Show Delta Utah $1200 In out ot county-- months $700 and $800 (In Advance) USPS Copy 25$ 0 Vol 75 No 25 December 27 1984 White Pime ower To build or motto Nevada plant could directly impact fate of IPP Lowered power demands in Utah led to downsizing of IPP from a four unit 3000 megawatt plant to the current two unit 1500 megawatt capacity Nevada Power Company reportedly has indicated it plans to reduce participation in White Pine from 25 percent to possibly 15 percent and another participant Sierra Pacific Power Company apparently is not including White Pine in its most recent resource plans However White Pine Project Manager Eldon Cotton is optimistic about proving the feasibility of the power plant and is confident the proHe also said ject will be constructed that success of the project could directly affect LA Water and Power’s participation in any effort to build IPP Units 3 and 4 At present there are no plans or stated intentions by LA Water and Power or any utility to build the second half of IPP But said Cotton though White Pine is pressing on schedule towards its 1986 construction date the question Is it wiser to build the White Pine Power Project 50 miles north of Ely Nevada or complete 500 megawatt Units 3 and 4 at the IPP? That may well be the question Los Angeles Water and Power officials will be pondering next year as the White Pine Project enters the final stages of permit approval LA Water and Power which is the Project Manager of and major participant in IPP is also the Development and Construction Manager of and 39 percent participant in the White Pine Project White Pine is owned by 14 California and Nevada Utilities and is slated for construction in 1986 It will likely be located 48 miles north of Ely in the Steptoe Valley of White Pine County Not suprisingly the Nevada power project has been plagued with lowering power demands by its participants Drastic Changes in demand could adversely affect the plant’s feasibility will remain as to whether it is more feasible to build at IPP or White Pine “It is premature to say that White Pine and IPP are competing sites for new power plant construction” Cotton said “But after we get all the permit approvals for White Pine we will still have to decide whether it is most feasible to build White Pine or the other half of IPP or do something entirely different It is safe to say that construction at one site will effect the schedule of construction at the other” A score card of pros and cons for each site at present stands something like this: IPP has a workforce in place Earthmoving and water rights acquisition were accomplished prior to the downsizing move Theoretically only acquisition of various state and environmental permits would stall startThe drawback at up of construction IPP? A stipulation between Utah and IPP requiring the exclusive use of Utah coal Cheaper stripmined Wyoming and Montana coal might be required at IPP to make the project economically feasible Coal may be one issue which is makMr ing White Pine more attractive Cotton pointed out that the Nevada site would be served by two major railways: Western Pacific and Union Pacific Only Union Pacific serves IPP The competition between the two lines for could drive costs coal transportation down at White Pine Mr Cotton said Drawbacks at White Pine? Mr Hansen noted the Nevada Project would have to draw heavily on the same workforce which is building IPP The problems then would be that many of those IPP workers who are now able to commute from the Wasatch Front in would likely have to relocate Nevada Thus White Pine owners would have to build mancamps and develop housing in Ely some 50 miles to the south and basically repeat the same process of impact mitigation which IPP has gone through in Delta Monitoring report reveals IPP workforce growth and other statistics The fact thdlonat'SSpeopIenve an average of 250 miles roundtrip daily from Salt Lake Couhty to the IPP work site is one of many interesting statistics revealed in the latest socioeconomic impact report just released The IPP workforce continues to the report states grow dramatically with the latest statistics showing 4536 workers at the end of September an 18 percent increase over the previous quarter Of the total workers 89 percent (4307) were temporary construction workers and percent (229) were permanent operationmaintenance workers with IPSC (Intermountain Power Service Corporation) according to the Twelth Scocioeconomic Impact Report released by the the Progect Los Angeles Water and Manager ' Power The report states the workforce consists of 427 local workers 1175 daily commuters 1291 weekly communters and 1643 relocatees 86 percent of ' which five In West Millard mainly Delta To date these workers have brought 2427 dependents with them into the area with the average family size at 35 persons Most of the weekly commuters reside Almost a at the plant site mancamp quarter of the relocatees live in single family housing about half owning and half renting The rest of the relocatees are housed in mobile homes (19 percent) mancamp (13 percent) apartmotels ment complexes (21 percent) and travel trailers (11 (10 percent) percent) Utah residents continue to hold the majority of IPP jobs Although down two percentage points from last quarter 1984) nearly (63 percent) of the IPP workers are Utahns Millard and Juab county residents are continuing at 12 percent of the total Salt Lake County increased to 19 percent from 11 percent last quarter and is the county with the single largest number of IPP workers workers now comprise 37 percent of the IPP workforce The numbers of daily and weekly commuters continues to grow with the overall workforce build up Some 286 people drive an average of 250 miles roundtrip daily from Salt Lake County The largest group of communters continues to be from Utah county were 743 people drive an average of 174 miles roundtrip daily About 150 more drive from 200 to 225 miles roundtrip daily from various parts of the state The report states that school enrollments reflect the continued growth of the IPP workforce build up as three schools: Delta High Fillmore Elementary and Nephi Elementary are over capacity Delta High saw a 27 percent increase in enrollment this year with 132 new students pushing its student popu'ation to 626 18 students over capacity New Continuing Education Coordinator reveals course offerings Delta native Jill (Dalton) Droubay has taken over the position Area Coordinator for the Continuing Education Program and is anxious to aquaint residents with the multitude of education offers available here Jill said the range of offerings from Snow College Utah State University and that a and SUSC is outstanding core group of about 30 students are currently involved in several advanced education programs Examples of some of these programs are a two year Early Childhood Education Endorsement course which qualifies one to open a preschool or to teach in a preschool Also offered is a two year Masters Degree in Social Science with emphasis on public adThis is a telecommunicaministration tion course Of interest to a wide range of people is the one year real estate courses which prepare one for state sales and brokers examinations Jill will be attempting to aquaint residents with these and other offerings as she assumes her new position She returns to Delta with her husband Rob and their three children Marcie 6 Jonathan 4 and Chad 2 Rob is taking a position with Keith Dalton Motors Jill holds an Elementary Education Degree from Dixie and SUSC The following is a list of Continuing Education Courses currently offered from Snow College: Personnel Minigment- - Organization and of personnel relations philosophy Special emphasis on development and maintenance of the work force This course is required for business majors Humanities through the Arts- - A video course which covers a broad spector of Art including art music literature architecture and sculpture This course fills a General Education and also a Humanities requirement credit Survey of Preschool Teaching- - Introductory course designed for people interested in the Preschool Endorsement Program Child Development- - Fundamentals of growth and development of the child from conception through adolescence Recommended for physical education education and elementary nursing majors The following are offered by Utah State University: Accounting- - Accounting concepts and techniques essential to administration to a business enterprise Required course for a business 201 is a premajor Accounting requisite Elementary Ed 661- - This course will help educators meet the requirements to teach in Middle Schools It is a course the second part being taught Spring Quarter 1985 English 217- - Study of materpieces of the Western Civilization emphasis is on the kind of literature produced during this time period and their tradition This course fills a general ed requirement Health and Wellness- - Designed to J L without but for the last few days Delta has been the coldest place in the state consistently one of the top five coldest in the state during a severe cold snap be getting an even earlier start "l Jill Droubay assist students in planning a lifestyle conductive to improving one's optimum health and wetlness This course fills a General Ed requirement History 105- - A survey of European Civilization frm the Reformation to the present time Philosophy 312- - History of Early Modern Philosophy Renaissance through eighteenth century Get your Chronicle Progress from local Fillmore merchants If you need extra copies of the Millard County Chronicle Progress they are now on sale at Baker Drug in Fillmore You can also pick up extra copies at Duane's Food Town Deadlines As Christmas and New Years fall on Tuesdays this year (right in the middle of paper production) we would appreciate news and ads in on Friday for the next two weeks Your cooperation will allow the staff to enjoy the holidays Thanks |