Show March 16 2004 - The Millard County Gazette Page 11 IPP Manager Reed Searle Asks Chamber For Support off Upcoming Air Quality Hearing Reed Searle Intermountain General Power Agency Manager addressed the Delta Area Chamber of Commerce at Top’s City Cafe on March 10 to residents on the update progress of the addition of a third unit and ask for their support at an upcoming Air Quality Hearing After speaking about why the additional unit is needed and the many benefits of building unit three here in Millard County Searle spoke about the time table of construction The main obstacle that IPSC has to overcome is that none of the funders for the project will sign up as a joint owner so that construction can begin until they can be assured that there is a free and clear court approved Air Quality Permit to Build “We filed our application for our air quality permit in of 2002” November said Searle “The state indicated they thought they could get us a draft permit by December We are now into March and a couple of days ago we received our draft air quality permit It is 159 pages and it is not finished it is just for our review and that of the National Parks Service as they have a statutory right to work with the state of Utah in how the state permits these facilities because we have so many class one area national in the state We just have parks one serious problem with the permit and we are working with the state of Utah on that new but we think that within two weeks we will have a draft permit signed by the appropriate officials in the state This will be our indication that we will get a permit “Now one of the things that I Golden Eagle Fencing Wire & Barbed Woven Fence Installation Specialists CONSTRUCT1QN 435-864-29- & REPAIR 83 20 LICENSED Serving YRS EXPERIENCE all central Utah C -- t emmx - nusiYKCsa POBox DELTA UT 84624 609 am tt'N account first 324 25 words each additional word 25£ FILLMORE: 45 for Delta N Main the reasons IPSC’s Air Quality Permit is so long They knew and the state knew that every possible scenario had to be considered in order to be prepared to go into court with it knowing that there was a coming We have done a much better job reviewing things and doing the best job we can in terms of environmental protection So it’s not all negative and a lot of our city councils knowing what we have done and seeing how thorough we’ve been feel pretty good about the project” said Searle IPSC had hoped to start construction by late 2004 Since the permit process has taken longer than planned issues with the Stake Parks and the apparently inevitable law suit the probable date for construction to begin is now spring of 2006 This would put the project completion time in the fall of 20 10 Power contracts will run through 2044 for unit three The current contracts for units one and two are up in 2027 but they are going to be extended until 2044 also In the next issue of the Gazette there will be an article explaining the environmental of concerns adding unit three so that you will be well informed at the hearing In the mean time because IPSC management can be so hard to reach in Salt Lake Rex Stanworth will be available at Droubay Chevrolet to take calls He will be able to communicate to you what is going on and answer questions about unit three for anyone in the community Ask your local paper how you can reach over 500000 households in 50 Utah newspapers in one easy step through Utah Press Association statewide classified HomeGlo advertising network Fillmore (NalionaJ pta cement or open account only) Advertising Id Btltw W Main or open account only) Free with Service Directory responsible Searle remains very positive about the delays “One good thing that law suits like this do is they make industries like ours stand up and be much better corporate citizens We FCCAYCCOX Droubay Chevrolet DELTA: only) IU1TE-- $600 for send representatives here to oppose the project and try to explain why it should not be built The second thing they are planning is a law suit The minute the state of Utah signs a permit they will sue the state of DnOPDOXBS cm UJW- - or (open down here asking you for is that if you are interested in supporting this project there will be announcements in your local paper about the air quality hearing that will be held here in Delta It will probably be the second or third week in April We know that there will be a number of opponents to this project down here in your community attempting to convince perhaps your local newspaper and certainly to convince the newspapers in Provo and Salt Lake that this should not be built When the public notice comes out about this meeting please plan to attend We would very much like to see people come perhaps sign up and even if you’d just stand up and say that this is okay we are willing to have the new unit here We know what the air quality impacts are and we support the project Coming and expressing y some support would be meaningful to us” After that hearing and during the following 3(Lday comment period there are 17 environmental organizations preparing two things They are planing to come to the hearing Utah Press ASSOC rmmy0 V— Bsa Please write legibly The Gazette will not be vartf mistakes due to difficult to - 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