Show T 6E Ogden Standard-Examin- 9 'i t mm m Thursday May 24 1984 er Gravel j' critic GF 9 Once we reflSed! on a Few reporters to cover aflD tbo news Sonne W scions stM do By PAT THORNE Standard Examiner Washington Bureau WASHINGTON — Utah offi- cials arc urging the Senate Energy and Mineral Resources Committee to adopt a bill which would provide badly needed sand and gravel from public lands for use in roadbuilding in southern Utah The Bureau of Land Management is now prevented from dis- posing of surface sand and gravel materials existing on top of unpatented mining claims $81) i fgSUSaS'i unin- Utopian jaffiigjsiitaD: itn: der an Interior Department terpretation of law Because of the interpretation such deposits cannot be sold removed or displaced even when a mining claimholdcr consents to the removal Because of a critical need for the sand and gravel for roadbuilding in southern Utah Sen Jake Garn introduced a bill to clarify the law to make R-Ut- ah “mineral material surface resources” eligible to be disposed of by Today We all federal land managers In testimony Garn said the US Forest Service unlike the BLM is presently and has been allowing for the disposal of sand Channel 5 assigns its reporters to specific beats like politics science crime education the arts and other and gravel on National Forests with the consent of the mining claimant “From nearly all accounts this system of disposal The choice is yours You can rely on TV stations that use yesterday’s methods to report today’s news or you can rely on the one station that specializes More Utahns choose the News Specialists areas Their expertise helps you better understand the events that shape our complex world Based on figures from Arbitron RatingsTeievision 1984 and Nielsen February 1984 February the News Specialists Eyewitness News 1 works very smoothly in National Forests and protects the rights of mining claimants” he said The problem is particularly acute in southern Utah he pointed out because of numer- ous speculative mining claims blanketing the area as well as many mineral claims now ac- tive Therefore “local communities find themselves with no legal way to obtain common sand and gravel for road construction or other basic construction activities” he said Dorothy D Allen appearing for Gov Scott Matheson said “Hundreds of thousands of cubic yards of sand and gravel are needed in Southeastern Utah anCurrent demand and nually competition for this material is heavy and will undoubtedly increase as the area’s energy resources such as coal uranium oil and gas tar sands and oil shale are developed over the next ten to twenty years” Ray Tibbets of the Grand County Board of Directors for Economic Development in Mo-a- b said the private land mass in his county is only about 3 percent “Approximately 80 percent of the public lands are located in the Moab BLM district gravel is a resource that is hard to find” Unopposed by the Department of Interior the bill is expected to easily be enacted into law this year Radioactive tailings may be removed 4 EGG RINGS GRIDDLE CORDLESS ROTISSERIE 3 FOR FREE WITH THE PURCHASE OF A FULL SIZE GAS BARBECUE GRILL By PAT THORNE BY Standard Examiner Washington Bureau WASHINGTON -- - The radio- active Vitro mill tailings in South Salt Lake may be removed to a remote location in Tooele County and federal government will pay 90 percent of the costs if the state and DOE can prove the tailings pose a health and safety hazard the chairman of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development APIIKILA EXTENDED WARRANTY ‘si' 5 YEARS on Aluminum Coating 3 YEARS Stainless Steel Burner 1 YEAR All parts including paint 400 sq in (2581 sq cm) cooking area (incl elevated surface) Deluxe reversible porcelain enameled cast-iro- n cooking grids Convenient dual control center and rotary assured this week The committee’s 1985 appropriations bill contained report language saying previous testimony and investigation had failed to establish the health issue and federal funding could not be used for removing the tailings but only to cover and stabilize them at the site tNi FULL SIZE GRILL up-fro- nt ignitor Gov Scott Matheson offered for the state to pay 25 percent of the added costs of removal In a discussion on the House floor Rep Dan Marriott who has made cleaning up the Vitro tailings a personal crusade for more than six years seR-Ut- ah cured a commitment from ll committee chairman Tom that the language of the bill’s report would not preclude removal if the health and Bc-vi- D-A- la safety case were better made - 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