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Show -- II f monday, m november 28, 1977 IPP to study Delta area site After a cursory tour of the area, directors of the Intermountain Power Project last week decided to go with a $250,000 quick look at the Lynndyll area near Delta as a possible location for their prod posed 3,000 megawatt power plant. According to J. Sterling Merrell, IPP and Intermountain Consumer Power Association public information officer, the study will determine if there are any fatal flaws that could rule out the area as a possible site. If there aren't, then the Utah municipalities, who will eventually float revenue bonds to finance plant construction, will be asked to coal-fuele- put up between $2 and $4 million to conduct a detailed study of a site there. Lynndyll and a site near Hanksville in Wayne County were chosen as alternatives for study recently by the Interagency Task Force on Power Plant Siting, formed in response to Interior Secretary Cecil Andrus concerns over IPPs Salt Wash site in Salt Wash Wayne County. is close to Capitol Reef National Park and the concern has been over the plants possible effect on air quality in the park. IPP has already applied to the Interior Dept, to use the Salt Wash site, Merrell explained, and he suspected IPP will eventually apply for both Lynndyll and Hanksville too. Much of the information Salt already obtained on Wash would also apply to Hanksville since they are near each other. A new detailed study would be required for Lynndyll. If Lynndyll is finally cho- sen, the Intermountain Power Agency formed by the Utah towns selling bonds to fund the project will probably take Utah Power and Light up on its offer to share coal extraction and transportation facilities. UP&L also plans a site in the area. Oil industry watching Utah wildcat wells Two wildcat wells in the central Utah area known as the hingeline region are hold- ing industry attention, according to Carlton Stowe, minerals specialist. Department of Natural Resources. In Juab County, about 15 miles south of Nephi on the western edge of the San Pitch mountains, Dixel Resources Company is drilling below 14,000 feet at the No. 1 Gunnison-Stat- e well, a scheduled 18,000 foot test of the Mississippian formation. It is about 30 miles west of the abandoned Joes Valley oil and gas field in Sanpete County. The operator ran intermediate casing to about 13,000 feet in the well. Just to the northeast, about 21 miles of gas production in the Clear Creek field and close to the town of Moroni, Hanson Oil Company is drilling below 15,700 feet at the No. Moroni, a remote well in Sanpete County. Plans call for a 20,000 foot test, with the Nugget formation expected at about 18,000 feet. west-southwe- st 1-- TO THE ONE WHO BUYS. of Enterprise readers are responsible for making some or all of the purchasing decisions within their company. 85 For advertising rates and scheduling Call (801)533-055- 6. The Utah Enterprise Suite 500, Continental Bank Bldg. Salt Lake City, Utah 84101 Demographic Survey, Intermark, Inc., 1977 V J |