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Show WASATCH MOUNTAIN TIMES Governor’s Family Violates Rules Tooele to Fight Burning of Chemical Weapons SALT LAKE CITY — The fish farm owned by members of Gov. Mike Leavitt's family has been involved in eight violations of state and federal rules, in addition to pleading no contest to eight misdemeanor charges that Environmental cease-and-desist order on a Leavitt fish American Ecosystems Threatened WASHINGTON — From California’s Redwood Forests to Florida’s Everglades natural ecosystems are threatened with the loss of animal and plant communities, according to a based on from the report data Department of Interior and The Nature Conservancy Florida, California and Hawaii led the list of states with threatened natural ecosystems but all states were listed as having threatened ecosystems. The report, which ranked states in terms of numbers of ecosystems — prairies, grasslands, forests, deserts, swamps — that are in danger of disappearing, was prepared by the Defenders of Wildlife organization. “Ecosystems are in serious trou- PARK CITY'S say TOOELE they are — Local county officials willing to take the federal from incinerating chemical weapons stored near this western-Utah town Tooele County commissioners want the Army to pay an annual mitigation fee of $35 million for destroying WHO’ S ON FIRST? caused the to issue a hatchery near the Sevier River. The corps alleged that the Leavitt’s were damaging a protected wetland area. That allegation came amid reports that state government was favoring the governor’s brothers fish operation. Mark Leavitt sat on the same state board that exempted the Leavitt fish operation from a state law that would have cost them thousands of dollars. Goy. Leavitt says he severed his relationship with the family business before he took office. Capsules government to court to stop the US Army led to the spread of whirling disease in Utah’s trout population. The latest infraction Army Corps of Engineers News ble,” said Robert Peters, who coauthored the report. “As they collapse, so do the species that depend upon them.” States with “extreme risk”: were: Florida, California, Hawaii, Georgia, North Carolina, Texas, South Carolina, Virginia, Alabama and Tennessee. Utah was ranked at “high risk.” Looking a Gift Horse in the Mouth SALT LAKE CITY — Utah has received a gift of 10, 903 acres of wildlife habitat in the Book Cliffs The land has been acquired by the Richard King Mellon Foundation with the help of The Conservation Fund from oil giant Texaco. Although the gift was hailed by state wildlife officials as permanent wildlife habitat, Uintah County Commissioners fear the land will lose its economic value and thereby decrease the county’s tax base. In a move to placate the commissioners, state officials have promised to allow grazing in the area. And the Division of Wildlife Resources will annual make payments to Uintah County to replace lost tax revenues NEWEST CONVENIENT _ SHEE. the aging weapons stored at the Tooele Army Texaco will retain the right to develop oil-shale deposits beneath the surface. o Redford Beats Hatch on Wilderness NEW YORK CITY — Views on Utah’s wilderness espoused by actor Robert Redford outpolled those put forth by Sen. Orrin Hatch by a whopping 20:1 margin. An unscientific poll conducted by USA Weekend magazine found most Americans (participating in the poll) favored Redford’s views outlined in a magazine story that compared the two. The actor offered reasons why 5.7 million acres of Utah’s unique lands should be designated as _ federal Wilderness. Hatch, on the hand, presented his arguments for setting aside 1.8 million acres in Wilderness designation, Magazine readers were invited to vote by mail or e-mail. In the end, Depot In addition, county officials are demanding the release of $5 million in federal funds, they say the Army promised three years ago, to improve the county’s emergency response sys tem. Presently the county could not properly handle a chemical accident, they say Chemical weapons have been stored in the Tooele area for the past 30 years. Some are so old that they have begun to leak. The Army has said it wants to begin destroying the aging weapons. Finally, Corporation Pays for Love Canal 1,722 voted for Hatch’s argument. of é a Hatch is the co-sponsor Senate bill to designate 1.8 million as BUFFALO, N.Y. — Under pressure from the federal government, Occidental Chemical Corporation has agreed to pay $129.4 million for the cleanup of the Love Canal neighborhood of Niagara Falls, N.Y In 1978 families were driven from their homes there A federal court settlement requires the chemical company to pay the federal Superfund $101 million for its hazardous waste cleanup. Occidental also will pay $28 million in interest. The chemical company has already paid the state of New York $98 million in damages. But a federal judge in Buffalo rejected the state’s claim that Occidental pay $250 million in punitive federal Wilderness. damages. only PARK ATM'’S CITY'S Now, no matter where you call home, getting cash in Park City is even easier with our new branch in the Park City Plaza at 1890 Bonanza Drive. 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