Show (A g0s aWl y Delta Utah 2000 GO CD FT Serving Utah’s Great Pahvant Valley b In county & 2500 out of county 6 months 13 00 (In Advance) Copy 50C Senior Citizens (65 and older) $18 00 in Public notices Public notices begin on page of this issue of the Chronicle Progress The notices include: Two notices to water users - Three trustee’s sales - Two notices to creditors Four notices of annual meeting times and places for 1989 They are for Millard School District West Millard Recreation District Delta City and the County Commissioners of a An announcement federal block grant workshop to be held in Richfield - A notice of a zoning change - A list of delinquent taxes m Millard County for 1988 - A list of delinquent taxes m drainage districts in Millard County in 1988 this Throughout 1988 newspaper has published public notices regularly and routinely We will continue to do so 1989 because you throughout have a right to know what your government is doing 7 - - - Dr Tom Chandler reads questions into the record at the Nov meeting of state officials in the gym at DHS A camera crew from KSL reported the event live by Ken Rand The events summarized here were among the most prominently reported in the Chronicle Progress in 1988 They are not listed in any particular order Hazardous waste The decision by Rollins Environmental Services Inc in 1987 to build a hazardous waste incinerator at the Industrial Park m Lynndyl prompted popular opposition as strong as any seen since IPP or the MX The issue appeared as a page one item in 16 issues m 1988 and on several inside stories It prompted heated debate m the “letters to the editor” section in many issues It isn’t over The Jan 7 issue reported “County officials are touring sites of hazardous waste incinerators” Results of the tour of Rollins facilities in other parts of the country was reported on page one the next week 10 On March Rollins officials hosted a luncheon in Delta to explain their plans for the facility to local officials The March 17 front page story of that meeting was the first time pressions of serious concern about the project were prominently reported More information about the project appeared the following week The pros and cons of toxic waste issues were discussed in the May 12 issue both based on reports from a Nevada newspaper The first of several meeting held in Delta by the Utah Solid and Hazardous Waste Committee took place June 21 The next public meeting of that committee of charged with regulation hazardous waste disposal in Utah was at the Delta High Auditorium Sept Before that meeting occured a large crowd attended a meeting m Lynndyl on the project with Rollins officials and an informal survey was conducted by the Chronicle Progress The survey results: 174 readers said “no” to the project four said “yes” and one was what it was 1989 criteria was set for May In a Nov meeting in Delta the committee again heard from the opposition as part of the public hearing process in preparation for drafting the Some of the criteria final regulations the committee was considering would eliminate the proposed effectively site from further Lynndyl consideration At about the same time the opposition group prepared a petition to put Millard the measure on the ballot County residents would have a chance to say “yea” or "nay” to hazardous waste facilities once and for all The measure never got to the ballot The sequence of events was rather complex but the result was than an outside attorney suggested the initiative not be acted on by the county That killed it But the story is not over As this is written the possibility of an election m March of 1989 to decide the issue is being discussed If Rollins still wants to locate here they ill be subject to that election a represenJust before Christmas tative from Rollins told officials in Lynndyl as well as county officials and members of the concerned citizens group that for the time being and for a variety of reasons they weren’t terested m pursuing the Lynndyl site The possibility of an election is still because being discussed however See 1988 page 3 I 00 out of USPS County 0 Vol 79 No 26 Dec 29 1988 Rollins quits Lynndyl by Ken Rand Rollins Environmental Services Inc not pursue locating a hazardous waste incinerator at Lynndyl ending months of dispute over the issue That word came in a series of Dec 21 meetings held Wednesday when Rollins attorney Frank Willis met with Lynndyl town officials toured potential alternative sites with County Commissioner Mike Styler and met with a group of citizens opposed to the Lynndyl siting Willis gave several reasons for the decision: The Utah Bureau of Solid and Hazardous Waste returned the permit apphcaton to the company saying it was deficient “They had notified the state that they had no intention for the present of making up the deficiency” Styler said “I guess there was a lot of information they lacked ” Rob will - Droubay spokesman for the concerned citizens group opposed to Rollins needed plans said the application about 90 more pages before it could be reviewed Rollins had expected a friendly reception at Lynndyl not the hostility they received “They were led to believe earlier that Lynndyl and Millard County were just anxiously awaiting their arrival” Droubay said “and when that didn’t happen that kind of soured them ” - - The proposed siting criteria for Utah that will be recommended by the Solid and Hazardous Waste Committee will likely preclude locating a hazardous waste disposal facility at Lynndyl is that Among the recommendations sites be no closer than five miles from residents or water sources The site proposed by Rollins is about two miles from Lynndyl and from the Sevier River The company has a new Chief Executive Oficer The former CEO had been pushing for last expansion “But the board of directors felt like they should be more cautious and slow in their expansion” Styler said “and there got to be quite a philosophical difference between the two until Daryl Trent resigned in October They have scaled back their expansion plans nationwide and they said they probably wouldn’t even be in contact with us probably until summer” Droubay said W lilis told his group that the company has no plans to look at other sites in Millard County for at least six months “It may be even longer than that” he said Styler said Willis told Lynndvl of ficials they would not be a part of Rollins future “They thanked the - ROLLINS page 2 Students want bill passed now” school system tan profit trom a vending machine while students cannot “An outsider could come into a school and split with a school on the proceeds” he said “and they’d take their 50 percent home and the 50 percent left has to go into a textbook fund That doesn’t seem quite right W e think that whoever owns them should be able to use the proceeds however they want ” Butterfield estimated the vending machines earned $500 to $600 per quarter at DHS “That’s how we paid for homecoming and all the student council activities” he said Activities funded by the machines haven’t been curtailed yet he said because there is some reserve left over from last year before the bill went into effect “Put eventually we’re going to run out ” The school owns the machines But ter field said but the monev to buv them came from the student council “The district doesn’t own them” he said “I can’t remember which but they’re either ours or the schools ” Student council officers recently met with Rep Joseph Moodv and asked what could be done "Change the law” Moody said Butterfield said students wrote a draft bill and gave it to Moody “The intent language of the bill is that those profits go to textbooks’’ Moody said “What this bill will do is delete that language It will go back to where it was before to the owners which is the student council or the school Then they can use the monev as they see fit ” Taylor who is also DHS Vice Principal said someone from outside the The bill was prefiled on Monday Dec 12 and will appear before the stan by Ken Rand Delta High School students have helped write a bill to change how profits from vending machines in public schools are used m Utah The state legislature passed a bill about two years ago to use funds earned from school vending machines to buy textbooks Students had been using the money for extra curricular activities such as dances They were not consulted when the bill was written and passed Student Council President Rex Butterfield said the council became aware of the issue at a voter awareness day held for seniors Tuesday Oct 25 at Delta High At the event sponsored by the Utah State University Extension Service State Sen Cary Peterson and DHS Principal Bart Simmons told the students about the law which is now in “Mr effect Simmons decided he didn’t like that and he suggested we try to change it” Butterfield said "so we’re going to” David Student council advisor Tavlor said "Over the past years the student council has purchased vending machines in the school and the proceeds have gone to sponsor their activities ” But now the money goes to buy school books “We don’t think that’s fair” Taylor said “We think the time when the legislation was enacted was a time when we were really scrapping for money in the state so we think maybe we can get that repealed right ding public education committee of the House Moody said probably in the early part of the session The general session begins Jan 9 Moody said he expects opposition "When you look at this bill” he said “and see what it collects for the state for textbooks it’s almost a million and a half dollars ” Butterfield said the prospects were “scary ” “That’s a lot of monev for little Delta High School to be writing bills about” he said Moody said he wants the DHS student council to participate “I told them that I’d sponsor the bill" he said “but I’d let them do the work In the will detend committee standing they their position before that committee This will be a tremendous education for these youngsters ” Tavlor also appreciated the educa tional value of the bdl "'ficv he going to be able to actually watch something real happen instead ol ust learning about it from a textbook " The student council and Advanced Placement Government class will visit the legislative session as a field trip "We’re hoping we can schedule that trip at a time when our students get to addtess one of the committees" Tavlor said Butterfield said student councils statewide will be asked to help “We’re to write letters to all the other erring schools in I tali" he said “and get them to write to their legislators and send us a copy of the letters so we can have some evidence to show when we ’’ go before the committee DHS student coun The meets daily Juab officials criticize AF plans Juab County Commissioners object electronic to two aspects of a test range the Air Force is proposing to build in the West Desert The Air Force wants to expand the Utah Test and Training Range south through Juab County into western Millard Countv Public hearings are scheduled in Millard and Tooele counties after a draft Environmental Impact Statement is released in Mav but no such meeting is planned for Juab County Juab commissioners want one held at Nephi The other objection is on behalf of West Desert residents who regularly aircraft over complain about their residence and over two schools at Partoun and Callao “We receive ongoing complaints from the residents there about the sonic booms they suffer through” Commissioner Joseph Bernini said also complained Commissioners “war games" held last summer in the West Desert caused $30 (XX) in road “undecided” The Sept meeting was designed to allow state officials to answer questions about their role in the project and the regulation process Instead over 650 people jammed the DHS auditorium and told the officials they simply didn’t want it here A concerned citizens group presented a petition bearing 1028 signatures reinforcing the opposition The impact of the meeting was immediate and powerful A few days later the state legislature passed a bill that stopped all permitting of hazardous waste sites in Utah until the state could prepare appropriate criteria for such sitings A deadline for developing the county $20 The two meetings of state officials held in Delta were accompanied by protest signs like these held by Ruth Bradfield of Leamington damage The complaints were filed Monday Dec 12 at a meeting in Nephi between commissioners and Air orce represen tatives The Air force officials were Col Earl Crosby Director of lee tromc Testing Capabilities for the Air Force Operations Testing and Lvalua Air tions Center based at Rutland Force Base N M and Dick Hector 6545 Test Group Individual Research Hill Air Force Base Ogden Crosby said the problem of low flying aircraft has been brought to the attention of the commander ol Hill Air Force Base He said pilots found guil tv of living over populated area- a' low altitudes are grounded Pilots en route to the test site will not W e Crosbv said fly at low altitudes fly as high as commercial airliner do he said “Low altitude fixing uses moic gas We do not have the monev to t'v at low altitude ” A tvDisal test will cost million Crosbv said The facility will cost an estimated $2 6 to $4 billion when completed bv will 2000 It approved construction begin next venr on seveial simulated target sues and oilier installations in the ranee said those facilities will ( rosbv number about 100 bv the war 2oo) and ill Occupy no mote than 2'acies He said load' m the area combined generally will lx close tor no more than to 20 minutes at a line during tests Roads will be impressed in the lest area Hector said Eights two perscrr of luahloun tv is already owned bv the co ern merit ” C ommissioriei Rictri J Brough said “$ ou’ll come in and so vi sou'll Mosi id the be telling us shat to do test sites will be located em Bureau of and Management or stale land Hce tor said A draft E1S is scheduled to be relcas cd in May with public hearings to follow including one m Delta The final FIS is scheduled tor release in September 19S9 |