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Show 1 UINTAH BASIN STANDARD. September 6. PENNZOIL Continued from peg 1 neutgr Reno, Pa. Robb raid. The prqjert will begin in the fourth quarter of this year and continue through the fint two quarter of 1995. According to Magnuaon, the Roosevelt refinery had also ben considered for poeeible production of wax related product, but such a bueineea move waa found to be economically unfeaaible. "A combination of factor were responsible for the deciaion not to use the Rooeevelt refinery she explained. It would have takenamuch larger coital investment here. The environmental mandate would have made it very expensive. The kind of payback the company would have received on their investment would have been very limited. Our Houaeville refinery is very already. Pennzoil was under orders by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to construct a new waste waKohl s Maiket in Duchesne is moving out of the grocery business and into to the autopaits and sporting ter treatment plant by May or face goods business. Their clothing and dry goods departments are staying and will be expanded. atilf penalties. Last fall Pennzoil agreed to pay over $300,000 in penalties for exCourts attmtion or to theUtkh ceeding the legal amount of ammoSupreme Court. nia in the refineries waste water Continued from 1 Inthei 2 deciaion, issued Feb- - Continued from page 1 page flowing into Roosevelt citys sewer 21, the Supreme Court upheld ruary system. There are four categories of lands its in favor of the State of must be complete within 365 days of ruling To settle the case, Pennzoil agreed within the broad classification of Utah, stating that Congress did in- the startup date. to install an waste water fee lands within the Reservation, deed intend to restore to the public Local subcontractors are expected treatment facility by May 1994, to the court document states. Those . dflnksm, lands that had been set aside to be used extensively in the build- . . ... . . the into bring compliance refinery U.the Uintah V41 Reservation, inxproce and as stipulated in the with state water regulations. They to Congressional Acte of 1902 bid requirements, Native Americans poor were later given a deadline 1905 Presidential Proclamation; 0) and 1905 opening the land for must make up 30 to 40 percent ofthe lands that were initially allotted to workforce. homesteading. Pennxoil Products Co. employs tribal members under the Act of May The ruling did not affect the tribes The homes wen designed by the about 100 salaried and hourly people 27, 1902, which have since passed control over 1.2 million acrea held in architectural firm of i, out at the Rooeevelt refinery. Robb said into fee status (whether owned lqr trust for the tribe and on which 95 of Bismarck, North Dakota. They the company will attempt to provide Indian or (3) 211,430 percent of tribal members reside. will vary in size from three to five acres of land distributed to former At leaat thats what the state and bedrooms and be built on d of tie Pennzoil organisation. We members of the tribe under the Ute the tribe reland. Juat over half the new are looking at other divisions of the Partition Act; and (4) former trust counties assumed untilclaims ofland homes will be rentals, the remain- cently brought up new company to see what employment lands that passed into fee when they ownership. opportunities may exist for our were exchanged by the tribe for fee Gillespie said that now the ball tribal memben on a mutual Rooeevelt employees. lands under the original Indian Re- which has been bouncing through basis when the mortgage is subsiHowever, given the general organisation Act in 1934, and In- the legal system for almost 20 yean dized by the federal government. oil in in the economy, particularly dian Land Consolidation Act. has been tossed back into Jenkins The Ute Housing Authority won dustry, those openings arent ex- Federal lawclearly contemplates court. federal housing grant two yean the ItobeplentiftiL that fee lands of an Indian Reservag Following the hearings ago to ease overcrowding and the Salaried employee who are not tion are included within Indian scheduled for Sept. 12 Jenkins could lack of available homes placed will be awarded severance Country, the brief ftirther states. rule from the bench or take the mat- on the reservation. based on their yean of service, pay will state said the go ter under advisement before issuing Gillespie Duncan says theres a lengthy andlwgivww witimiingmdut anv. Court his decision. ' icktotnec Supreme list of families in need of refinfor waiting erage aehort time after the deciaion to prove their case in UB. The only thing that is certain, say homing. Many tribal memben on ery doses. District court Sept. 12. both aides, is that the party which the waiting list an renting homes in According to Bob Harper, Their decision says some thingm t out Rooeevelt and Vernal until sometthey Pennxoil spokesman, salaried emwhich seem to be directly on point want, will deci-t- y the becomes available. Sometimes appeal judge's thing severance wul receive ployees pay and these arguments about differ- sion, the for perhaps' paving then an two families in one unit. weeks for to two of pay amounting ent classes of lands are only newly Overcrowding ia a real problem. each year of service, contingent to created (by the tribe). That approach mon decades of legal battles. them remaining actively on the pay- roll until their official release date. The minimum severance pay would be four weeks, the maximum 62 state-of-the-- . JURISDICTION UTEHOUSING 1994- - Page 3 Sale of Linmar to Coastal goes through wells in the AltamontBluebell field, all of which were sold to Coastal. Seagul Trucking, the transporation end of Linmar Roosevelt operations will be dissolved, said Wicker. Hie sale ofLinmar Petroleum to Coastal Oil and Gas Corp. became official last Thursday at Coastals Houston, Texas, headquarters. Linmar Denver-base- d Feteroleum announced the Seagul wae not part of Linmars assets. Will Oeterlbh, Director ofPublic Relations for Coutal said the company plane to continue to operate the wells, but could offer no further comment on future plane for operations. pend- - ago. Ed Wicker, manager for LinmarisRooeevelt operations, said the decision to sell was the result of a combination of factors, including increasing layers of government beaurocracy making it difficult for mall companies to continue operating. Wicker said 11 of Linmar1 26 e employees were hired on a basis by Coastal and one angi-newae nut on retainer by the company. He said a firw other employees have been placed on spending list for possible employment fall-tim- er ROOSEVE Coastal with Limner's assets included 86 7-- One Show Sunday 7:30 on-si- te Seminar scheduled . Tsa-La-G- non-Indian- tribal-owne- y Gray charged in weeks. Hourly employees will have to negotiate their severance pay with the company. Medical and dental coverage through COBRA, with the company paying the premiums will also con- t'.1- tinue fork's period of time. 'based upon length of service, Harper said. Numerous felony counts oftheft The minimum length of anntinulng medical coverage will be one month andburglary against a Ft. Duchesne for employees with up to four years man which were dismissed in U.S. of service. The maximum length of District Courthave now been raffled state court continuing medical coverage for employees who have been with the company for 25 years or more ia six months. Pennzoil officials say discussions are continuing with potential buyers for the refinery, hut could offer no ftirther encouragement. I can tell you no agreement has been reached, Magnuaon said. Confidentiality agreements between the parties showing an interest in the facility prohibit further comment, Pennzoil will taka a one-tim- e noncash charge of approximately $33.7 million ($20.9 million after tax) in third quarter 1994 in connection with the cessation of crude processing at Rooeevelt In addition, a after-ta- x one-tim- e cash flow benefit of approximately $5 million will result from the change in processing in Eighth District Court ofthe State of Utah.' The 15 chargee pending against Michael Gray, 24, were dropped in federal court following last Februarys UB. Supreme Court ruling in the Hagen case. The ruling effectively allows for state, rather than federal prosecution of Ute Tribal J I.. 722-45- ; -- I 4- . 789-486- 23 TO" . . 7:30 and 9:30 p.m. mentals of market research including sources of information, survey computtechniques, Dialog er research system) and methods that are easy enough oven for the novice. Deniso Wood ia the director of Market Information Service for the Utah SBDC. She has a BA degree' in soda! and behavioral sciences and an MBA from the ' University of Utah. Ms. Wood has owned her own distributim company and consulted with many othws on marketing and (fistributian issues. Ms. Wood will help you learn to ask the right questions and understand what resources are available for finding ussfiil information. To register or for mors information, call or (on-li- day-lon- l The Next Karate Kid Hit Uintah Small Business Development Canter is sponsoring Market Research" a one-da- y seminar September 15 from 6:00 to 9:00 in Vernal. This workshop will introduce participants to funda- ); single-famil- STARTS Fri. Sept. 9th 9 ne STARTS Fri. Sept. 9th 6. Duchesne County Commission if 1i ' i 'Vy 7:30 and 9:15 p.m. -- r members arrested off tribal trust land. Gray is an enrolled tribal member. Gray was arrested by Roosevelt City Polios over a war ago, along with Emmett Duncan,' Ft. Dilchesne, and charged in connec- tion with business burglaries at Sew Crafty, VideoGalaxy, Roosevelt Video and Entertainment, Doyles Please note that the following agenda is tentative due to Press schedules at the Uintah Basin Standard. Because of publication deadlines, some agenda Items may not appear. TUESDAY, August 30,1993 STARTS Fri. Sept 9th 9:00 a.m. Prayer, reacting of minutes. j 930 a.m. Department Correlation. 10:15 a.m. Duchesne City Mayor Kim Hamlin - review of landfill Electric, Buchanan Feed, and agreement Stewarts Thriftway. Duncan was prosecuted in federal court on the 1030 a.m. County attorney tax sale of the Gail Betts property. - Vouchers - Tax adjustments Finances Auditor a.m. 1130 charges. Tax Nelson thouTreasurer is accused of Adjustments Gray stealing sands ofdollars in electronic equip1130 a.m. Philip Shepardson - Mission ment and march an dice from tho p.m. Lunch Roosevelt businesses duringMarch Clerk business - the signing of amount and termination 1:15 p.m. Continued from page 1 and ApriTof 1993. extensions of the CDBG grants for Upper County Water ImHa is charged with seven first the duty to implement the programs provement District and the Neoia Community Park. and policies of the County Council degree felony counts of aggravated 1 20 p.m. Jack Cottonwood EstatesLa mar Long to enforce all applicable laws and burglary, tinea second degree feloMike Baker 130 Concerning the Pinyon Ridge p.m. county ordinances, to supervise and ny counts at theft, throe misdeproposal. coordinate all departments ofcounty meanor counts of theft, me class B 2:00 p.m. Falcons Ledge - Howard Brinkerhoff Request for a tax government, and (except as may be miedemeanorfor criminal mischief and mm class B misdemeanor for hoGdayNew business consideration. otherwise provided for in the opand related asset asks. 230 p.m. Darlene Winn - Personal property refundHaul for hire in tional plan) appoint and remove possession of burglary tools. Illinois. thedirectors of all county departGray is being hold in the ments and all appointive officers of Duchesne County Jail under 330 p.m. Assignment of the sponsors to write the arguments For & $50,000 bond pending his prelimiAgainst the question to the ballot of whether or not to adopt an The County Manager would also nary hearing in Eighth District Optional Plan of Government for Duchesne County. : Continued from page 1 exercise administrative and audit- Court in Duchesne. 4 Assessor Garff - Final Board of Equalization Approvals. p.m. ing control over all county ftinda and hi-, said AND ANY OTHER MAHERS THAT MAY COME BEFORE THE that s:Additionally, Miller assets, supervise budgeting, accountBOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS. land recently obtained $7.5 million1 ing, personnel management, purin prqject financing for its fifty per- chasing apd be the budget officer of The Board of County Commissioners of Duchesne County, Utah, will cent interest in the Antelope Creek the county. meet in regular public session every Tuesday 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 pin. Field Exploration and Development in the Commission Board Room. County Council Members would be elected, one from each of five (5) Program in Duchesne County. Tentative Agenda courtesy of County Clerk Pat Stratton. " ' The funds were arranged by voting districts (initially the same ; Enron Finance Corp. for a multi- districts as for school board elec-year program that will increase daily tions) to terms, staggered, "production and ultimately recover- with term limit of 2 consecutive CREAM OF THE CROP able reserves through development terms. Maximum compensation for water and conversions well each Council member initially up to drilling, facilities. $8,800 per year, plus expenses. During the past several weeks, Weekly evening council meetings Inland has been in the process at provided for i The County Manager will behired inverting four existing oil and gea c wells to water injection wells on two on a one year contract, $42,000 per : minimum compensation, plus pilot wsterfloodprqjects. Production - from multiple Green River forma-- : year normal county employee benefits. tfon nda in nearby produringfialda Proposed plan effective immediv KEVIN SMITH has been favorably effected by simi- - ately upon approval. Special non rei iiiiMWBbieaananssaaiaMi water without a lar injection prqject. an b Mm a SMt hi M MW HI I kka W PSa ! primary, partisan election, 6 Engine yean eoperience.Smal tk m PMM Mi Hr a prepi Irer lb wt M MB i Mb MM. odd within 120 dtys to elect County and Motor Cycle Repairs pShiMipa.bMHHnMiMHiHbtbaMlaahhi Council members. County Manager to be hired within 90 days of seating County Council. All exiating ordinances, regulations, and obligations of County shall continue in place. Continued from page 1 TUNE-U- P been successfully operating in the matters in first throe parsgrap black with revenue it has generated, which require vote of the people to Oil Change & Lubricate change) may be adopted by a . LeBaron said. Clean and Adjust Carburetor As for public perception of the majority vote of aU members of New Spark Plug New Spark Plug niiiw change, commissioners said County Council. Clean Air Filer Filter Air The Clean in on the proposed change county theyd received no commentshad is government (Any repairs additional) he championed being said by just (Any repairs additional) proposal. LeBaron one person who waenY associated a group of citizens concerned that with the hospital comeup to him and the county ia unable to keep on top iff business with its curtell him plans for a new name waa e rent commission form iff no received had He on the money. Conveniently looted with government. negative feedback. MlR Equipremt located at Opponents ofthe measure ssyita The hoqdtal will bo officially reUS Hwy 40 RooMvdt named the Uintah Basin Medical too costly, could tty tho balance of Wn Center as soon as its articles of in-- . power to favor the Roosevelt area, and will may result in a Toes of corporation can bo amended. -- 09-12:0- BALLOT Wood-Discussion- t On Show Only 7:30 of Sub-Stati- on . pjn. EIIO uiuMn0 Friday & Saturday, Septen)ber.9th & 10th LOMAX ar M& R Kawasaki Announces our New Shop Mgr. -- ai Htihta & Wff4 Cuttn SPECIALS HOSPITAL CHAIN SAW ATV SERVICE two-thir- d ST9 - EHIKawus&gd day-to-d- ay part-tim- . 39 clout for LGOPYt the county. 95 mum AND IT ALL COMES TRUE Jiff 15 Schwarzenegger Tihji 0R22f OPEN AT 7:45 Show Starts at Dusk MOVIE Information ..n 722-20- 95 NOTICE! . Children under 17 Mint hive Pirmlil to attend "R med Movies |