| Show 1 y”rewwwiaeVwdw! ilvRrt! st7 Pinpoint' Fuel Leak Is Tracked By Lance S Down THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE WOODS CROSS — A hole in an underground pipeline was the source of a fuel leak that last month contaminated soil and a residential sewer system a Crysen Refinery official says A "pinpoint leak" was discovered in a metal pipeline running between a processing unit and the tank refinery manager Harry W Mc Swain told City Council members last week The hole was "about the size of a 05 mm above-groun- mechanical pencil lead" the manager explained Officials earlier thought the leak originated e in a storage tank The fluid was gasoline — not distillate produced near the end of the refining process as earlier thought Because gasoline in the line was under pressure "a few gallons a day" escaped into the high-octan- B7 Sunday July 12 1992 at Woods Cross Refinery surrounding soil eventually finding its way into a manhole or other breithes in the concrete sewer line Strong fumes from indocr plumbing triggered the June 17 evacuatior of about 40 residents from homes and busimsses near the refinery at 2200 S 1100 Westn Woods Cross Refinery crews have been unearthing four or five lines that run from Focessing units to storage tanks placing then above ground where they are less prone to !orrosion and can be easily inspected Mr McEwain said instillation costing The about $100000 already WES in the works when several south Davis Canty agencies decided the strong fumes pcsed a safety and health hazard and evacuated the area for a Gudmundsen LOCAL Salt Lake Tribune Tlia 4rta"010V day Mr McSwain said Crysct has contracted with Wasatch Geotechnical if Salt Lake City to monitor the cleanup of naurally occurring -- OlVirr4t'''?:- bacteria in soil on the Crysen property and adjacent land The microscopic organisms feed on petroleum residue present in small quantities at any refinery site But the bacteria have limited appetites Even a small leak like last month's can result in an oversupply of their "petrofood" Mr McSwain explained Rod Green whose hope is adjacent to the Crysen property said Thursday that the gasoline smell has abated during the past three weeks "There's still a smell from an asphalt -plant" he said but I haven't smelled gasoa line for long time" Bret Wahlen Woods Cross city administrator said agencies involved in last month's evacuation — principally the police and public works departments — are calculating expenses At their July 21 meeting City Council members will determine if Crysen should reimburse the city and if so how much d - -1 h - - (f) -- - i - I0ik - 1I 6 12 - -- lio JEANS e "rift F14" WE PAY UP TO EUROWORLD TRADE 1626 South State Salt Lake City 4851697 1 I t 1 501 OA 717 '4 if) A IMP! - kt 11 i )Pv slo C :AN USED LEVI'S® - -- - 1 1 TILIET1-36144r- 4'-'t- f: 4 AM oppopoor : 1 ii1a Illik or 385 Patterson (Ogden) - -- - '1 : w N ' -- 1110 iff AV 4110 392-113- W t cl l Officials Fear Sinking 31ines Will Collapse By Mike Gorrell 2nolge THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE From a high ridge in the Crawford Mountains of Rich County the rolling landscape below is marked by two parallel lines Seven miles long the lines reflect where the ground is sinking The depressions are pockmarked by gradually deepening holes as underground phosphate-min- e tunnels collapse beneath State officials fear the slow sinking will give away to an abrupt collapse turning the depression into a dangerous cavity "One of the highest areas of concern is where the depression goes right under a county road used by deer hunters and ranchers moving their sheep to grazing areas" said Mary Ann Wright director of Utah's abandoned mine reclamation program "It's the main access into the mountain range The ground's subsiding on both sides and we're afraid the road is going to go" The division will attempt to eradicate the problem this fall as part of its 1992 abandoned-minreclamation program The federal government has forwarded nearly $2 million to the state this year as part of a e effort to close nearly e abandoned-min- e et" :! 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