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Show A North Davis Committee i-Opposes Garbage Mailt i f By GARY R. BLODGETT f BOUNTIFUL An opposition group from j orth Davis County made their presence J I nown at Bountiful City Council Wednesday ight. '. s THE CITIZENS' committee from Layton j nd Clearfield are in opposition to a resource Jaovery (garbage-burning) plant proposed in ilher Layton or Clearfield. The presentation in Bountiful City Council W Wednesday disputed many of the earlier Statements and prior information given to f ' ounty and city officials by proponents of the roposed plant. "THERE'S NO reason to be in a hurry, to be ressured into supporting the proposed plant ear Hill Air Force Base," said James Hurst, pokesman for the group. ? "we still have a minimum of 15 years left in 'C-W landfills and technology could change in yf next decade that would provide us with a y JUch better and less costly means of disposing 'Jr garbage, unlike what some people would Jve you believe, there are alternatives to dis-1 dis-1 'j King of our garbage and there's no good i ' ;on to jump at the first thing that comes ong." he said. I "THE MORE WE hear about this project, e more unanswered questions we have about the feasibility and success of this plant. There are a half dozen vital questions still unanswered un-answered and yet the supporters of this plant want cities to sign on the dotted line within the next few weeks." Mr. Hurst emphasized that there is not even a definite site for the proposed plant; there are no signed agreements for sale of the steam and electricity generated by the plant; and no building build-ing permits have been issued. DAVIS COUNTY Commission approved sale of $54 million worth of Industrial Revenue Bonds for construction of the proposed plant, but these bonds will not be sold until all contracts con-tracts and agreements have been signed. "Not only is there no definite site, the site being proposed is the fourth site to be considered," consi-dered," Mr. Hurst pointed out. The primary site is'on property owned by the Utah Department Depart-ment of Transportation. HE ALSO NOTED that the $3 million agreement agree-ment for Hill AFB to purchase steam is more than any similar agreement approved by the Air Force and that the contract would have to be signed by the Secretary of the Air Force. Also, the proposed agreement with Utah Power and Light Company over purchase of electricity to be generated by the plant is "no where near" the cost of other power sources, the spokesman explained. IF THE PRIMARY (Farm Site) is to be used, Clearfield City Council will have to approve a "conditional use" permit for construction of the plant. Mayor Dean S. Stahle told the group that Bountiful has been referred to as the "holdout" "hold-out" in this project, but this simply is not the case. "BOUNTIFUL FACES an increase in tipping tip-ping fees (operating costs) from about $7 per ton at BARD (Bay Area Refuse Disposal) to between $8 and $15 per ton at the plant not including transportation costs to and from the site," said Mayor Stahle. "We could very easily easi-ly be paying double for garbage disposal at the plant from the beginning of operation in 1985." Opponents of the group said they were concerned con-cerned about additional traffic; smell of garbage gar-bage being transported; scattering of debris along the route; and the environmental impact upon the nearby communities. THEY ALSO stressed the high cost of building build-ing and operating the plant citing similar plants being built only a few years ago for one-fourth the $40 million construction cost of the Davis County facility. They said that by using figures of independent indepen-dent studies, tipping fees at the plant could reach $22.62 per ton not including transportation transpor-tation costs and the plant would operate "in the red" for the first seven or eight years unless plant operators were given deferred equity. |
