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Show Jfanoieiy VOL. 1, NO. 3 PARK CITY AND THE WORLD DECEMBER 23, 1972 Photo by Rick Stare Park City New National Ski Training Site The United States Ski Board of Association Directors has unanimously approved a proposal to locate a National Training year-roun- d Center at Park City Resort in Utah. The decision was made November 19 at the Denver er headquarters of the U.S.S. A. d training areas for Year-roun- IPiipeDiote A $10 million lawBuit was filed in U.S. District Court last week by the Concerned Citizens for a Clean Summit ' County seeking an injunction that would prevent the Chevron Pipeline Co. from building its proposed pipeline heating furnace at Kimball Junction six miles north of Park City. The action came as Dr. Grant Winn told a Salt Lake City newspaper that, although Utah Air Conservation Committee had not yet reached a decision on Chevron Pipelines - IFuraoee kowsuit IFM application, things looked "favorable for the pipeliner. Named as defendants in the suit are Chevron Pipeline. Co., Chevron Oil Co. and Standard Oil of California Inc.; Summit County commissioners Carlos L. Porter, Koy G. Page and G. Melvin Flinders; Utah Air Conservation Committee members and the committees executive sec-- , Grant S. Winn; and three "John Does, federal agencies "directly or indirectly involved in the regulation of defendant Chevron in its . exploration, extractment, transportation, refinement, distribution and sale of oil and related products and The suit charges that "the proposed heating plant will emit nondegradable wastes into the ambient atmosphere in such weights and volumes as to constitute a substantial and significant degradation of the presently existing air quality and environment There are reasonable substitutes available to accomplish defendant Chevrons goals which will not have the ts. aforementioned effects. degrading The suit also charges the county, state and federal agencies with allowing Chevron Pipeline to build the furnaces without proper enforcement of air pollution requirements or notice of construction laws. Chevron Pipeline president, Ed Allen told The Mountain Flower (Vol. 1, No. 1) that the furnaces were necessary to heat the crude oil blend pumped from Eastern Utah fields to three (Continued on Page 2) skiers, prevalent in Europe, have not previously existed in the United States. The approval means that in the future U.S. Ski Team alpine and nordic competitors for national and international competitions, including the Olympics, will train at Park City. Young competitors involved in the U.S.S.A. Development Programs will also train here. It is anticipated that the National Training Center will be operational by October 1973. The National Training Center will be located in the area of the angle station. gondola mid-wa- y An existing boardinghouse and two bunk houses, previously used by miners, will be renovated and remodeled to accommodate approximately 120 racers, staff and coaches. Nordic jumps of 25, 45 and 60' meters will be constructed at the site. Slalom runs will be cut for use by the Alpine training teams. Old mining roads that run for miles in the area will y serve as training cross-countr- trails. The Park City location was selected, according to U.S.S.A. President William F. McClure, because of its ideal ski and skitraining terrain and snow. . |
