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Show Page 9 THE GARFIELD COUNTY INSIDER GARFIELD COUNTY THURSDAY, MARCH 29, 2007 RUBY'S INN—12 NOON - 5:30 PM BUSINESS RESOURCE CONFERENCE "Takin" Care 01 Business' Luncheon: Workshops* Panel Discussion; Keynote Speaker: Leigh von cter Each, Utah ofvee of Tourism D/nctor Registration fo«ns available: http://extwsion.ueu.edu/garfieldy Or contact Utah Slate University Extension, GarfieW County PO. Box 77, 55 S. Main, Panguiich, Utah 84759 : (435) 676-1114, FAX: (435) 6 7 M 2 3 9 suzanncj@ext.u3u ,edu Co Sponsor* GirflvM Count* Oovemora Office of Econtimki Dwabpmril, Garfcld County Ttawl Council, Crty<Dl PanQuBeh, Fry CwJTty Anqtjmnn ai $2C'busine5s ownar, $1Q/addllk>nal person per business (A1t*r March 19: S5 mom), 815 potwtial bu«lr>»w w n » f GARFIELD CO. UNIVERSITY extension Utah Scan Urtwntty it an mrmiUv* oafofitqual oppoiirttir msiAJUon. tHe NAVAL EFFICIENCY A young ensign had nearly completed his first overseas tour of sea duty when he was given an opportunity to display his ability at getting the ship under way. With a stream of crisp commands, he had the decks buzzing with men. The ship steamed out of the channel and soon the port was far behind. The ensign's efficiency has been remarkable. In fact, the deck was abuzz with talk that he had set a new record for getting a destroyer under way. The ensign glowed at his accomplishment and was not all surprised when another seaman approached him with a message from the captain. He was, however, a bit surprised to find that it was a radio message, and he was even more surprised when he read, "My personal congratulations upon completing your underway preparation exercise according to the book and with amazing speed. In your haste, however, you have overlooked one of the unwritten rules — Make Sure The Captain Is Aboard Before Getting Under Way." APPEAL A CASE Lawyer: "Judge, I wish to appeal my client's case on the basis of newly discovered evidence." Judge: "And what is the nature1 of the new evidence?" Lawyer: "Judge, I discovered that my client still has $500 left." GOLF A fellow comes home after his regular Saturday golf game and his wife asks why he doesn't include Tom O'Brien in the games anymore. The husband asks, "Would you want to play with a guy who regularly cheats, swears up a storm over everything, lies, about his score, and has nothing good to say about anyone else on the course?" "Of course I wouldn't," replies the wife. "Well," says the husband, "Neither would Tom O'Brien." FAIRY TALES A little girl asked her father, "Daddy? Do all'Fairy Tales begin with Once Upon A Time?" He replied, "No, there is a whole series of Fairy Tales that begin with l If elected I promise...'" MARCH 22,2007 BLM'S FEBRUARY OIL AND GAS LEASE SALE NETS $1.8 MILLION Contact: Lola Bird, 801-539-4033, Teny Catlin, 801-539-4122 BLM Utah's February quarterly oil These measures may include: and gas lease sale netted $ 1.8 million dol- • revegetation (to control soil erosion and lars today. Of the 65 parcels (108,000 helps curb the spread of weeds) acres) that were offered for lease, 58 • strategic placement of structures and parcels (93,000 acres) were sold with machinery with colors that blend in with bids ranging from $2 to $900 per acre. the landscape, Parcels that were not bid on will be open • establishment of buffer zones so affor noncompetitive bid for the next two fects to wildlife habitat are minimized, years. and Of the 58 parcels sold, 46 parcels were • burying powerlines and pipelines under in Iron County, where significant new or adjacent to access roads to protect interest has developed for leasing. Bid- wildlife and minimize visual impacts. ding for Iron County parcels ranged from In addition, many operators routinely $2 minimum bids (per acre) to $190. use Best Management Practices, such Parcels at the February sale were also as remote sensing to monitor well prosold in Beaver, Carbon, Grand, San Juan, duction, to minimize surface impacts. Uintah Counties. Less than one percent of the acreage The highest bid per acre for a parcel managed by the BLM experiences surwas $900 per acre for 40 acres in Grand face disturbance from oil and gas activCounty (by Deer Valley Resources of ity. Government estimates indicate that Salt Lake City) and the highest overall Federal lands contain about 68 percent total for a parcel was $111,300 for 2,120 of all undiscovered U.S. oil and 74 peracres in Uintah County (Contex Energy cent of undiscovered natural gas. A dein Denver). The competitive interest in tailed oil and gas inventory by the Intethe sale was demonstrated by multiple rior and Energy Departments found that bids being received on 41 of the 58 par- Federal lands in five key Western geocels sold. logic basins - located in Montana, Wyo"The sale results reflect that Utah is ming, Utah, Colorado, and New Mexico at the heart of the Rocky JVIountain oil - contain nearly 140 million trillion cubic and gasfrontier,"said Terry Catlin, BLM feet of natural gas. That is enough natuUtah Lead for Oil and Gas Leasing. ral gas to supply the 56 million homes "Utah public lands are playing a critical now using natural gas for the next 30 role in meeting the region's energy years. needs, particularly with natural gas deThe Mineral Leasing Act of 1920 and velopment. With the active bidding we the 1987 Federal Onshore Oil and Gas saw on parcels throughout the state to- Leasing Reform Act authorize leasing of day, it's clear industry is interested in Federal oil and gas resources. The 1987 potentially untapped oil and gas re- law, which amended the Mineral Leasserves." ing Act, requires each BLM state office Catlin noted that every parcel is scru- to conduct oil and gas lease sales on at tinized prior to the sale to determine if least a quarterly basis. This sale was conthey can be offered in compliance with, sistent with the 1969 National Environamong others, the National Environmen- mental Policy Act (NEPA) and with the tal Policy Act, Endangered Species Act, BLM's existing land-use plans, which National Historic Preservation Act and guide management of all activities on in conformance with the Resource Man- BLM public lands. agement Plan/Land Use Plan. To enThe BLM carries out its land-mansure the protection of other resources, agement mission under the authority of numerous stipulations and stringent re- the 1976 Federal Land Policy and Manquirements are placed on leases that are agement Act, which directs the agency issued. These may include seasonal oc- to manage the public lands for multiple cupancy restrictions to protect wildlife uses while protecting the natural, historiand limits on surface disturbing activi- cal, and other resources of these lands. ties. Environmentally sound production of doOnce an operator proposes explora- mestic energy from fossil and renewable tion or development on a BLM-issued resources is a part of the BLM's mullease, the Bureau carries out further en- tiple-use mission, and energyfromFedvironmental analysis and determines the erally managed sources accounts for site-specific need for various types of more than 30 percent of America's en-' impact-limiting or "mitigation" measures, ergy production. |