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Show still power plant 66 in the planning stage It has been nearly five Moon Lake atarted feaaibi for a coal-fire-d power plant and after all that time it ia atill in the preliminary stages, according to a Moon Lake Electric Aaaodation pubH-- cation. Deseret Generation & Tranamiaaion Cooperative (formed by Moon and five other Utah Rural Electric Cooperatives) has taken over the project and during 1979 it has moved along and aeems cloeer to a reality. In May, an Interagency Scoping Meeting was held, with all of the government agencies that would be concerned with any aspect of the project invited. It was intended that the outcome of this meeting would be the determining of the "lead agency" for the project 1979, however. By September, Washington was atill discussing which ageney should be the lead agency and since it had not been derided, the Rural Electrification Administration, whoae role is the lending agency, and the Bureau of Land Management (under the Department of the interior), whose part in the project is due to the amount of federal lands involved; ' went ahead with public scoping meetings on a joint basis. Two such meetings were held, for the purpoee of getting the thoughts of the general public, covering issues such as: air quality; water quantity and quality; socioeconomica; land use; flora and fauna; historical and archeological aspects; fuel source and the environof its retrieval, mental impact transportation and use; and alternatives such as, the consequence of not the proposed plant; constructing Commission meeting changed Since both Christmas and 6 New Years fall on Tuesday, the Duchesne County Commission will , meet instead on Wednesday, Dec. 26, and Wednesday, Jan. 2, according to County Clerk Janet Cowan. alternate unit sizes;' alternate plant sites; alternate coal sources; alternate water sources and water delivery routes; alternate fuels; plant design, etc. These meetings were well attended and officials and private individuals In both meetings expressed their desire to have' the plant located in their area and offered their cooperation, ho matter which site was finally selected by the agencies. The questions regarding all of the issues and alternatives will be , addressed by the two agencies in the Draft Environmental Impact Statement, which will be open to the public with the people to have a chance to respond. Plans call for this statement to be completed by spring, 1980. The Final Environmental Impact Statement, which hopefull will be completed by summer 1980, will be published and thirty days allowed for public comments. In the meantime, coal exploration has been completed and preparations are underway to begin ordering generators and other equipment requiring an extended lead time. The target date for the first unit to be on line is mid 1984. This is quite an optimistic date considering the jungle of overlapping, unclear and sometimes irrational rules and regulations that and are required in the regulatory process, say Moon Lake. spokesmen. 27,900 acres dropped from wilderness study A decision to drop another 27,900 acres from further wilderness study has been announced by the Bureau of Land Management in Utah. According to Gary J. Wicks, BLM Utah State director, the Prairie Canyon unit on the border has been dropped from further wilderness studies. The 27,900 acre interstate unit straddles the state line about 85 miles northwest of Grand Junction, Colo. An accelerated intensive inventory on the unit and was done by BLM in both states in response to requests from an oil and gas company for clearance to file three applications to drill, and attendant ' Utah-colora- Jack Thompson, owner of Jack's Insulation Service, Roosevelt, is the nominee of the Roosevelt Area Chamber of Commerce Small Businessperson of the Year. for Thompson nominated for award The Roosevelt Area Chamber of Commerce bas nominated Jack Thompson, Jack's Insulation Service, Inc., for the Small Businessperson of the Year award. The coveted award is presented by the Small Business Administration mi the basis of several criteria, including original entrepreneurship, compliance with government guidelines regarding of handicapped and employment minorities, responses to adversity, of the contributions to the e growth, and community, the like. Thompson started his business with six employees, and Jack's Insulation has grown to accommodate a work force of 27, a warehouse and a sheet metal shop near Roosevelt Area businessmen who joined in nominating Thomspon for the award cited bis community activities, his business acumen, ana the effect of the growth and development of Jacks Insulation on the overall economic picture in the Roosevelt srea among reasons for recommending him. (UT-060-11- 0 Notice! Ken K Sanitation Service will not pick up trash Christmas Day. Tuesday's trash will be picked up Wednesday, Dec. 26. The service will operate on New Years Day however. g dollar-volum- Area citizens to meet with governor a delegation Tuesday, Dec. 18, from the Duchesne City Chamber of Commerce will meet with Gov. Scott Matheson in Salt Lake City to discuss proposed budget cuts, their probably effects of Ducneane City, and possible ways to minimize those effects. Duchesne citizens are concerned primarily with the depletion of vital' government services in the area, for example, Job Service and the drivers ftwMies examiner, and are ways to keep the services and still cut the budget. The meeting will be held in Room 210 of the Capitol building in Salt Lake City, at 8 p.m. feel-ther- e y During a public comment period, BLM received 28 comments concerning the proposal to drop' the unit from further wilderness consideration. Comments generally agreed with BLM findings and supported the 80-da- proposal Comments in opposition to dropping the unit from further wilderness study generally stated that the unit had outstanding opportunities for solitude and for primitive and uneonfined recreation, but information sufficient to substantiate these qualities was not provided. Copies of a summary of comments and map of the unit are being mailed to people on BLMs wilderness mailing list. Additional copies of this information are available from the BLM Utah State office in Salt Lake and the Mosb BLM district office. . pounds of steel will reinforce this intake tunnel which will ultimately be part df Duchesne's new water treatment facility and delivery INTAKE . Vi-in- k. d BUS in ESS BRIEFS Grand opening of the 1 STORE, located at 525 East Second North, is set for Dec. 21 and 22, with free refreshments, and discounts on lots of merchandise. Tom Collins is manager. SSI Gill Alexander has opened GILS HOT SHOT SERVICE. The service will do general oil field hauling and be available for service. 24-ho- SIS And the water tank in Duchesne will no longer overflow, making mud in the summer and Icicles In the winter. THE LEAK HAS BEEN FIXED UINTA BASIN TRACTOR, INC., Roosevelt, will join over 1100 other participating Hesston farm equipment dealers in sponsoring the telecut of. the 1979 National Finals Rodeo from Oklahoma 'City. The telecast, on KTVY-TChannel 4,' Salt Lake City, will air at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Dee. 12. SSI January, then the pipes and interior will be finished. Ski program begins Jan. 5 planned for use through pipelines work was progreasUntil freeze-up- , would use only part of the total filing. ing nicely on the underground The excess, if managed, could be a esaurized irrigation water system source of considerable revenue for the North Duchesne (north of the City of Duchesne. Estimates of over Duchesne River), repeals Ferron 850,000 annually have been mentioned, Peterson, a member of the organizing based on present rates charged by the committee. Conservancy District for water from Deon Brown, on of the leaders Starvation Reservoir. trying to enlist subscribers for south Cost for the North Duchesne Water Of the Duchesne River, said many are evidently not interested in Users pipeline has been set at $2 per Cople foot front per lot, with a minimum plenty of water for their lawns assessment of $150, plus $30 for each and gardens, and would let their lawns 1 valve desired by the property die, or continue to pay extremely high rates for treated water from the Citys owner to serve his lot(s). Every lot owner in Duchesne is culinary water system mains. urged to sign up for the water service Brown said that in his opinion and pay the fees now, added Peterson, advantages of the system include the as inflationary costs will continue to following: closing and covering all ditches to eliminate the dumping of - rise and fees will increase accordingly. Interested people should contact garbage, trash and lawn clippings in Jerry Harper, Deon Brown, Arthur tiie ditches, which results in flooded Taylor, or Ferron Peterson. Brown yards, streets and businesses, and said the City has signed up for water creates health hazards; lowering the water table throughout town so that to serve Roy and Wallace Parks, the School District has signed for the two FHA will approve house plans with school yards and the football field-tracbasements; availability of water to Spokesmen for the LDS Church outside use for town lot in every have indicated they would sign up for without adding individual water the church properties. pumps; warmer, untreated water, The planners say that once the more which makes plantings grow system is installed there will be very vigorously and rapidly. little maintenance cost. But whatever The system would also eliminate such cost, it would be .pro-ratepuddles of stagnant water, breeding the system, and even the places for mosquitoes; reduce the throughout list a maximum $10 per estimates high allow homeowners to spread of weeds; year assessment for maintenance. landscape over the old ditch sites. Lot owners in Duchesne have a good said Peterson. What is filing mSmm system. If the weather holds, the last of the concrete should be pured by the end of TUNNEL-112,- 000 Pressurized irrigation system for Duchesne - well-bein- rights-of-wa- The Roosevelt Area Community announces the annual ski program beginning Jan. 5, 1980, and continuing until Feb. 9, 1980. The ski program will be held at Park West. k The basic program for the period includes two hours of group lessons in the morning and open skiing in the afternoon. The lessons are offered for beginner, intermediate, skiers. The basic and advanced program fee is 870, plus 86 per Saturday for ski rental at Park West An open ski program is also available to area skiers. The fee for the open ski program is $70 plus a one time charge of $5 for ski transport Buses will leave Uintah Area in Area Vocational Center at 6 a.m. One stop will be made at Duchesne high school about 6:30 a.m. According to Larry Abplanalp, a bus will leave the Altamont area, if at least 20 people are interested in the program from Altamont" Abplanalp suggests that participants dress in layers, spray water repellant on their clothing, have warm waterproof gloves or mittens, and or wear shatterproof sunglasses goggles to prevent eye injury. Participants are also asked to label all equipment Abplanalp stated that under nine should be children accompanied by a responsible person to help them with equipment to get to their lesson, etc. Students are School one-ha- lf encouraged to bring lunch as the bus will be open for an hour during lunch. Interested individuals should con3 for additional tact UBAVC at information. Dee. 21 is the deadline for payment of fees. A ski equipment and ski clothing swap meet will be held Tuesday, Dec. 18, at the UBAVC mall from 7 9 p.m. 722-452- six-wee- Duchesne City accepts Basin Health District The Duchesne City Council has ucepted the Uintah Basin Health District u Duchesne's Board of Health. Ernest Haupt, Uintah Basin Area Health Director, appeared before the council and explained that the District has been established in Daggett, Duchesne and Uintah Counties for one and years. Haupt said that state law requires that each city have a board of health, and that by accepting the Uintah Basin board the city would be in compliance. When the district was set up, the state was supposed to contact all cities and make arrangements for the district to act on their behalf, said Haupt This was not done, and as things stand now, he added, the district enforces any state rules and regulations anywhere. But if at some point in the foture, the department, passes regulations on its own, they will not be enforcible in the municipalities without each one officially adopting the regulations. The Uintah Basin Health District is in the process of contacting every . town and informing officials that state law requires that each shall have a board of health. In effect, said Haupt, the Uintah Basin Health District will be doing the job for everybody, with for inspections and responsibility of private sewage systems, approval restaurants, swimming pools, and any complaints related to health matters. Earlier the same day, Haupt, along with Edith Page, Janean Besson and Jan Manwaring, appeared before the Duchesne County Commission to request that the commissioners consider more realistic salaries and mileage rate. According to Haupt, state law requires that health district employees be paid on a scale, with complete job descriptions. Health district personnel are presently being paid on a state merit system scale. The budget for the health district has been approved by the board of health, but must win final approval from the commissioners, who are this week considering the 1980 budget. , three-year-o- ld ... a stuMickey German dent at East Roosevelt elementary school, set a new record in money raised for the MS Society. $366 raised for MS by local youth A Roosevelt youth raised more money in the Multiple Sclerosis n than has ever before been raised by one individual in the state of Utah. Mickey German, 10, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ivan German, read 24 books, and collected pledges totaling 8386. He was a guest on the Hotel Balderdash TV program Friday, Dec. 7, and was anted with a watch and a etball according to Karen Ferrn coordinator for ari, state the MS Society. are usually held in the spring, but East Roosevelt Read-A-Tho- K Read-A-Tho- Read-A-Tho- elementary school requested that their event be held this fall instead. Thus, East was the only school with the contest in progress. A total of $1161 was raised by students st East, who were advised by Mrs. Dorothy Moon. In lata February or early March, said Bis. Ferrari, other Duchesne County schools will have the opportunity to hold their Read-A-Thon- s. |