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Show Outside Study Approved For Garbage Plant By TOM BUSSELBERG SALT LAKE CITY - A "third party study" offering an outside opinion of constructing construc-ting the proposed resource re-covery re-covery plant has gained approval from all but two of the county's mayors or representatives. repre-sentatives. THE STUDY is necessary before bonding can be obtained for the multi-million dollar proposed plant that would see construction in Layton and tie in with HAFB, providing some of their energy from the 150,000 tons of garbage gar-bage anticipated yearly from the county. Meeting as a council of governments gov-ernments at the International Center in Salt Lake City, last week, the group voted nine for the $95,000 study while one mayor, Centerville's Neil Blackburn, abstained, and Clearfield Councilman Kay Chandler voted against the proposal. EXPLAINING the study is necessary before bonding can be obtained, Wilbur Jefferies, Wasatch Front Regional Council executive director, said an "independent company" com-pany" will look at the overall proposal, including projected landfill costs and life of the project, hoping to determine whether it's viable. Noting it will take 10-12 weeks, he said while published material won't be ready, results re-sults can be made available at the Nov. !8 Layton City Council Coun-cil public hearing on rezoning of a parcel considered prime to the project. "THEY SHOULD be able to give us a projection on how all of this will do," said Sunset Mayor Norm Sant. "Itappears this thing is what we've been waiting forthat's where a lot of what we've been asking for" should be explained, he added. The project cost could be reimbursed, including about $20,000 each from the North Area Refuse Disposal and the like amount from Bay Area Refuse Re-fuse Disposal, said Mr. Jefferies, Jeffer-ies, if bonds are sold and the project moves ahead. Some $50-$60,000 is being "held in reserve" from federal Environmental En-vironmental Protection Agency Agen-cy sources that would fund the rest. It was relinquished by Salt Lake County, he added. THERE WAS some concern by those in attendance that all questions hadn't yet been answered with Layton Mayor Lewis G. Shields noting, "The big thing is the site. There doesn't seem to be the (feeling) that all the alternatives have been raised." But Mr. Jefferies indicated "all of that" will be reviewed in the Nov. 18 public hearing. LENGTH of the steam line from the plant to base facilities is a key issue, Richard E. Harvey, Har-vey, environmental health director, said, indicating one site would necessitate running a line under the airport runway. run-way. And while that wouldn't be "awfully difficult" it would probably require stopping air traffic, at least during construction. con-struction. The sites being studied are both bordering State Highway 193. The site to be considered for rezoning Nov. 18 is on the city side at about 10(10 VV. while the other is directly across the street inside the base. "THE NARD site is too far from the base," Mr. Harvey said, when asked about locating locat-ing the plant at the current north Davis dump site. It would add $3.5 million in the cost, adding it must be close enough to benefit HAFB's distribution dis-tribution system, as well. There would probably be no project if the distance is increased, in-creased, greatly, Mr. Jefferies emphasized, adding that, "If you don't sell steam it's probably prob-ably not feasible" to build the plant. "We've looked at everything," ev-erything," he added. AND IF power were generated gener-ated from a central county point, for example, cost would be too high for the Davis County Coun-ty market, Mr. Harvey said, noting it might be different in the East where power costs are higher, for example. Coal-generated Coal-generated and hydroelectric power utilized here make that impractical, he explained further. Mr. Jefferies added that "some incentives" are being offered to the base in an attempt at procuring the agreement agree-ment although some points are still under negotiation. CONCERNING sites, Mayor Shields said "it makes no difference to Layton" but he noted the closer to base housing and Clearfield the more potential thcrc'd be for opposition. A summer, 1985 completion date has been eyed for the $40-$50 $40-$50 million plant although there was some concern a possible pos-sible delay of three-four months to get clearance from Layton on their site could evolve into as much as 18 months if the base silc is chosen and federal clearance needed. |