments came as federal officials researchers and utility officials held a symposium on “Plumes and Visibility at the Grand Canyon Another topic of discussion was southern California’s effect on Arizona’s environment Researchers said emissions from the Navajo Generating Station at Page have less effect on visibility in Arizona that contaminants drifting in from the southern California coast A report from Warren White a professor at Washington Universi- ty in St Louisestimated that 82 percent of the airborne hydrocarbons and 57 percent of airborne nitrous oxide in northern Arizona originate in southern California Another researcher Donald said “We are just beginto realize that sources very ning far away can have significant impact on remote areas of the Blu-menth- al Blumenthal added there is no way one state can regulate emissions of a regional nature THE AIR FORCE’S mockup of an MX missile launch site equipped with solar thermal dishes and a windmill to generate electricity UPI Telephoto ' ienema energy Systems Prop SALT LAKE CITY (UPI) — Air Force bases in Utah and Nevada have been chosen as testing sites for renewable energy systems being developed for the proposed MX Missile complex according to Lt Col Louis Montulli of the Pentagon’s MX Office Montulli deputy director of the MX Renewable Energy Systems Project said Tuesday that prototype generating systems developed by the military will be built at Hill Air Force Base near Ogden Utah and at Nellis Air Base near Las Vegas Nev About $20 million dollars will be spent on the project he said Overall Montulli said the MX RES Project is seeking more than $202 million for research and development jointly sponsored by the Department of Defense and the Department of Energy The project is investigating the use of alternative energy technologies to support the MX CHEYENNE Wyo (AP) — A spokesInterior’s restrictions were designed to man for an environmental group that in- protect potential wilderness areas from tervened in a federal court lawsuit over being impaired before the Bureau of Land wilderness says a decision opening up wi- Management and Congress decided lderness study areas for development whether to classify them as wilderness should be appealed But Kerr said the restrictions were too And a spokesman for another environheavily biased toward environmental conmental group says he doubts the lands in cerns and ignored mineral development question are as valuable for energy pro- needs duction as oil and natural gas companies standard has been “The so strictly applied that oil and gas explorasuggest US District Judge Ewing Kerr ruled tion and development have come to a Monday Interior Department restrictions virtual halt in wilderness study areas’’ he on oil and gas leasing exploration and said His order w'ould open up nearly 21 development of lands being studied for million acres of wilderness study lands their wilderness potential violated the in- most of it in nine western states to explotent of Congress ration and development non-impairme- nt Missile system Montulli said energy sources under study include wind generators geothermal sources and two types of solar power — photovoltaic which derives electricity from the sun’s rays and solar thermal which uses the sun’s heat to drive generators Montulli said current data indicate that a mixture of renewable energy sources and conventionally generated electricity will probably be needed for the weapons system Basic information about the MX energy needs has been sent to more than 500 companies across the country an Air Force spokesman said The firms are studying the material to determine if they want to bid on development of hardware and energy systems for the MX complex he said ! But Bruce Hamilton of the Sierra Club’s Wyoming chapter said BLM has never completely banned oil and gas exploration and development and has been “very lenient” about allowing testing “In my mind Judge Kerr’s ruling is in error and ought to be appealed” Hamilton said “Congress did mean for those activities to continue but was damn well Montulli said that during 1981 the MX RES Project will spend about $45 million assessing renewable energy sources in the proposed deployment areas As now planned the Air Force wants to put 200 missiles in shelters spread across desert valleys in Utah and Arizona The missiles would be shuffled between 4600 horizontal shelters (in 200 clusters of 23 shelters each) in the valleys military officials say in order to confuse an enemy that might be trying to knock the weapons out Air Force officials estimate the entire MX system will cost about $338 billion to construct The Congressional Budget Office however estimates that the weapon system will cost about $60 billion Each of the shelters will need about 15 kilowatts of continuous power Montully said with support facilities needing 160 kilowatts at peak load “We still haven’t properly evaluated interpretation was valid and the restricthose lands and I’m not so sure they’re as tions only temporary until the wilderness critical to the energy industry as we’re studies were finished The lawsuit was filed in 1978 by the being told” he said “Quite a few of these desert wasetlands as Sen (Alan) Rocky Mountain Oil and Gas Aswildo calls them have sociation of Denver Simpson prime derness characteristics some as prime as According to RMOGA the suit would what we’ve put into national parks in other have the great effect in Calif oma where 64 million acres are under study and parts of the country” Hamilton said he expects the Sierra Club Nevada where 47 million acres are under would intervene again if the case is ap- study or proposed for study Other states affected are Arizona 27 pealed The US attorney’s office says there’s been no decision on an appeal million acres Utah 22 million acres The Sierra Club Natural Resources De- Idaho 16 million acres fense Council National Wildlife Federa- million acres Colorado tion and Wilderness Society intervened to Montana 780000 acres support the government’s contention its 550000 acres 650-meb- er so-call- ed serious about protecting wilderness characteristics of those lands” And former Wyoming Outdoor Council president Jack Pugh of Green River said it would be difficult to comment on Kerr’s specific ruling but he is tired of hearing the rhetoric of the oil and gas industry -- ' FRANKLIN CALLED PAPER Snafu Caused ail Interview SALT LAKE CITY (UPI) — Salt Lake County Sheriff ND Hayward says a snafu at the county jaij allowed a Cincinnati newspaper to obtain an interview with white supremacist murder suspect Joseph Paul Franklin Hayward said Tuesday a reporter from the Cincinnati Enquirer apparently called the jail and asked to talk to Franklin Monday night Jailers following instructions from the US Marshal refused to permit the call But the reporter left her number which was apparently given to Franklin when he was permitted to make the traditional two telephone calls allowed to all prisoners “He used one of those calls to telephone the paper” said Hayw'ard The sheriff said the jail cannot censor or monitor the two calls Hayw’ard said the marshal’s office w'as very upset by the newspaper interview Several requests for interview's from other news agencies were rejected Tuesday Franklin told the Enquirer that he had sold a 3006 rifle in Florence Ky just a few days after National Urban League President Vernon Jordan was shot with a rifle of the same caliber in Fort Wayne Indiana Jordan w'as wounded in the attack Federal prosecutors have said Franklin is not considered a likely suspect in the wounding of Jordan Franklin has also denied in part in that shooting and the slayings of 10 blacks in four Texas Instruments Slimline Investment Analyst Texas Instruments Business Calculator Model Analyst II-LC- Helps you evaluate investments like stocks bonds options real estate precious metals and gems here it's yours FREE! 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