| Show 403 trilre Slaps Fine oil Tribune Medical Writer The state Bureau of Rad:ation Control has fined the University of Utah $2500 alleging it allowed an employee to dispose of radioactive medical waste in a North Salt Lake business Dumpster last month Authorities indicate the employee who works in the university's radiological health department may be criminally charged in North Salt Lake with creating a nuisance and possibly faces additional charges in Davis County But the director of radiological health department Dr Keith J Schiager disputed the allegations and the fine Thursday saying the school — a licensed disposer — had nothing to gain by disposing the liglitt ro SOO J11 - 10MMEMOISO flintah Pupils La-Poi- nt - - 1J Snow to Greet Utah Hunters Deer hunters: Expect to get wet The storm that moved into Utah on Thursday should continue depositing rain in valleys and snow in mountains through Saturday said National Weather Service meteorologist William Alder That could make life miserable for some hunters taking to the hills for the opening weekend of the deer season Mr Alder predicted most mountain locations above the 7000-foo- t level could receive 4 to 8 inches of snow by Saturday morning with some areas measuring up to a foot Friday is likely to be the wettest day he said although scattered showers should persist Saturday to be dry Sunday is exix-cted WIMOMNPa (f - "- - ‘ ' j I'"--- '' " r ) - V itai ' ' AA:2 ' - ' - ''''' ' !'" - -- ' is ' d - f t a t ' '14 ' ' ' - - 4a s ! 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' 1 1 4 i k foi- 'N i t I ' - '!- I 41 ?' i : A ' f ' - 4$ ' ' - - 1 N 1 - 4 '' '': vt 404' 4 ' if' ' Y - " I 0 ! 1 - 4 : r1 I - ' 1:4 E E - a41e1 404ORAksiks:62ak Photo by Paul Froughton Staff Dr Ron Ragsdale shows a chemical reaction to students from La Point and Todd El ementary schools in the Uintah District Students toured the University of Utah Fiiiét Séitiiioé'il'c:10 By Robert Green Tribune Staff Writer The supervisor of the Wasatch Cache National Forest said two pipelines can be constructed concurrently in parallel trenches along the Wasatch Variation corridor Forest Supervisor Susan Giannettino said she will allow two pipelines e across forest lands as a variance The trenches must be built at the same time The right of way will not establish a utility corridor she said Amending the forest plan will upset many residents along the Wasatch Front but community groups will be encouraged to assist with mitigation plans prior to pipeline construction said Dick Kline Forest Service spokesperson Opposition groups were using the public comment process to amend the forest plan as a last avezae before going to court one-tim- "They've breached the public trust" she said "I think it's political Mr Kline said pipeline construction on forest lands will start next struction of two trenches will be of Bounti- president ful Hills Residents and Concerned Citizens Association said the Forest Service's decision will "definitely be appealed" blackmail" year Kern River Gas Transmission Co has announced it will start construction on the southern end of 950 mile natural gas pipeline in December The pipeline will travel from Opal Wyo to Southern California where most of the natural gas will be used for enhanced WyCal Gas Co has also been competing to build the line The Forest Service has determined environmental impacts of two pipelines will not be any greater than one if very strict restoration prac By Cherrill Crosby Tribune Staff Writer San Juan County Clerk Gail Johnson has been advised the names of some 500 Navajos removed from voting registration lists must be restored for next month's general election assistant Lt Gov Dave Hansen said Thursday Ms Johnson who last week said she purged the names from the electoral rolls because they were duplicate registrations agreed to go "through the lists and put them back on" Mr Hansen said "Those presumed to be duplicates will be on the list" he said "She has to put the name on and then challenge it at the voting booth" in accordance with state law Utah Attorney General Paul Van Dam said Thursday he intends to send Itwo lawyers to the southeastern Utah county "to make sure all members of that community are treated with fairness" "We plan on Election Day to send two members from this office to be on hand to answer any questions and provide legal assistance" Mr Van Dam said Hundreds' of Native Americans were registered to vofe last spring by University of Utah students and five Navajos and one Cherokee are seeking county office in the Nov 6 election In addition to allegations that Navajos have been required to draw maps of their residence to prove they were registering in the right precinct Mr Van Dam said 'private parties" have alleged some Navajos have registered more than once and that others living in Arizona have W:ã:':feói2Piti61iiié tices are followed Mr Kline said Construction practices will be e basis by monitored on a Forest Service personnel he said "We'll make sure restoration is complete" he said "In fact we'd like to see our mitigation measures used for Renee Coon full-tim- the entire length" Mr Kline said concurrent con- much less damaging than the corridor "This right of way is granted one time only he said "If a pipeline company is planning for additional capacity in the future it will have to put in an extra line now" Because the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission certified two companies to compete for the right to build the pipeline the Forest Service had to consider the 'possibility that two lines would be built Mr Kline said Atter further environmental re view the Forest Service determined that two closely parallel trenches provided the least chance of mass instability and the highest potential for revegetation Ms Giannettino said Now the forest plan has been amended the agency won't be discussing any alternative routes Mr Kline said Everything is set for the pipeline to cross the forest he said All environmental impact studies have been finished The pipeline will cross Mueller Park above Bountiful a 1000 acre parcel of land donated to the Forest Service for recreation and watershed Mr Mueller's heirs have stated the pipeline would violate terms of the deed But Ms Giannettino said the park can still be protected for intended rses The pipeline will also cross minor sections of the Fishlake and Dixie Nations' Forests but it will follow already existing utility corridors Mr Kline said Panel Makes Its Case for Upping Judges' Pay by 23 By Merrill Crosby Tribune Staff Writer A citizen committee has recommended the salaries of Utah's 92 Judges be increased by 23 percent during the next two years if the state wants to avoid a crisis in the quality of its courts "It is very important for us to convey the message to the public and Utah State Bar and all those concerned that we expect the best and we're willing to pay for it" Roy Simmons chairman of Zions First National Bank and a member of the Citi z ens Committee Rin tit: ustges' Salaries Average Judicial jtillieLiates from September 1990 $76694 Trial Courts $70 00 on Judicial Compensation said Thursday "When you go into court with personal property or your life on the line" Mr Simmons said the public needs to be confident a qualified judge is presiding over the case "It's no place to be cutting corners" When lawmakers meet in January Utah's trial court salaries will be 9 percent below the average for all states the committee said Without any increases in 1991 the state would drop to 14 percent below the national average by July of that year The average salary for judges presiding over a trial court in other states earn nearly $6500 more than Utah's district court judges the committee found Utah's Supreme Court judges make about $8000 less than the average for other supreme - - - $84422 $71950 $8577° State Supreme Courts t?700 Other States Utah 1M 1 so courts across the county while state appellate judges average nearly $10500 more than those on Utah's Court of Appeals "Most see the prestige of the office and the opportunity to contribute to t 4 t $20000 $40000 the system as offsetting a certain amount of income" the committee's report says "But when a lawyer has to sacrifice percent of his or her salary to move to the bench it significantly reduces the incentive to 25-5- 0 Under the proposal presented to the State Executive and Judicial Compensation Commission the first increment would be made effective July 1 1991 to $80000 The increase ranging from 133 percent for the state's five Supreme Court justices to 144 percent for the 37 circuit court judges would cost a total of $982405 including related benefits The second step which would take place the following July would boost the 30 district court judges' salaries from $80000 to $88000 The 10 percent increase proposed for all the judges that year would cost the state another $797670 The compensation commission which took the report under advise- Appeals Courts 11111111111111111111111 Mr Anderson said that in tracing the bag to the department officials discovered that four other sacks containing radioactive waste are unaccounted for He speculated that they also may have also been disposed of in same manner and are now in a fill However neither the bureau nor the university seems to know where they are if the sacks have already been burled there isn't an immediate health hazard because radioactive isotopes Mr from the waste are short-live- d Anderson said Maximum fine that the bureau could have levied was $5000 ' I I i k t Ixi- an Juan to rt I ack avajos In Voter Lists ' I -- e ' 0 son" i I I 0 ' ' t 1 ' I) ' i “'"tfo t 4 " ' AI - 1 1 o --0- ----- ' i i ' ''' 1 ' — n er N ‘ ' 6-- N qtI potassium-4- present in the body of any living per Friday Morning—October 19 1990 Section B Page 1 at ” Through the Bennion Center 2400 Salt Lake Valley students went on similar tours last spring However officials thought the project would benefit children from less populated areas even more "This trip has provided them a real connection between rural and urban Utah" said Teri Busch the Bennion Center's program fL 0 se curring radioactive x) - lltxki'" i m1 tance of what he was doing Mr Anderson said the primary in a danger of depositing iodine-12- 5 regular trash bin is that someone most likely children might come into contact with it or ingest it Ingestion of the substance could cause severe internal disorders Shortly after being informed of the incident Dr Schiager said he de termined the bag was not a public health hazard and said it was he who advised the Davis County Health De partment to contact the bureau The radioactivity in the bag he said consisted only of residues in small empty bottles "The amount reported by the bureau was extreme ly small being approximately one half the amount of the naturally oc - - About 115 rural Utah children got a taste of urban college life Thursday during a trip to the University of Utah students from The sixth-grad- e and Todd Elementary schools in the Uintah District made the 150- mile trip after receiving an invitation from the university's Lowell P Bennion Center Besides visiting the MuseumI of Natural History the students were treated to a chemistry demonstration by U professors a modern dance performance in the new Alice Sheets Marriott Center and had lunch in one of the student dormitories Student and staff volunteers lead the na groups around campus Organizers believe the experience will encourage the students to think t about their options for the future and to continue their education "Many of these kids think oppor- tunities aren't open to them" said Loya Cesspooch a La Point Elementary teacher "This trip has shown them there is a world out there they can be a part of" Most of the students who attend the two schools are Ute Indians living on the Uintah Ouray Reservation near Fort Duchesne Their Ideas of life and what they can achieve are formulated through television Ms Cesspooch said "Today they've seen 'real' things that will help them make it in the ! world" she said ty s tate gakt Vibunt U Plays Host rt To 115 of Utah Research Park The laboratory is licensed to deal with certain radioactive materials and contracts with the U radiological department for waste storage or disposal The department is licensed by the bureau to perform the service customers for "We have no reason for disposing of waste in such a manner" Dr Schiager said Because the department is licensed to dispose of waste from medical and research organization in Utah tossing it in a Dumpster "would not only jeopardize our license but would deprive of us some revenue" he added Mr Anderson said he believes the waste was knowingly dumped in the trash bin although the employee may not have understood the impor 1100 North North Salt Lake on Sept 12 An employee of the industrial company allegedly saw the man throwing the bag into the Dumpster and contacted authorities Davis County health officials responded as did North Salt Lake Police' and called the state health department after finding containers labeled radioactive Anderson bureau director Larry said tests by his agency indicated the substance was radioactive iodine- 125 a commonly used fluid routinely used in humans for diagnostic ' tests Mr Anderson said the bag was traced to a local laboratory Associated Regional and University Pathologists which is located in University waste in such a haphazard manner He maintained that his department never even had possession of the waste as is alleged by the bureau and said the university will contest the fine "We intend to contest this notice and proposed fine because we know that the waste in question was not produced at the university and we do not bzlieve it was ever in our possession" he said in a statement released Thursday The school has 30 days in which to file a protest challenging the bureau's findings They bureau alleges the employee tossed at least one plastic bag containing bottles of radioactive waste into a trash bin outside a privately owned industrial business at 95 W By Jess Gomez init adioactivemWaste ispute U 1 1 $60000 $80000 make that change" The committee's report on judicial compensation recommends the salary for a district court judge be increased from $70200 to $88000 per year in two steps mid-care- ment is charged with making salary recommendations to the Legislature and Gov Norm Bangerter Committee chairman Lyle Campbell vice president of Wheeler Machincry noted since 1985 when a judge stands for retention election every six years the state's Judicial Council publicly releases the results of a performance evaluation designed to hold the judges accountable for the quality of their work "We feel already it is having an effect on weeding out the poor performers and rewarding those who demonstrate excellence" Mr Campbell said registered in Utah "Given all the allegations — true and false — flying around we would be remiss in not following up with our own people" the Attorney General said "It wouldn't serve us very well — the state and San Juan County — not to be a witness" For the last two years the US Department of Justice has had representatives observe elections in San Juan County But assistant Attorney General John Clark said the depart-we'r- e has indicated "if going to be there" federal poll watchers might not make the trip this year The Utah advocacy group Native America Votes also plans to have lawyers observe the election process at nine of the 10 polls in the county' that have large Indian populations The observers including Salt Lake defense lawyer Ron Yengich Bruce Plenk of Utah Legal Services and John Pace from the Utah Legal Clinwill have bilingual assistants with them said Native American Votes spokeswoman Jean Melton As Indians leave polling places they will be asked if they were able to vote If the answerI is "no" they will be asked if they want help from a lawyer A federal court order released Wednesday requires the county hire e a bilingual voting rights coordinator to work with Ms Johnson and the Navajo Chapters The individual selected from a list submitted by Navajo tribal officials will coordinate the Navajo Language Election Information program and conduct voter education programs on registration procedures absentee voting voter purges and political requirements t - t f I 1 ' I ) full-tim- - RDA Can Buy Unfinished Housing Area I By Russell Weeks Tribune Staff Writer The Salt Lake City Redevelopment Agency received approval from a federal judge Thursday to buy a d housing project east of half-finishe- Pioneer Park The approval of the sale by Judge John Allen of the US Bankruptcy Court for Utah means the RDA can buy back 55 acres of land it sold about five years ago to a private de- veloper who planned to build 305 apartments on the 6::e Judge Allen's OK also ends part of a three-yea- r odyssey for BoNo Development Inc through the federal courts over the failure of the housing 1 1 I project Judge Allen granted a motion to approve the sale of the Pioneer Village Estates at 350 S 300 West to the RDA after a 2 12-hou- r hearing Thursday morning The project's trustees lawyers KeBird and Robert Fugal recommended selling the land and two buildings standing from the unfinished project to the RDA for $13 million The offer was the "higher and better" of two presented to the trustees Mr Fugal said If the court didn't OK the sale "it would be unlikely we would get any better offers for a long time" he said Judge Allen agreed saying the most important factors in his decidesion were the two buildings sr:-rteriorating and needed security and insurance which the RDA could provide if it acquired the property The RDA is scheduled to close the purchase by Dec 14 After the judge's decision RDA executive director Alice Steiner said she would present plans to finance buying the property to the RDA board — the City Council — at the board's November meeting Before and after that meeting agency officials will look at all options for developing the parcel Ms Steiner said Although housing will remain part of any option the agency must decide whether to raze the two buildings at the site she said Moreover restrictive covenants on the property require that 20 percent of any housing built must be for people on low incomes Ms Steiner said She also said development options See B-- 2 Column 1 1 |
