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Show THE NATJONAL ENTERPRISE, SEPTEMBER 7, 1977 23 Sierra Club chief blocks IPP Megaplants bring and meg-aproble- Utah ought not be an electricity the state exporting state, chairman of the Sierra Club told the Interagency Task Force on Power Plant Siting last week. Paul Salisbury told the group, which is considering alternative sites for the proposed 3,000 megawatt, coal fired Intermountain Power Project, he believes Utah is singularly unsuitable" for large scale energy product- - Master Lock now offers you a powerful new way to protect your home against burglary and fire. Hear recorded message. about it in a special -- 60-seco- nd dial day or night ion. ft 532-63- 05 O Master Lock Company on building power plants. And most of the plant sites being considered by the task force and utilities are located in areas completely unacceptable to the club. Salisbury said power plans should be decentralized and built near the point of use. He suggests their size be matched to consumers' needs, thus maximizing Along with representatives of the U.S. Forest Service, the National Park Service, and the Environ Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53210 mental Defense Fund, the Sierra cheif suggested criteria for making decisions their efficien- cy. Quality of life in Utah should be preserved, he said, and huge generating plants ought not be devel- - oped to export energy to other states. Its easy for Los Angeleans (who would get 50 percent of IPPs output) to demand more power and build plants in he said, because Utah, they can vacation elsewhere. Fearing perils of black- outs and environmental dangers, Salisbury also opposes concentrating sources. Plants energy should not be built in regions of significant scenic and natural resources or in environmentally fragile And areas, he added. consumers will have to pay the price of using the best available technology to prevent pollution," Salisbury said. Salisbury presented map to showing the task force acceptable and unacceptable ( y A7 A sites for power plants. The Sierra Club accepts areas already urbanized and as close as possible to the points of use, and rejects most of the sites beings considered by both the task force and the utilities. Salisbury is favorable to siting plants on the Wasatch Front, along the Carbon-Emerenergy corridor, and in the Uinta basin area. He singled out the area in Golden Circle with Utah its southern numerous state and national parks and monuments and potential wilderness areas as a part of the state that should be protected. But many of the proposed plant sites are located OJ V a ; y there. T,oday accurate Citizen response information is the businesspersons best tool for both making and saving money. In any kind of business, big or small, old or growing that is true. Up to the minute internal data can make or save you hundreds, even thousands, of dollars. In force invitation to recom- mend alternative information about accounts payable, accounts receivable, payroll, inventory, schedules and work flow are vital to planning, too. Growth and expansion can be accurately gauged and prepared for. AB Systems provide exactly this kind of information. be willing to work with the task force in identifying Whats more, we build a data processing program around your specific needs rather than sell you a canned program. We have found that this will substantially cut your costs in the long run as well as make the transition to our system smooth and trouble free. Why sites. TAB Sysflemms sEamiiM Use ipmir! A, benefit to you of including TAB in your business is our professional staff of Systems accountants and computer programmers. Our people understand the concepts behind your program and are trained to avoid hasty, superficial solutions. sites acceptable to the Sierra Club, Salisbury replied his group did not have resources to find specific sites, adding it would advocate more acceptable zones and & T, response to a task Ysronir of Thmsmess Silver Fork Lodge Breakfast Lunch Dinner Daytime Business p. call us today and let us show you how we can help you make and save more money than you are now. TAB Systems Inc. Conferences Groups to 50 Overnight Get Away $19. double occupancy 144 South Fourth East Salt Lake City, Utah Phone 364-643- 1 Brighton Canyon, Utah |