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rns BEST AND THE WORST Ij OF THE' WEST IN CONGRESS
by Dan Whipple
very two years,we elect politicians amid a great deal ofhoopla and better at their jobs than others. High Country Newssurveyed dozens of send them offto Washington. There they stay for two or six years, lobbyists, congressional staffmembers and reporters to find out which Edepending upon the office, and wage their dailywars, passing laws RockyMountain region congressmen were most effective - and which that few of us need. Then again at election time, they return to the were least effective - in accomplishing their goals in Congress. We hustings and report on all the good they've done us in the interim. weren't interested in rating the officials on their environmental records. Severalgroups do that and we have included ratings from the League of These reports are, of course, somewhat self-serving. Few of us have Conservation Voters on our politicians' environmental records (see the time or inclination to follow the careers of our elected representa- page 9). Instead, we were interested in how well they accomplished tives in any detail.We more or less assume that they are doing their best their own agendas, regardless of whether they were pro- or anti- and forwarding the cause of truth, justice and the American way. environment. So herewith are the best and worst congressmen from the _ As in everything else,.though, some congressmen and senators are Rockies: ".". . ... THE BEST IN THE SENATF ...... _ ....._ ...... _
vative, he is not the one hundred per- short ofmeteoric. He is one of the most Pete Domenui (R-NM.) cent ideologue that he is sometimes popular men in the Senate and he has Domenici has been chai rman of the painted. During the debate on the 1977 established a great deal of trust. One Senate Budget Committee for two years Clean Air Act Amendments, he sup- lobbyist said, ''When he's against some- and, in the words of one source, "has ported the inclusion of firm pollution thing, it's trouble because he brings learned a lot." Domenici is perceived as standards in the law, telling one inter- people along with him." This year, he honest and candid. He has been in the viewer, "I don't expect corporations authored, sponsored and pushed congressional forefront of the recent voluntarily to try to achievebroad social through a comprehensive immigration budget battles and has been an goals." And, without McClure's support, reform bill. Said one congressional extremely effective-chairman. "He nas there would be no River of No Return observer, "You have no idea what a tre- been willing to take oil the White House Wilderness. As testimony to his effec- mendous accomplishment that was. and make them see some realiry in eco- tiveness, one lobbyist said, "He's good' People didn't think that bill had a snow- nomic policy." The budget has taken when he's with you and dangerous ball's chance in hell of getting through, most of his time and expertise, but he when he's against you." but because of Simpson, it passed." did manage to get a few swipes at the Simpson is also chairman of the Veteran Clean Air Actduring the renewal debate Affairs Committee and veterans, per- this year. He won the copper smelting haps not coincidentally, have not suf- industry another fiveyears - until 1992 . feted as much from the Reaganbudget - before they must comply with the cuts '!S many other interest groups. act. ~ Simpson has not been a darling of con- servationists, pushing some amend- ments that they thought weakened the DREAM TEAM Clean Air Act, and supporting a Wyom- ing wildemess bill that environmental- If you supported legislation and wanted a winning combination of ists consider inadequate. However, he has not gotten a vigorous anti- Senate sponsors, you would pick: Howard Baker (R-TetlTl.) - The James McClure(Rldabo) environmental reputation a Ia James senate majority leader is universullv McClure, and Simpson universally gets respected and his environmental record· i.. The chairman of the 'important-to- high marks for his willingness to-listen the-Rockies Energyand Natural Resour- isn't that bad either. and for his quick grasp of the issues. James McCillre (R·ldaho) - see ces Committee is often described as the Simpson seems destined to be one of accompanying story. smartest man in the Senate. He has a the leaders of the Senate for some time - Alan Cranston (D-Ca/if) - Some- great deal of respect among his col- to come. times overlookedwhen counting the leagues and is knowledgeable and well- best and the brightest. Cranston works prepared on issues that interest him. His behind the scenes and has a way of RISING STARS overall reputation among environmen- * * going into the cloak room, counting talists is not good, particularly since he Rep. Les AuCoin (D-Ore.) noses and coming out with enough has supported opening wilderness areas Rep. Tim Wirth (D-C%.) votes to win. Alan Simpson (R·Wyo.) for oil and gas leasing and supports stiff Rep. Mike Lowry (D-Wash.) release language for lands not declared Simpson's rise to power in the Senate Sen. Alan Simpson (R.Wyo.) as wilderness. However, while conser- sincehis election in 1978 has been little (continued on page 8)
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- BuRec may offer U.S. dams for sale
In a move similar to its public lands sale program, the U.S. Department of Interior is considering selling federal darns 10 interested water users. The department has ordered the Bureau of Reclamation to survey hundreds of irrigation districts, power companies and other entities 10 see if they are interested in taking over ownership of water systems run. ~}he agency, said LW. lloyd, BuRec's North- west regional director in Boise. So far, the responses have been few, he said. But among those that did express interest were a Rupert, Idaho irrigation district ihat wants title to Min· idoka Dam and a group of Pasco, I Washington, irrigators who said three water districts in that state wanted to Libby Dam, Montana I own facilities at Grand Coulee Dam I In addition, the olIer is extended only liability and the responsibility for tak- "lock, stock and barrel." to entities that have paid oII their debt All official in the bureau's Washing· ~~:::n~:st'::';::~eo~tr:;e~:~~: ton, D.C. office said the agency distrib- to the government for the facilities' con- districts, although in Idaho, state offi- uted the survey to determine the struction costs. That stipulation could cials would continue dam inspection. amount of interest in ownership bring more money into government Idaho Department of Water Resour- tranfers before deciding whether to coffers because it serves as an incentive ces Director Ken Dunn called the plan seek congressional approval. to speed repayment by the districts, workable, but state fisheries officials "There is this momentum picking up some of which otherwise would not said they were not sure whether fish to return 10 the states more responsibil- complete their debt repayments until runs would be affected by private ity," BuRec spokesman Jed Hughes the tum of the century. High Country,: News ownership of darns. said. "It's unrelated to the land sales The BuRec's offer surprised some PIlbIished biweekly by the Higl1 Country Poun- . lloyd conceded some irrigation dis- (proposal), but it's a similar philo- water users, who said they were not dation. 331 Main, Under, Wyuming 82520. Tele- tricts want ownership because they dis- sophy." The Bureau of Land Manage- sure such an arrangement would be phone (307) 332-6970. Printed by theJacRson like using water for a variety of ment has begun a controversial plan to feasible. "I think they're just trying to Hole News, Jackson, Wyom~ Second class pos- purposes. However, he said congress _paid at Lander (USPS No .. 087480). All rights sell Sl7 billion worth of federal lands find some revenue," said Royse Van would mandate continued multiple use to publication of articles herein are reserved. and properties to reduce government Curen, manager of the Boise-Project before any transfers are approved. deficits (HCN, 7/23/82). Board of Control, which consists of five Tom Bell lloyd said he expects the bureau will Editor Emeritus The BuRec's olIer would raise money Idaho and Oregon irrigation districts. "I be able to obtain congressional appro- because the agency no longer would don't think there's anything more to it. Jill Bamburg val for ownership transfers if there is have to maintain and operate the water The only place (our district) might be Director enough interest among users. systems it owns across the country, interested in is Arrowrock Dam, but Dan Whipple if - Ellen Marks Managing Editor Hughes said. what would we do it breaks?"
Carol jones Associate Editor wppss:' plant? Kathy A Bogan nuke weapons Design and Production Despite a growing nuclear weapons January. Reports indicate that, with fied at a fraction of the cost of starting Macjane Ambler minor modifications, the WPPSS plant construction on a new reactor. Geoffrey O'Gara freeze movement, the Reagan adminis- C.L Rawlins . tration has begun to develop plans to could produce plutonium for nuclear But such distinguished proponents of Don Snow- produce more plutonium for weaponry. warheads as well as electricity for nuclear power as Nobel Laureate Hans . Peter Wtld One prime site for the production facil- Northwest customers. Bethe have advised against such amove. COntributing Editor.< ity is none other than the Washington , The Task Force is also studying other Bethe, who also supports a unilateral nuclear weapons freeze, has argued that Betsy Schimelpfenig Public Power Supply System's recently possible new sources for weapons "nuclear energy and nuclear weapons FInance abandoned nuclear plant number 4 at grade plutonium, including the Clinch the Hanford Nuclear Reservation in River liquid Fast Breeder project in have nothing to do with each other" and PiuI H<)WOOd warned that the disarmament move- Production Assistant Washington. Tennessee. A recommendation is ment would turn its attention to nuclear A Department of Energy task force expected in December. Maureen Dempsey power plants if the distinction between that is studying the need to replace an The Hanford plant is particularly G1-cuIatron military and peaceful uses of nuclear aging reactor on the government site at attractive, according to U.S. Rep. Sid Mike McClure energy is blurred- any further. Pbotogmpby Hanford is seriously considering the Morrison (R-Wash.), because it is now WPPSS plant, one of two abandoned last , 23 percent finished and could be modi- . - John Soisson Jazmyn McDooald Nita toper 7)pesetting she will be handling our book review JdfStem Dear friends, Intern department for us, making sure that we get review copies of books, sending Qrcle, Friends and Associales This is our biennial (more or less) Washingtop tend to forget it and Publishers them olIto reviewers and reviewing one Tom Bell special issue on politics and the upcorn- develop myopia about what they are up occasionally herself. Booke & Cooper ing elections. In our front page story, we to. Among elected officials, it's called Debbie, the only one in the office' Steven Gerdes have tried to separate the wheat from "Potomac fever." Washington Monthly, who seems to understand our cantan- Mark and Sally Gordon the chaff of Rocky Mountain region to its credit, realizes that issues dealt Jake Kittle kerous typesetting machine, will now representatives. The idea for this story with in Washington affect real people Anne Model be concentrating on her work with the was lifted from Washington Monthly outside of Washington and at'!' not Louise Murie·MacLeod Northwestern Wyoming Community magazine, which, a few months ago, ran simply something put on the political - David PaImerlee Action Program. Debbie runs NOW- a story about the six best and six worst trading block to enhance one's "clout." Elise Untenneyer CAP's program that provides home insu- Anonymous d?nocs members of the entire U.S. Senate. We If you think retaining this perspective is lation for low-income and handicapped Articles appearing in High Country News are have expanded that approach to include a simple accomplishment, you've never members of the House. of Representa- lived in Washington. individuals. Debbie is also a vigorous Indexed in Environmental Perlodica/s Bib~ activist in feminist issues and will be gmpby, Environmental Studies Jnstitute, 2074 tives as well. The infonnation used to . devoting much of her energy to that Alameda Padre Serra, Santa Barbara, Calitornia make the analysis was taken from those • arena. She has been the office guardian 93103- who work with and watch the legisla- Two of our beloved office mates are Write (or permission to print any articles or tors at their jobs. leaving HCN - circulation manager of nonsexist English - making sure the illustrations. Contributions (manuscripts, photos, ' Washington Monthly should be Maureen Dempsey and typesetter Deb- editors don't write "congressman" or artwork) will be welcomed 'With me understand- required reading for anyone interested bie East. Maureen got worn out working "chairman." In honor of her departure, ing dJat the editors cannot be held responsible for in Washington, D.C's internal workings. two jobs and carrying a full load of we are only going to pay her 59 cents for- loss or damage. Enclose a selteddressed stamped The magazine digs behind political school work at Central Wyoming Col-. every dollar she really earned. envelope with aU unsolicited submissions to Debbie's typesetting duties will be ensure return. Articles and letters will be pub- cli~es to show its. readers how power, lege, so she has dropped her HCN circu- split between Nita Loper and J azmyn lliilcd and edited at the discretion of the editors. bureaucracy and politics work in lation duties. She will be missed here McDonald. Long-time readers will ~ infunnatioo ~ avalliIble upon Washington Furthermore, it- does it particularly by managing editor Dar: request. To haYe a sample copy sent to a friend, with style and a sense of humor. Whipple ..Maureen was the only one in remember jaz as our business manager 5
Oct. 15, 1982 - Hlgb Country News·3 HOTUNE
salmon River gold A ban on new mining claims along the Salmon River in central Idaho has been lifted. The action affects 2,500 acres of national forest land along a 22-ntile stretch ofthe river from Riggins to Long . Tom Bar. The section was withdrawn from mining claims in 1973 when the Salmon was being considered for inclu- sion in the Wild and Scettic River Sys- tem. Pottions of the river above and below the 22-mile section are part of the River of No Return Wilderness. The re-opened area is mainly of interest to placer gold miners.
OJ gas and grass Grazing rights extended in Capitol Reef Environmentalists are concerned that oil and gas drilling on the little Missouri National Grassland in western North By a voice vote, the U.S. Senate and park and the ranchers when, during the grazing in the hands 'Of the Bureau of ./ Dakota will disrupt the area's wildlife House has passed legislation' to extend final hours of the Johnson administra- Land Management rather than the and landscape. The Forest Service has cattle grazing for Utah ranchers into tion, President Lyndon Johnson National Park Service, which initially I issued nearly 550 drill permits there Capitol Reef National Park increased the size of what was then questioned whether grazing should be called Capitol Reef National Monu- allowed in the park. since 1980. The National Wildlife Fed- The final version of the bill is a corn- eration has criticized the Forest Ser- ment six-fold, Two years later the mono Although most public officials favor promise worked out by Sen. Jake Gam vice's practice of preparing environ- urnent became a national park and the the extension of grazing, the National (R.Utah) and Rep.John Seiberling (D· mental assessments for each drill site, grazing deadline was set. The spokes- Parks and Conservation Association has Ohio). The original Senate version of man said the counties affected were been working to see it ended. In the saying the method ignores the cumu- the bill would have extended cattle- 1 promised increased tourism and, along 'September/October 1982 issue of their lative impacts of all permitted drilling. grazing leases inthe park for the lifetime with it, increased money to replace the national magazine, National Parks, the The federation has called for a morato- I of the 45 Utah ranchers involved and lost revenue suffered by the ranchers. orgattization cites a study conducted by rium on future drill applications until a their heirs but a weaker version was thorough impact statement is compiled. "But it never materialized," he said. a Brigham Young University range spe- passed by the House. The final version Utah Farm Bureau president Frank cialist on the effects of grazing in the extends the grazing leases until Dec, 31, Nishiguchi hailed the billas a "landmark park. NPCAsays the studyshowed, "that 1994, and also includes authorization AMAX land exchange piece of legislation that would impact at best, the park is bei ng overgrazed by for the National Academyof Sciences to grazing land allover the west. It may . 200 to 400 percent." The story said that AMAX,Inc.and the U.S.Forest Service study the effectsof cattle grazing on the mean that we have turned the corner since the completion of the study the have worked out a land exchange park over a to-year period. toward a sensible approach to grazing report has been suppressed and is not involving over 12,000 acres in central A spokesman for Gam's office said the policies on public lands," he said. even available under the Freedom or Colorado. AMA.X will receive 2,800 legislation was introduced because Farm Bureau spokesman Rod Clifford Information Act. NPCA concluded that acres of federal land bordering its Wayne and Garfield counties, which said the orgattization is confident the the National Park Service "and some Climax molybdenum mine near lead- have the park within their boundaries, 10-year study will show that grazing is others" did not like what the repott had ville. In return, the company will give have depended on livestock grazing for not detrimental to the park. He added to say. the Forest Service 9,300 acres of private the main source of subsistence for over that the organization is especially land in three national forests. Forest offi- 100 years. Problems arose between the pleased that the bill leaves control of . - layne Miller cials said the trade will allow the agency to prevent development in valuable' wildlife and recreation areas. The action must be approved by the House Agrtcul- Forests managed under new rules rure Committee before any transfer can take place. The U.S.ForestServicehas revised the tive method of improving timber. "By regulations governing its management, I getting a departure to cut a stand of of the national forest system. Propo- • it' diseased trees for example, you might Compromising dams nents say the changes will streamline "g overcut now, but you would get more In an effort' to . compromise, fWO the forest planning process but conser- growth in the future," Blasing said. environmental groups are proposing vationists believe the new rules 'Will Athird change in the regulations con- one or fWO water projects on the South emphasize timber production at the cerns the forest planning cycle. Cur- Platte River in Colorado rather than the expense of other forest resources. rently, forest plans are to be reviewed expensive and controversial Two Forks Replacing the original regulations every five years and updated every 10 Reservoir, a proposed 860,000 acre- drawn up by the Carter admittistration years. The new rules call for forest plan foot project to be built at the conflu- in 1979, the revisions have been pub- updates every 15 years. ence of the North and South Platte River The change makes the regulations lished as final rules and are scheduled to forks. Conservationists oppose the Two consistent with the National Forest take effect October 30. Forks project, which is estimated to cost Management Act of 1976, Reidsaid. He One major change is the elimination 5239 million. In its place, the Environ- added that the rules still require five- of growth requirements for commercial mental Defense Fund and the National year reviews. timber. To be considered for harvesting Wildlife Federation are proposing two Cunningham said the extended plan- under the current regulations, timber smaller water projects on the South lands have to produce at least 20 cubic ning cycle will make it harder to protect Platte. The fWO groups will present remaining roadless areas, which must feet of timber per acre per year. The their plan to the Metropolitan Water be considered for wilderness at the end revised rules contain no minimum Roundtable, a panel which discusses growth requirements. of each pIarming period. Denver's future water needs, in According to Larry Blasing ,0£ the -Jeff Stem October. Inland Forest Resource Council, elimi- nating the growth requirement gives
the Forest Service more flexibility in TATEMENT Of O\\NERSHIP. MAN~CEMENT Al'iO CIIlCWT1(Th' ~'OT1CE deciding what timber to cut. Instead of Cunttingham is also concerned with (Required b)' .'19 U.S,C. 5685) relying onan arbitrary standard, Blasing I Tille of publlcatinru High Country Nf'U~ another provision that allows the rnl~ of f1hng; Sept Z3, 1982 said, the revision will force the Forest regional forester to approve departures 3 frequeocy (If ISlilJe: biweekly .Service to take a closer look at the varia- A, No. of issues (lUhliShcd annuaUj': 24 from the Forest Service'ssustained yield ll. Annual subscription prto- $l~i-llll tions in its timber resources. policy. Departures make it possible to 4. Locauon of km'\\ll offiu' of publication, .BI Main St., t.uxil'r, \I;'yoOling 82520. 5. IllCllliun of he:ulquanefli of general blJ!;ines.1 offlces of the puhlishers: .H' Main 51., lander. 1i~OOling 82520, Jim Reid of the Region I forester's overcut an area to deal with an emer- 6, Name~ and addresses of publisber and managing editor, IlIg1t Country Foundation, Bo~Ii, Lander, "''foming 825Z0 (jlIlblisher}JiIl Bamburg. 101 )efFeT1Oll. office in Missoula,Montana, agreed that gency, such as insect infestation .Under WIder. \t;'yt)min~ 82520 (dlTl~etor), l}.lll \IO'blpple, PO. Box 1435, lander. Wyoming 82520 (editor). 7, o..ner: Iligh Countl)' Foundal;oll, IlOJl K. lander. 1l')"OTnlng 82520. the Forest Service will have to review the current regulations only the Forest 8, Knmm boodhok\t,fli, mortgagees. and ...iller security holders (I\\ning or bolding l (onel percem or mort of lOW amounl$ of bonds, mortgages or olllfr timber lands more closely, adding that Service chief can issue a departure. securities, None. the new rules maynot signifi_cantlyalter 9. b1l'T11aoo rullUrc of drrulation },{tual No. Sept 17 the region's volume of commercial "The new regulations show that the Reagan admittistration considers a A. Tlilal No. ropK.'S prinled, 4100 timber. II. P..tid ,imitation 5"" <.'Ieparturedecision a routine decision," l. S:tles - deakrs and ClJUIlter $.lIes 150 150 Bill Cunninghan'>,Montana represen· 1 Mail SlIbsl:riptions Cunningham said. There will probably 3769 '500 tative of the Wilderness Society, said C. Tueal paid Omllallon (8l & 82) 3919 )650 be an increase in departures now that D. FTtf dimibutioo - samples 705 10 eliminating the growth standard would Ie Tom! distribution (C & D) 3924 '1M they are easier to obtain, he said. F. COpil'S not diStributed open the national IOrests' remaining I. Offke use, left uo,'er 40. ~ roadless areas outside of wilderness to Blasing supports the rule change 1, Ilrtums from news aj,'fnlS 75 75 development. Cunningham said those G. Total (E & F) 5100 '100 because the departure decision will be Ill'rtify tim thf Slatemel1Li IIIlIde by me a1l' {()lTI'(\ and romplell'. Elizabeth R. SChlmelpf<'lll~ Sepl. n, 19i!Z stands are marginaland until now could made closer to the actual.fieldsituation, not be cut at a profit. he said.Jn addiJion,,1;hey9U!be,an eff!"c-
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, -~"-"- - 4-lHgb O:JUntry News OCt. 15, 1982 HCJTLINE Arizona politicians ignore eeo issues
"The environmental policies of this Republicans and Democrats in Arizona literature describes him as being "in Administration are the policies of neg- this fall. favor of the direction of the Interior lect," said Rep. Morris Udall (D-Ariz.). The other four congressional races" Department under James Watt." Dunn But the chairman of the House Interior with one exception, will most likely be . also supports the dismantling of the and Insular Affairs Committee didn't won by Republicans who are basically Department of Energy. offer the observation to constituents in insensitive to resource issues. The' Something bizarre will have to his new second congressional district, exception is in the third district, which happen for Bruce Babbitt to lose the which stretches across the Sonoran includes the Phoenix suburb of Scotts- governor's race to his poorly financed Desert from Tucson west to Yuma. The dale, where incumbent Bob Stump faces Republican challenger, Leo Corbet. comment was made in Philadelphia, to a strong challenge from Pat Bosch. Babbitt's grasp of resource issues is an Americansfor Democratic Action Bosch is waiting for autumn's inevitable strong. His only veto to be overridden audience. smog to return and provide an approp- . by the legislature dealt with the 1980 riate backdrop for her attacks on Sagebrush Rebellion law, which Voters in Tucson, Nogales and Gila Stump's calls to gut provisions of the allowed the state to take control of 20 Bend hear Udall go after Ronald Reagan Clean Air Act. million federal acres. and the economy more than" they hear In the Senate race, incumbent Demo- To reinforce the Babbitt image, him hounding James Watt. But the inte- crat Dennis DeConcini is perceived as rior Secretary is far from forgotten in the which many Arizonans feel is being an accomplished waffler on most issues, district. He has been an unwelcome carefully cultivated in order to provide a including environmental and energy presence for Udall's Republican chal- trip to the Senate when Barry Gold- concerns. His vote in support of the lenger, Ray Laos,who didn't think it was water retires, a photo of the governor Alaska Lands bill came after months of, gentlernanly of Watt to publicly observe and his family backpacking through the hedging. The DeConcini staff, accord- that his campaign against Udall didn't Grand Canyon appeared in some of this ing to a Sierra Club member in "Tucson, have a chance, year's Arizona Office of Tourism "is difficult to work with." material. Dmn Hatch (N·Utah) By and large, resource issues have Challenging DeConcini is state repre- ) generated little attention from both sentative Pete Dunn, whose campaign - Paul Talbot Friends in highplaces .....--- Environmental Action listed Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) as one of the Senate's top beneficiaries of donations Three dams considered forPoudre from what it calls the "filthy five" corpo- Although the Reagan administration rate polluters. Hatch reportedly is considering recommending the received S10,500 for the 1982 cam- Cache la Poudre River in northern Colo- paign from the live corporations: Dow rado for Wild and Scenic River designa- Chemical Company, Standard Oil of tion, the Colorado Water Conservation Indiana, Weyerhauser Corporation, Republic Steel Corporation and Occi- Board is studying the feasibility of three darn projects on the river. dental Petroleum Corporation The five earned the dubious title by consistently The Poudre was slated for possible vio!ating environmental laws. Wild and Scenic River status by a 1975 amendment to the Wild and Scenic Riv- Action against Getty ers Act. After study, the U.S. Forest Ser- The state of Wyoming, the Sierra vice presented five possible plans, Club, the Wilderness Society and the ranging from no designation to nearly Jackson Hole Alliance recently filed suit complete protection for a 74-mile against Gerty Oil Company, Interior stretch beginning at the river's headwat- Secretary James Watt and two US. Min- ers in Rocky Mountain National Park erals Management Service officials in an and extending to a section 15 miles effort to stop Getty from drilling in the north of Fort Collins. Public meetings Little Granite Creek area near Jackson, were held and more than I, I 00 letters Wyoming. The dispute over drilling in favoring Wild and Scenic designation the proposed wilderness area has been were received. ,- waging since last spring when the inte- The Forest Service, considering these rior Department approved Getty's appli- comments, forwarded recommenda- cation to drill (HCN, 8/20/82). The tions to Washington. Its recommenda- recent suit claims that approval of the tions have not been made public. "It's application violates federal law because not available to the public until the pres- it is based on a faulty environmental ident acts on it," said Ed Nesselroad of impact statement and because it vio- the Forest Service's Fort Collins office. lated the terms of the federal oil and gas But Tom McKenna, of Preserve Our leases on the property, according to the Poudrc, a group favoring Wild and Casper Star Tribune. Scenic designation for the entire 74- mile river section, claims to have a copy Dirtying the waters of the recommendations. He said the The Environmental Protection Forest Service has suggested that only Agency has proposed changes for clean the already-protected section of' the water standards that would weaken pol- Poudre within Rocky Mountain lution control. requirements and delay National Park and the Commanche Peak cleanup of polluted rivers and lakes. The Wilderness Area be considered for Wild proposals come after the Reagan admin- and Scenic status. istration asked Congress to loosen fed- Meanwhile, the Colorado legislature eral clean water laws. According to the appropriated $300,000 to study the Wall Street Journal, the proposals feasibility of placing darns along the would encourage states to loosen clean Poudre upstream from Fort Collins. If 'water standards. Environmentalists fear any of the darns were built, Wild and Poudre River, Colorado industry will shop around for states with Scenic designation would be precluded, lax water quality laws and they fear dirty McKenna said. "Practically speaking, out that if an interest figure higher than ity, Yorks said. The power from the Pou- waters will remain dirty. there would be no reason for it to be 7.5 percent were used, the benefit-cost dre project would be sold to various wild and scenic," he said. "The purpose ratios of all theprojectswould be below electric pools. Oil ban chaUenged (of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act) is to one (the break-even point). Amoco Production Company and preserve rivers undammed." The water conservation board will Sohio Petroleum Company have filed He questioned the projected Tudor Engineering, an independent study the three proposals and hold pub- suit to stop the Interior Department revenues from sales of peaking power. engineering firm, has completed apreli- lic meetings in December for more from cancelling the companies' oil The study based benefits on sales at IS minary study and presented its findings comment. In january, 1983, the board leases on the Wmd. River Indian Reser- cents per kilowatt hour, when Yorks to the Colorado Water Conservation will make its recommendations to the vation in central Wyoming. According said Colorado Public Service pays only . Board. A field of eight prospective pro- Colorado legislature. "The ultimate to the Casper Star-Tribune,Interior had 3.5 cents per kwh. The highest price jects was narrowed to three. conclusion could be that none of the recommended cancelling the leases at currently being paid by any power pur- alternatives are feasible, but the board At an August public meeting, Terence the request of the Shoshone and Arapa- chaser is 5.5 cents per kwh, he added. was instructed to look at the alterna- Yorks, a Fort Collins computer systems Costs and benefits were figured at 1982 hoe Indian tribes living on the reserva- tives," board director Bill McDonald modeler and member of Preserve Our tion. The tribes said that Amoco prices. said. If the legislature believes more Poudre, questioned the benefit-cost underpaid royalties and operated equip- study is needed, they can create a new ratios Tudor Engineering presented. Demand for the power was also ques- ment carelessly. Filed in U.S. District bill for additional funding, McDonald Seven and one-half percent interest was tioned Northern Colorado will have two Court in Cheyenne, the suit claims that added. as trustee of the Indians, Interior carmot used in figuring costs, which Yorks said coal-fired power plants coming on line . be impartial in making a cancellation was totally unrealistic in these days of within the next three years, and both of decision. double-digit interest. He also pointed these will have excess generating capac- - Vicky Boyd Timber" reliefbill fells opposition
The u.s. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee has approved a No wolvesfor Idaho bill that would let timber companies Idaho Sen. Steve Symms (R) recently cancel up to 40 percent of their govern- claimed he would take legislative action ment contracts signed before January I, if the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's 1987· . proposed Wolf Recovery Program is Sponsored by Sens, Mark Hatfield (R- expanded to areas other than desig- Ore.) and James McClure (R-ldaho), the nated wilderness in Idaho. The pro- Timber Relief Act is awaiting action by gram, developed by the Wolf Recovery the full Senate. Team, will re-establish the Northern Timber companies, purchased mil- . Rocky Mountain gray wolf in some areas lions of dollars of federal timber in the of the lower 48 states (HeN, 9/3/82). late 1970s when home construction Areas in Idaho, Montana and Wyoming was booming. However, the collapse of . are being considered. Symms feels that the housing market and resultant drop re-establishing wolves in areas other in timber prices eliminates the compan- than designated wilderness is the same' ies' ability to process the timber at a as expanding wilderness areas. He said within the industry itself. A spokesman industry now supports the bill. The Rea- profit .. Honoring the contracts could the study was a waste of tax dollars and for the lriland Forest Resources Council gan administration has not taken a posi- JOIce them out of business. that the wolves could prove harmful. The bill is viewed as an .aid to com- said that mill operators in Montana who tion on the bill, Pawlicki said. panies in Oregon and Washington. paid lower prices for their contracts The Emergency National Forest Pro- Because of a different pricing structure, fear that relief for west coast companies ductivity Act, an amendment to the bill Timber vs. wildlife will bring more competition into the introduced by Sen. John Melcher (D- companies in those two states I paid A valuable wildlife habitat area adja- Mont.), would require the Forest Ser- higher prices for federal timber than already tight lumber market The feeling cent to the Cabinet Mountains Wilder- vice to start a program to salvage companies elsewhere in the country: is that "contracts are contracts' and the ness in Montana will be harvested for diseased and insect-infested timber. Critics have said the bill is a bail-out of bill helps companies that misinter- timber by Burlington Northern due to a Melcher said the plan would improve the larger companies, including Boise preted the market, he said. cooperative agreement with the U.S. the health of the national forests and Cascade, Louisiana-Pacific and Georgia- For the same reasons, southern Forest Service. BN has wanted to harvest reduce unemployment in the industry. Pacific, which hold close to two-thirds timber industries would not support the 5,000-acre roadless area for several However, Bill Cunningham of The Wil- of the contracts in the northwest. Sen. the bill until a ceilingwas placed on the years, but wildlife experts and the derness Society said the program could Howard Metzenbaum (D-Ohio) tried Region Six (Oregon and Washington) Forest service cautioned against it increase road construction on the unsuccessfully to add an amendment timber sales program. According to because the development of roads forests. limiting contract cancellations to com- Mark Pawlicki of the National Forest needed for the logging could have panies with less than 500 employees. Products Association in: IWashington, - [eff Stern harmful effects on the area's grizzlies, TIle bill has received mixed reviews D.C., a large majority of the timber moose and elk. The Forest Service, how- ever, has become interested in cutting some of its own lands in the area and WPPSS bailout proposed gave the okay after a study was com- pleted by consultants and the Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks. October I and faced with the impend- In the wake of all Oregon judge's rul- nation's largest issuer of tax-exempt The harvesting plan calls for logging ing starting date of the debt payments, ing that II Oregon utilities are not obli- municipal bonds. A default of ehat size small units at a time, then closing the many of those utilities have been forced gated to pay their share of the $7 billion would cause major disruptions in the unit off before proceeding to another. to consider a doubling of rates for debt for two Northwest nuclear power national bond market, analysts say. The Forest Service believes such a consumers. plants, federal officials are taking a hard As an alternative, officials are studying method will allow a "minimum of dis- Some observers predict that such look at a scheme that would bailout the a plan developed byShearson/ American ruption" to wildlife, according to the enormous increases will bankrupt many utilities. Express that would bail out WPPSS and Missoulian. On' September 29, Lane County keep the disaster from contaminating farmers throughout the Northwest (Oregon) District judge George Wood- the national bond market. whose irrigation systems are heavily rich delivered a summary judgment The same day Woodrich rendered his energy dependent and whose opera- BIM reconsiders line which declared the contracts between judgment, Albert Bellas, Shearson tions are already financially threatened A proposed 19-mile pipeline the II Oregon utilities and the senior executive vice president, out- by a weak economy. between the little Jacks and Big Jacks Washington Public Power Supply Sys- lined the plan for the WPPSS members. Meanwhile, still another plan is under Creek wilderness study areas in Idaho tem invalid under Oregon law and city Shearson is a major creditor of WPPSS, study that would bring relief to ratepay- could be delayed because grazing in the charters. with 890 million worth of bonds in ers throughout the region and head off a area could damge the two areas' wilder- Woodrich declared that the munici- Plants 4 and 5. default. That proposal involves sale of ness characteristics, according to the pal utilities involved did not have Under the plan WPPSS would offer one or both of the terminated plants to Bureau of !.and Management's environ- authority to sign the contracts backing $1.5 billion in low interest bonds, all of an entity that might complete them. mental impact statement. The pipeline construction of WPPSS plants 4 and 5 which would be hought by the Bonne- Efforts are underway to put together a was proposed by the BIM. Also of con- without voter approval, ville Power Administration, the federal deal - one which could include the cern is the effect grazing would have on The two plants were terminated by agency. which underwrites the con- Department of Energy - but so far the the areas' herd of rare California bigh- WPPSS last January in the light of sky- struction of Plants 1,2 and 3. The BPA efforts have not been successful. orn sheep (HCN 7/23/82). BIM offi- rocketing constmction costs and de- would get the money to buy the bonds cials estimate five to 10 of the 100-head clining electrical demand. Three other from the Federal Financing Bank at a - jobn Soisson herd would be lost. plants in the five plant WPPSS network rate equal to the interest rate on the are still under construction. $1.5 billion in new bonds. That-transac- When the plants were terminated, tion would require federal approval. the 88 members of the WPPSS consor- WPPSS would then invest the pro- BARBED WIRE tium were left with $2.25 billion in con- ceeds from the sale in high yielding struction bonds plus 84.51 billion in government securities. lf the money .Question oj the week. The fackson One boom was enough. There is no interest that they must begin paying off were borrowed from the government at Hole News reported that a rancher, giv- truth to the rumor, reported Science in January, 1983. seven percent and invested in securities ing directions to a tourist, told the man News, that the birthrate in the state of Members of the consortium, reeling that yielded about II percent, the to drive to a cattle guard and turn there. Washingron soared nine months after under the weight ofthe enormous debt" "profit" could be used to payoff the Replied the visitor, ''What kind of uni- the eruption of the Mt. St. Helens sued for release from their obligations, $2.25 billion in construction bonds as form does a cattle guard wear?" volcano. despite "hell or high water" provisions they come due over the next 36 years. ip the WPPSScontracts which require All that would be left to pay offwould be There ain't enough room in this town payment of the dept regardless of the debt to the federal bank. for tbe botb of us, podnub. AMeeteetse, My motberalways said it was a U>m- whether the plants ever produced Estimates place the savings to the Wyoming, man shot himself in the. right rnie plot. A spokesman for the Swedish electricity. WPPSS utilities at more than 83 billion. leg while practicing his fast draw. navy said that an unidentified foreign 'If Woodrich's ruling, which is certain Cost to the federal government: $384 submarine escaped from navy surveil- to be appealed, ·stands, it could trigger million over 20 years. Profits to Shear- Only in California. The los Angeles lance near a top-secret Swedish naval another provision of the contracts son in handlers fees: $6 to 89 million Department of Animal Regulation set up base because recruits' hearing had been which requires the remaining 77 (plus salvation of 890 million in WPPSS an Adopt-a-Rat program when it ruined by years of listening to loud members to automatically cover tor the bonds). rounded up 59 rats from a dilapidated music ..Consequently, they were unable non-paying utilities. Even though both WPPSS and bail- apartment building. The rats were being to hear the 'beeps" frc nar devices. That possibility, along with the outs are not too highly favored in fed by a retired security guard living in chance that Woodrich's ruling will Washington these days, there are a the building and California law prohib- snowball and encourage others among number of backers of the plan, not the its the destruction of any domesticated We can'ttbink oj a better place forit, the remaining 77 utilities to refuse to least of which are the WPPSS utilities. animal. The rats are known to their sup- either. A headline in the Sierra Club make any debt payments, has generated Slapped with a 60 percent increase in porters as the Eleventh Street Shelter National News Report read, "Nuke new fears of a major default by the wholesale power costs by the BPA on 59. waste may hit House floor." Fire and brimstone over
daho'Seconomy is the central issue became a technical argument about ~ began soon after to distribute a comic in a governor's race that intensified what constitutes a deficit budget. book that also criticized Evans for his Eecently with the activities of two Evans then abandoned his ·relatively refusal this year to sign a legislarure- political action committees. low-key stance by accusing the onion approved right-to-work bill. fanner of voting against agriculrural In the congressional race between Incumbent Democratic Gov. john appropriations and of being "anti- Democrat Larry laRocco and incum- Evans and Republican Lieut. Gov. Phil growth" - a serious charge in a state bent Republican Larry Craig, public Batt are vying for the chief executive that is trying to attract new industry. land sales and a nuclear weapons freeze post at a time when the state is facing While the two candidates tried to are of the issues. severe budget problems, partly due to two laRocco, a former aide to former Sen. the slowdown in two of its major indus- woo voters with economic revitaliza- tion programs, two anti-Evans political Frank Church, has strongly criticized tries: mining and timber. action committees surfaced, reminding the Reagan Administration's plans to Evans, who has held office for five some observers of similar activity dur- help reduce federal deficits by selling years, became a target when he handled ing the 1980 Senate race between $17 billion worth of federal property. a revenue shortfall during the last fiscal former Sen. Frank Church and the LaRocco said Craig has tacitly year by holding over about $13 million Republican victor, Steve Symms. approved of the plan because he has not in obligations until the new fiscal year A group called FIRE (Free Idaboans spoken outagainsr the proposal, which started in july. to Replace Evans) began circulating has caused controversy in Idaho where That action prompted Batt to air a bumper stickers and posting billboards there are 33 million acres of federal television program, claiming Evans had linking Evans' opposition to a proposed land. engaged in deficit spending in a state right-to-work law with the shutdown Craig, however, has maintain-ed that requires a balanced budget. The ad . last year of Bunker Hill. A sister group LaRocco and other western Democrats brought Democrats across the state called B.R.I.M.S.T.O.N.E. (not an acro- are exploiting the issuefo~political pur- rushing to Evans' defense in what nym - just a clever companion to FIRE) poses. The incumbent said current law Politicians covet
yarning conservationists have had the unique expe- Wrience of watching 1982 can- didates try to prove that they are better - environmentalists than their opponents. Polls have apparently shown that the environmental vote is the state's swing vote, particularly in the gubernatorial" race and "environmentalists" are pop- ping up in unexpected places. The most obvious example of this trend is Republican gubernatorial qtri-..J,~\ didate Warren Morton. Morton, an oil ,I' man from Casper, long-time state legis- lator and former speaker of the Wyom- ing House of Representatives, is the sort of fellow who vigorously disassociated himself from environmentalists and their ilk during his House terms. Now , his media ads are portraying him as a leader in environmental protection dur- ing his terms in the state legislature, . much to the surprise of conservation lobbyists who worked on the bills. Morton's opponent is incumbent Democrat Ed Herschler, who is running for an unprecedented third term. The third-term issue is likely to hurt Herschler in predominantly Republican Wyoming, where most residents don't Running' for the middle in Colorado
eptember primaries in Colorado served eight years in the legislature and crat Steve Hogan squares off against corned in the Colorado Springs area Signaled a return to moderate, was speaker of the Colorado House dur-: moderate conservative jack Swigert. which is dominated by the Air Force' Smiddle-of-the-road candidates. ing two of those terms. He cites Larnm's The area, registered heavily Republican, Academy, Fort Carson, Peterson Air Defeated within the Republican parry vetoes and the "confrontational nature" is a horseshoe-shaped district carved Force Base and NORAD. However.chal- were such controversial political fig- of the Larnm administration as working out of the eastern, southern, and west- lenger Tom Cronin so far seems to be a ures as state representative Bob Ste- against the better interests of the state. _ ern Denver suburbs. Swigert, a former strong contender. As evidenced by the phenson, a leader in book-banning Still, Larnm maintains a broad base of astronaut, is favored here, but Hogan, an recent defeats of other ultra-right politi- crusades, and Representative Frank Ran- support in Colorado and is considered Aurora city councilman, can count on cians, many observers feel voters want a dall, another hard-line right-winger, very electable in November. strong support in his part of the district. representative who can avoid strident also of Colorado Springs. Democrat In the race for the U.S. House of Colorado's fifth district campaign was confrontations. George Boley, sometimes termed a Representatives second congressional labeled by and the Time Christian Representing the huge third congres- "closet Republican," lost the primary iii district, Tim Wirth is seeking a fifth Science Monitor as one of the 10 most sional district, Pueblo-based RayKogov- the heavily Democratic Pueblo district. term. He faces Republican john interesting House races in the U.S. this sek faces Dillon Republican Tom Wiens'. The absence of these Slate legislators is Buechner, a University of Colorado pol- year. This strongly conservative district, If voters in the district decide to elect a expected to boost Governor Richard itical science professor, who basically centered around Colorado Springs, western slope resident, political new- Larnm's standing with the legislature. agrees with Wirth on several -issues, includes some of Arapahoe County's comer Wiens might upset Kogovsek, a Stephenson, Randall and Boleywere fre- including the need for nuclear arms lim- suburbs, the western mountains of jef- two-term incumbent. . quent opponents of his proposals. irations. The redesigned second district ferson County and several central Colo- includes Boulder, parts of Adams rado counties. Incumbent Ken Kramer, In most races throughout Colorado, Larnm, seeking his third term as gov- county, and several mountain counties a very conservative Republican, favors a voters seem to be leaning toward mod- ernor, charges the Republican- and has slightly more registered Demo- constirutional amendment that would erate, low-key representatives who can controlled legislature wi.!" blocking, erats than .Republi~. _. ' .__ . _settle- the national debt, in part by sel- ,work out meaningful compromises for ~ many of his programs Lamm's 0PPO-' In the -q~Ii'.iOrmed sixth congres- Iing off federal lands. His calIs for wide spectrum of constituents. nent; -Aurora- veterinarian jolm~ Fuhr, sional distriet. n1oderate"liberal Demo- .. increased -mihrary -spending-are-wel- , .'---.- .' .', -- -_. Deidre Dunoasi--« "'~...-._...... _.".~".._._...""".,..,,,,,--:;:.~. . • T. I ? ' PI 95. V?
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requires congressional approval before In the Attorney General race candi- any massive sales, and he said adminis- dates Jim Jones and J.D. Williams are tration officials have assured him there sparring over the right-to-work issue. will be public hearings before any such . Jones, a Republican attorney from action. Craig said he would be opposed Jerome, has been pressuring Democrat to large sales of land now used for log- Williams to spell out his position on a ging, mining and grazing, but he said he right-to-work law in Idaho. This issue does support the sale of "surplus" land. crops up periodically and did so during Earlier in the campaign, LaRocco the last legislative session when the called for an immediate freeze on Republican-controlled legislature sent nuclear weapons and blasted Craig for Gov.John Evans a bill prohibiting closed voting against such a measure in Con- shops. Evans vetoed the measure. Jones gress. claims Williams won union support by Meanwhile, LaRoccotook the oppor- ,privately telling labor he opposes right- tunity to say he presents a serious chal- to-work, lenge to Craig after Craig recently sent But Williams, a southeastern Idaho out a-fundraising letter saying he must county prosecutor, has - refused raise 'another $90,000 Or face "almost throughout the campaign to take a pub- certain defeat." Craig's aides said the lic position because he said he does not leuer did not mean the congressman want to prejudice any future legal opin- thinks he will lose,but LaRocco said the ions he may' have to deliver on the issue. appeal "indicates I am gaining mornen- tum in this, race - and Craig knows it." -'Ellen Marks Wyoming's, gr~e~vote
like things to be out ofthe ordinary. The Neither candidate seems to have a term 'incumbent Republican Thyra In state legislative races, the overall governor is favored by most state con-, very clear image among the voters. This Thomson. Petersen is the most prorni- crop of candidates statewide seems to servationists, though his record is is all the more surprising in Wallop's nent leader of the conservation move- indicate a continuing trend, noticeable spotty, at best. He has, for instan-ce, case, since he has been in office for six ment in Wyoming and has been its most over the last few years, toward a more made concessions to the uranium years. " active and effective spokesperson for moderate, environmentally-aware legis- industry on Nuclear Regulatory Com- McDaniel is young, 33, and his politi- over adecade. She decided to run on the lature. The "good-old-boy" system mission jurisdiction in the state, refus- cal experience has been largely limited heels of Thomson's decision not to seems to be suffering some damage as ing to take state supremacy in uranium to his service in the Wyoming House authorize a ballot initiative that would the legislators become increasingly reclamation, His water development and Senate, where he was a capable but have guaranteed in-stream flow for fish sophisticated. A few state candidates program, passed in the last legislative undistinguished legislator. He is, how- and wildlife. Supporters had garhered indicating this trend in the state senate session, is not well thought out. How- ever, bright and articulate. He has a very over 30,000 signatures on petitions. races are, Charles Scott (R-Narrona), ever, he has stood solidly behind the sound conservation record and is a The secretary of state is Wyoming's former board member of the Wyoming departments charged with environmen- leader in local opposition to oil and gas second-highest elective office, but Outdoor Council and current board tal regulation, bas strongly favored drilling in the Wyoming wilderness Thomson tends to view her job primar- member of the High Country Founda- tough severance taxes and pushed areas and for greater wilderness acreage ily as the registrant of corporations that tion, which publishes this paper; Jack environmental reforms over his eight for the state. want to do business in' the state. When Pugh (D-Sweetwater), another former years. Wallop was elected in 1976 with the Petersen challenged the incumbent to a WOC board member; John Vinich (0- In some ways, a more interesting race strong backing of conservationists, He debate, Thomson replied that there Fremont), maverick Democratic state has been going on for u.s. Senate, which has been little but a disappointment to wasn't much to debate because her legislator; and Vinich's opponent, Frank features .Democrat Rodger McDaniel them since. The Wyoming wilderness duties were spelled out in the constitu- Dusl (R-Fremont),' a moderate state against Republican incumbent Malcolm bill, which has passed the Senate energy tion. However, the secretary of state sits legislator. _ Wallop. There is a clear difference in committee, is considered to be Wallop's on nine separate boards and commis- In House races, notable candidates both style and substance between the vehicle, though the other delegation sions and could, if she chose, exercise a are, Lynn Dickey, a Democrat in Sheri- two men, Wallop being very conserva- members deny that. Stateconservation- tremendous amount of power. dan County, former staff director of the tive and McDaniel simply conservative- ists say the bill is worse than nothing at Observers think that Petersen, if Powder River Basin Resource Council to-moderate. Wallop has tried 'to paint all. elected, could tum the job into a true and a director of the High Country McDaniel as a "liberal," with some Another. interesting race, though not lieutenant. governor's position, rather Foundation; and Barbara Dobos, a degree of success, but the term is not strictly an environmentally-oriented than a clerk's office. However, twenty Natrona County Democrat. very accurate in the New Deal/Great one, is for secretary of state. Leslie years of name recognition will be diffi- Society sense. . Petersen, a Democrat, is taking on five- cult to overcome. .. - Dan Whipple B-HlgbCountry News Oct. 15, 1982 THE BEST AND *******************
~ THE WORST .: (conttnued from page I) ~ THE WORST IN THB SENATE ... ------gallery in the palm of his hand and was issues, he lives in fear of Sen. John building to the climax of his remarks· Melcher (D·Mont.), who was once des- when WalUop, the chairman, simply cribed as "the meanest man in the gavelled" him down, telling Burr that his Senate." Unlike Steve Symms, however, five minutes were up, losing points with Baucus is not a hopeless case. He was a the audience and erthancing his reputa- leader in the debate against prayer in tion as a rude and ~patient man. the schools, a difficult position for a senator from conservative Montana. When something hits very close to his MOST DIABOUCAL deeply felt convictions, Baucus will Rep. Pbil Burton (D-Callf.) fight for it. Part of his problem simply Devises legislative strategy sometimes stems from being a junior senator in the de scr ibed as "medieval in its minority party. It is difficult to exercise fiendishness." a lot of clout from that position.
BEST WESTERN KISSOFDEAm PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE If you vehemently opposed legisla- ~ tion and wanted to be sure it would lose Sen. Gary Haft (D-Colo.) - Critics on the senate floor> you would pick the say his higher ambitions are weakening following three co-sponsors: his_legislative effectiveness. Steve Symms (R-ldaho) - see accompanying story. jesse Helms (R-N.C) -; The New Right darling of the media is a famed Malcolm Wallop (R-Wyo.) anti-abortion, anti-Eq~Rights Amend- ment fanatic. The recent debate and fil- Not in Symms' class, bur generally Ibuster over the constitutional regarded as an ineffectual senator. Wal- amendment on abortion proved what lop is a marked contrast to his Wyoming most people already knew - if Helms Steve Symms (R·ldaho) colleague Simpson. Simpson has sponsored the "Star-Spangled Banner," accomplished ~much while sitting on it wouldn't be the national anthem. Symms is in a class by himself. One relatively obscure committees. Wallop S!. Hayakawa (R-Calif.) - would observer said, "If Symms is for some- sits on the Energy and Natural Resour- be asleep during the' debate. thing, it is worth votesfor the opposi- 15 ces Committee in the Senate and chairs (Insiders note: Conservationists tion" Syrnms has a knee-jerk affection that committee's Public Lands and breathed a sigh 0/ relief when they dis- for polluting industries, but he doesn't Reserved Water subcommittee, impor- covered that the proposed legislation to do his homework so he can't he an effec- tant positions for a westerner. Never- release for development federal lands tive spokesman even for them. He is not selected for wilderness was spon- theless, he has been in the forefront of regarded as "flaky" byhiscolleaguesand sored by Helms and Hayakawa.) very little legislation. Said one congres- does not wield much inIIuence among sional staffer, "The only thing that seems . them. In opposition to agun.control bill to have gotten him excited was the several years ago, he appeared at a press inheritance tax reform and that directly 1- MOST TENACIOUS conference armed with two revolvers .~7; . ~ affected his ranch."WaIIop is seen as and he once forged voter registration Sen.john Melcher (D-Mont.) - Gets impatient and hot-tempered, not good what he wants whether anyone else cards for seven Democrats on a commit- qualities to bring to a deliberative body. wants it or not. tee considering easier voter registration One of -his strengths is his friends11ip laws to prove how flawed the proposed with energy committee chairman james- system was: McClure, with whom he works well.He WORST WESTERN plays the heavy in the committee, doing Max Baucus (D-Mont.) SPOKESMAN much of McClure's clirty work while A POLITICAL· RIDDLE McClure looks after~Wallop's interests. When Baucus was elected in 1978, FOR no: NEW RIGIIT (BESIDES STEVE SYMMS) Q. What state has a senator dwnber than In one committee hearing on the Ameri- there were high hopes for him among Iowa's Roger Jepsen (R)' can Conservation Corps, which Wallop the conservation communiry, He votes Sen. Orrin Hatcb (R-Ulab) - Inef- A. Iowa. Charles Grassley (R). opposed, actor Raymond Burr testified "correctly" but does not take a leader- fective and built to stay that way. in favor of the legislation. Burr had the ship role in anything. On Montana THE BBST:IN THE HOllSB _ some-of his admirers a few yean, ago in backing off of a reform of the 1872 Min- BEST WESTERN ing Law when Arizona copper interests SPOKESMAN let up a loud howl. Said another lobby- FOR no: NEW RIGIIT ist, ''we know there won't be any Sen. WilliamAnnstrong (R-OJ/o.) - changes in the 1872 law while Udall is A tenacious, effective legislator who in office." Udall is now working his way gets what he wants, Armstrong is ideo- toward elder statesman status. He has logically oriented, but not abrasively so. never really been the super-liberal that he has sometimes been painted - he had' a 61 percent rating from the liberal Americans for Democratic Action in BEST SENSE OF HUMOR 1980, for instance. He is known as a man Rep. Morris Udall (DAriz.) who's easy to talk to, who grasps the Sen. Alan Simpson (R-Wyo.) points quickly and when convinced will work for his position. He has been slowed somewhat in recent years by Board, the Carter administration's prop· Parkinson's Disease. osal to "streamline" synthetic fuel pro- OVERRATED ject facility siting, mostly-by overriding environmental protections and state Sen. Paul Laxalt (R-Nev.) - A friend facility siting protections. Persuasive of the president's, but that's about it. and well-spoken, he may begin to be Rep. Edward Markey (D-Mass.) - A used by the Democrats as a party spo- good conservation record, but he kesman on national issues. MorrisUdol/(D-Ariz.) shoots from the hip. Tim Wirth (D-Colo.) Pat Williams (D-Mont.) Udall is one of the most popular men Hampered throughout his career by a in Congress, with both Republicans and BEST HOJJSE SPONSORS varied and schizophrenic constituency Williams is a Democrat in the Mon- Democrats. He is extremely well- OF CONSERVATION in his district, Wirth may now become a tana populist sense. He's very likeable respected and rarely loses a bill that he LEGISlATION more visible congressman since he has and "if you were going to pick someone supports. He is regarded by friend and MorTisUda/1(D-Ariz.) - see accom- been redistricted into a safer seat. He is to go out and have a beer with, he'd be foe alike as one of the most effective paoyiog story. . fifrh,·in seniority on the important the one." Moreover, he has backbone legislators in the entire Congress, not jobn seiberling (D-Ohio) - seen as Energy and Environment Committee, and is willing to stick his neck out on a just from the Rockies. His conservation plodding, but thorough aod effective. where he has become a real power. A number of issues. He has gone to the stances are well-known, One conserva- ' Pbi/ Burton (D-Ca/if) - For diabcli- great many people - pro and con - walU and won on the Wilderness Protec- non lobbyist said, "If Udall isn't for it, it cal legislativestrategy. creclit him withalmost single-handedly tion Act and efforts to prevent oil and ~~. !Q·PiIA::~,AWgp,o;W£!J~. stopping -:the' Eri~ Mobilization . g;lSdtiIling:in the IlabMarshaU Wilder,. & i.'"CR. 2 i ;2 -
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ness in Montana. He also fought the word most often used to describe Che- Conservation ratings libby Dam. He is considered a rising neyis "smart." Sometimes, "very smart." " young star in the Morris Udall mold. 'Environmental issues don't seem to interest Wyoming's only congressman . The League of Conservation Voters is a national, non-partisan group estab- very much, and one conservation lobby- lished in 1970 to give political assistance to conservation-oriented political ist described him as, "The most danger- candidates. Every year, LCV analyzes the voting records of every representative ous man in the House on the and senator and rates them regarding their environmental record. Higb Country environment," Said this source, "He's a News is publishing the 198 I ratings of Rocky Mountain congressmen and very deceptive guy. He gives the illusion congresswomen-below. The higher the number, the better the environmen~l in his speeches of being in favor of envir- record. A rating of 100 is perfect pro-environrnent; zero, perfect anti- onmentallegislation, but when it comes to the real rutty-gritty, he comes up with environment. The LCV rating of senators is based on 16 votes taken in 198 I.Included are the the amendments that weaken the bill." However, he is definitely the Republi- votes on the confirmation oflriterior Secretary James Watt and Assistant Agrieul- can brains on the Interior Committee. A tureSecretary John Crowell, as well as 14national environmental issues, many of number of industry people thought that which dealt with funding in the federal budget. Cheney would be able to make a saving In the House ratings, LCV considered 14 issue votes and two house resolution compromise on the Seiberling-Lujan bill votes. For further information, contact LCV at 317 Pennsylvania Ave. S.E., which would prevent oil and gas drilling Washington, D.C. 20003. Membership is 51 5 per year. in wilderness areas, but he lost that bat- tle as the legislation went through with- out major amendments. Though seen as ARIZONA NEWMEXICO a carpetbagger by some Wyoming resi- Sen. Barry Goldwater (R) 13 Sen. Pete Domenici (R) 25 dents because of his long absence from Sen. Harrison SChmidt (R) 5 the statc'- he worked for Gerald Ford Sen. Dennis DeConcini (D) 31 Rep. Manuel Lujan (R) 14 in Congress and later as his chief of staff Rep. John Rhodes (R) 7 7· in the White House - Cheney is so Rep. Morris Udall (D) 76 Rep. Joe Skeen (R) secure in his seat that this year he could Rep. Bob Stump (D) 0 afford to nearly ignore his own race and Rep. Eldon Rudd (R) 0 Dick Cheney (R-WyO.) serve as campaign manager for the Although he has only been in Con- Wyoming Republican gubernatorial gress since 1978, Cheney has already candidate. NORTH DAKOTA established himself as one of the West's COLORADO slickest and most effective congress- Sen. William Armstrong (R) 26 Sen'-Mark Andrews (R) 19 men. He is conservative, but not gener- Sen. Quentin Burdick (D) 50 L"NDERBATED Sen. Gary Hart (D) 72 ally associated with the moralistic Rep. Pat Scbroeder (D) 91 Rep. Byron Dorgan (D) 71 approach of the New Right. If anything, Rep.James Weaver (D-Ore.) - Con- Rep. Tim Wirth (D) 73 he is a little too amoral. Said one con- sidered ineffective by many, he works in Rep Ray Kogovsek (D) gressional staffer, "He seems to have no mysterious ways. 57 scruples or positions of his own." The Rep. Hank Brown (R) 50 , , Rep. Ken Kramer (R) 14 THE WORST IN THE HQUSE _ lDA,HO UTAH . Sen. Sieve Symms (R) 19 Sen. Orrin Hatch (R) 31 considered giving up double the value Sen. James McClure (R) 19 Sen. Jake Gam (R) 31 of any withdrawn areas, like wilderness Rep. Larry Craig (R) 14 Rep. James Hansen (R) 7 01: military reservations, in their own Rep. George Hansen (R) 7 Rep. Dan Marriott (R) 7 states. The amendment was defeated on a voice vote. Showing his only moments of restraint in the debate, Craig did not insist on' a roll call. MONtANA WYOMING Sen. John Melcher (D) 52 Sen. Alan Simpson (R) 38 Sen. Max Baucus (D) 75 Sen. Malcolm Wallop (R) 25 Rep. Pat Williams (D) 79 Rep. Dick Cheney (R) 6 Rep. Ron Marlenee (R) 22
prised, though. He is known as an indec- would be more consistent, he wouldn't isive legislator. offend so many of his friends. Most inter- est groups will understand if you say, 'Well, I have to be against you on this issue.' But Kogo waftles a lot." Part of the problem is his assessment of his dis- trict. He won by only 366 votes against his opponent in his first effort in 1978. Perhaps if he felt stronger at home, he would be more in the forefront. Larry Craig (R-ldaho) Maybe it's in the water. Craig comes WILL BE MISSED from the same congressional district (FOR ONE REASON that elected Steve Symms to four terms. ORANOTHERl Washiniton watchers thought that no Some congressmen. no longer in one could be worse than Symms - now office, whose various talents will be they aren't so sure. Craig's demeanor is missed: scholarly and almost monastic. How- Manuel Lujan (R-NM-J Sen. Wflitam Scott (R-Vlrglnta) - ever, said one staffer, "He just appears Lujan's problem is not so much What Once called.a press conference to deny thoughtful. It's just a facade. He:'s not at he's done as what he hasn't done. He is that he was me dumbest man in the all smart." He sits on the Interior Com- the ranking Republican on the House senate. rnittee, an important assignment for any Interior Committee and his seniority Sen. Frank Churcb (D-ldabo) - western. congressman, but his principal should give him considerable clout, Defeated bySteveSymms(which would 'contribution so far seems to be annoy- even in the Democratically-controlled be enough to qualify him for this cate- ing his colleagues. In one incident, the House. However, it hasn't. Agood exam- gory), he left behind an outstanding entire Florida delegation and the gover- pie is his response to the wilderness record in environmental affairs. nor supported legislation withdrawing leasing threat, Upon learning that a New Sen. Lee Metcalf (D-Mont.) - Met- an area in Florida from phosphate min- Mexico wilderness area was an oil and calf, who died in 1978,had an excellent ing, Craig apparently thought this was a gas leasing target (and, not coinciden- environmental record and was the sort Ray Kogovsek (D-Colo.) terrible waste of phosphate, and pro- tally, under considerable constituent of senator "who wasso beloved that people would do things for him." posed an amendment that would have pressure), Lujan offered legislation to A likeable second-term congressman Rep. Jim Santini (D-Nev.) - Santini required the state to forego an amount prohibit the leasing. When the adminis- representing southern Colorado, was an up-and-coming Democrat who Kogovsek has a reputation for changing of federal money equal to the sum the tration reacted however, Lujan "com- bad developed a specialty in mines and his position on an issue as often as Italy state would have realized had the phos- promised" by dropping his efforts in mining on the Interior Committee. He changes governments. He promised phate been mined. When a colleague return for an administration promise to lost his 'Primary race to take Howard pointed out that the state was already study the issue, One observer said at the' Rep. John Seiberling (D-Ghio) that he Cannon's Senate seat. His place as a spo- doing that by not mining the phosphate time, "They must have taken him into a would vote' Seiberling's way .on the kesman for' the mining industry will in the first place, Craig was undaunted. small room and' beaten him up. That Parks Protection Act, then voted against probably be taken by Utah's Dan Marri- Even committee conservatives couldn't compromise 'I'!(a5 nccompromise at all." - him. According, to one lobbyist, "He's on (R). . . . . see; much sense.In: the;appr 'E' ight ballot issues, thr,ee congres- sional races and a slate of unusual /' state legislative races highlight the 1982 Montana electionWhile the Democrats are digging hard to win back the state house, the Republicans believe they might capture their second U.S. Senate seat in history, The hottest major race in Montana is between Sen. John Melcher;amoderate Democrat, and challenger Larry Willi- ams, a Kalispell investments counselor. The Republicans, teamed up with the National Conservative Political Action Committee, are gunning for the senator whom columnist Jack Anderson has dubbed "the meanest man in the Senate." Democrat Pat Williams, Montana's western district congressman, faces Bob Davies, a political unknown from Bozeman. A favorite of conservationists and organized labor, Williams has emerged as a national leader in the effort to back James Watt's experiments with wilderness mineral leasing. Davies' aggressive attack on Williams' liberal voting record has had little effect against the popular representative, Nor will Davies' ties to the John Birch Society help him in the liberal western and perhaps has a chance of unseating off fWO of Montana's "dirty dozen" in paign that has polarized the Anglo and district: the only Montana congressman to vote the 1982 primary. Indian communities in the district. In the eastern district, the perennially for oil and gas drilling in the Bob Mar- Sen. Bill Hafferman, a 1Jbby Democrat Organized in 1978 to combat the vulnerable Rep. Ron Marlenee, a Repub- shall Wilderness. , and a proponent of unbridled develop- New Right in Montana, MonlCEL has lican, is campaigning against rancher In state legislative races, a growing, ment, fell to newcomer John Mohar in become the most effective political Howard Lyman Marlenee has already behind-the-scenes force is stirring the primary. And Democrat Tom Con- action committee in the state. Of 28 brought James Watt to a Billings fun- things up. The Montana Committee for roy of Hardin lost to Ramona Howe of registered Montana PAC's, 20 represent draiser, and has accused Democratic an Effective Legislarure (MontCEL), the Crow Reservation. Backed by con- businesses and industries. Gov. Ted Schwinden of being "vicious" comprised of representatives from agri- tributions from Shell Oil, which owns in an otherwise dull campaign. The culture, labor, education, women's cnaI on the reservation, Conroy is inexperienced Lyman is nmning hard, groups and conservaaon, helped knock mounting an aggressive wnte-in cam- -Don Snow . • i.... '.iii LA, sa £ .2 I TAJUNGTHE INITIATIVES I, ********* ********* committee's petitions over to Denver broaden the scope of investments District Attorney Dale Tooley for a allowed under the initiative. The state ********* legislature will have the authority to ********* grand jury investigation. COLORADO Alsoon hold is the ImpactInitiative, a nominate eligible businesses, provided ********* five percent severance tax proposal for that they are environmentally benign IDA1!O here are three citizen ·initiativ~s metallic and mineral fuels.Only 5,000 and owned by Montanans. One-fourth of the trust fund's annual incomewould up for a vote in Colorado this signatures short of the 38,896 needed, hree low-key initiatives will November.Topping the three in Impact workers were "veryfrustrated" be invested in-state. appear before Idaho voters in T Conservationists have cautiously controversy and dollarsis the beverage when they discovered in July that they November. One would give container reuse and recycling act. The endorsed the initiative, partly in an T had only one day left to file their peti- homeowners a 50 percent property tax other two initiativesare aplan for the tions rather than another week, as they effort to dissolve their image as anti- break, one would prohibit the passage conversion of the RockyRats nuclear had thought, said Morrey Wolfson, growth. There is growing sentiment of any legislationthat would ban the use weapons manufacturing facility near secretary of the group. Impact ended among Montana conservationists that of nuclear energy in the state and the Denver and an option to allow grocery the drive in July but continues to meet alternative economic development third would allowsomeone other than a stores to sell wine. and plans to lobby the-state legislature should become a priority issue. 1-95is dentist to put dentures in a patient'S The "Bottle Bill"battle has shaped up to push for its goals. Opponents of the viewed as a first step. mouth. into a million dollar campaign, with initiative claimed an additional tax Other ballot issues would restore The ~esidential tax initiative would financial reports filed so far showing , would lower profits for mining opera- annuallegislativesessions, expandauth- give homeowners a 50 percent' or each side spending close to half a mil- tions, while those in favorargued that orized'gambling to blackjack and elec- 550,000 - whicheveris lowest - prop- libn dollars. the proposed trust fund and assistance tronic card games, and abolish the erty exemption. The initiative has the If passed, the bill would require a to areas impacted by mineral develop- quota-system,based on population, for support of Gov.John Evans (D) and a five-cent deposit on all beer and soft ment was badly needed in the state. restuarant beer and wine licenses. majority of state congressmen, and is drink containers. Proponents say that in 'Four other initiativeswere put on the. -Don Snow opposed by largeutilities and industries other states, similar legislation has ballot by the Colorado state legislature. in the srate.The idea, according to prop- resulted in. a reduction of roadside lit- Number 1 would revise the state's onents, is that the money saved by resi- ter, reduced demand for .energy and property tax assessment' procedures. dential taxpayers would go back into materials, created new jobs and ********* Number 2 would allowjudges to deny Idaho's ailingeconomy. reduced product costs. Opponents, bail, under certain circumstances, to UTAH According to Janice Berndt of the which include retail outlets for bever- defendants involved in crimes of vio- , Snake River Alliance, the. John Birch ages, saythat thecurrent voluntary recy- he state OfUt,ah has four consti-' lence and to repeat offenders.Number Society is behind the "rather meaning- cling effort controls litter problems tutional amendments on the bal- 3 would, strengthen procedures for less initiative" to keep nuclear energy well enough now. They also complain Tlot this year and only one has removal or disciplining of judges found options in the state safefrom anyoppos- that such a lawwould greatly increase raised any controversy. That one is a in violation of specificparts of the Colo- ing laws. If passed, the initiative would handling costs and would result'in dec- major revision of Utah's revenue and rado Code of Judicial,C~mduct. taxation article, which would give resi- prohibit anylegislationto ban the use of lining sales (HCN, 8/20/82). The final legislative initiative, dential property owners a 45 percent nuclear energy. Berndt said the idea The RockyFlatsinitiativewould place Number 4, asks for elimination of the tax break. seems' like propaganda from the nuclear a voluntary income tax "checkoff," sim- "Governor's Call,"thepolicythat allows The revenue and taxation proposi- industry to tryand "pump up" the good ilar to the current non-game wildlife the Colorado legislature to consider tion is composed of several adjustments image of nuclear power. "There isn't checkoff, on the Colorado income tax only those items (with the exception of to current law, But it is the 45 percent even a chance ofsuch anti-nuclear legis- return. Taxpayers could voluntarily revenue raising measures) selected by tax exemption that has set Utah busi- lation passing the Idaho legislarure any- donate any amount of their Colorado the governor. During odd-numbered nessmen against public officialsin what way," Berndt said. tax refund to the RockyFlats Nuclear years, the legislature sets its own RogerTew, director of the UtahConsti- Pat Ford, director of the Idaho Con- Weapons Conversion Fund. That fund agenda.The League ofWomenVoters of tutional Revision Commission, said is _servation League,said he thought the would be used to publicize the hazards the hottest amendment Utahhasseen in Colorado, proponents of the initiative, initiative was started in response to the of processing plutonium and producing quite some time. Tew said 90 percent of maintain the current procedure is a vio- Snake RiverAlliance'sattempt to place nuclear weapons, and to promote the the legislature voted for placing the lation of the separation ofpowers philo- an initiative on the ballot that would conversion ofthe plant's facilities, aid in amendment on the ballot. He said that sophy and gives the executive branch relocating the employeesand finance an makes for an interesting situation have eliminated sales tax exemptions too much authority. inventory of the plant. because the legislature, is two-thirds enjoyed by private contractors working Andrea O'Conor, Boulder regional - DeidreDuncan Republican and very pro-business. It is with the Idaho National Engineering coordinator for the "Yeson 6 (the initi- the business and industry segmentsthat Laboratory, a federal nuclear' research ative' number) Committee," said the are opposed to the tax break. and development lab. That initiative amendment doesnot propose a plan for ********* The second proposition would would have earmarked 5250,000 from conversion or even suggest what the MONTANA change the way Utah legislators are, the new tax.monies to set up an environ- plant should be converted to. She said paid.The officials are currently paid S25 mental monitoring system at lNEL, that' decision should come after an In Montana, none of the 1982 ballot per day, plus SI5 per day for expenses Berndt said. However, the initiative inventory of the area's radioactivity has issues has yet spurred the extrava- . reimbursement. The amendment failed to makethe ballot. been conducted. gaut spending ofl980, when Monta- would remove the dollar limitationsand The third initiativewould allow den- Amendment 7, ifpassed,would allow nans defeated a recyclinginitiative and set up salaries and a reimbursement turists -. denture makers who are not 14 percent alcoholto be sold in sealed banned the disposalofuranium mill tail- procedure. licensed dentists - to instal! dentures. containers in grocery and convenience ings. But a few of the '82 issues carry a The third proposition would require Myran Schlechte, director of the Idaho' that a legislator 'live within his or her stores. It is opposed by a coalition of strongly environmental flavor. legislative council, said that a similar district for the entire term ofoffice.The groups including liquor store owners LegislativeReferendum89,placed on initiative wasabig deal in Oregon a few fourth amendment would eliminate a and the Colorado Congress of Parents, the ballot by last year's legislature, years ago, but it doesn't seem to have law that forbids any officer, agent or many people grinding their teeth in Teachers, andStudentsAssociation. The would remove the uranium tailings ban employeeof any corporation that holds Idaho. PTSA objects because of its "long- 'and substitute a complicatedregulatory a business license to hold public office. .standing concerns about drug and alco- system for tailings control. This marks hal abuse among minors and the fourth consecutive election in - Carol Jones - Carol Jones teenagers,' according to spokesperson which a nuclear power issue has Cathy Reul. Proponents of the amend- appeared before the voters,ironically in ment say sellingwine in grocery stores a state that has no nuclearenergy indus- provides more convenience to try and no uranium mining.The banner shoppers. again unfurls for a "nuclear-free HeN What didn't make it onto the Montana." November 2 ballot in Colorado still has But nuclear-free it isn't, and that's .T-SHIRTS citizens buzzing. In a dramatic state- what Initiative 91 isallabout. Placed on liGHT BLUE OR BROWN ment September 10,Colorado Secretary the ballot by Citizens for an MX-Free of State MaryEstillBuchanan denied a Montana, 1-91 expresses Montana's S, M, L, XL ballot space to the move to legalize opposition to the MX. Montana'snorth- $7.00 PLUS $1.00 POSTAGE casino gambling,charging that the peti- ern tier is already pockmarked with (WYOMING RESIDENTS ADD 21' TAX) tion drive was"anunprecedented insult Minuteman missle silos, which the Please send . . t-shirts to: to the people ofColorado." In her state- Defense Department wants to re-arm ment, Buchanansited forgeries, irregu- with the multiple-warhead MX. With no Name larities in signature gathering, and significant opposition, 1-91is virtually improper notarizationasreasons for the assured of passage. denial. Montana Initiative 95, written by Address The Committee for Economic Devel- Democratic legislators Daniel Kemmis .opment and Relief claimed that gam- of Missoula and Tom Towe of Billings, "City, State, Zip bling could benefit economically would divert coal-taxtrust fund monies depressed "areas of the state but into all'inLst~te'ecbtiom1cdevelopment " •.:,_.:0 DB:~~"stM t ~xL .';.. acknowledged that now they may have fun'dc1lie'init'ialive won-'tIidilppoh''of'" --Mill'to AeN,llox'I(,' I1ncler: Wyo.82520. Allow to-wait -until-'!984 to-reach-the "ballot -....-Democratic-Governor' 'f-ed Schwinden ~ six weeks for delivery ..... ~_~ , again. Meanwhile,Buchanan turned the after Kemmis and rowe conceded to 12-High Country News - Oct. 15, 1982 .._ . PIPE DREAMS The Bureau of Land Management has released its draft environmental impact statement on the proposed Frontier Pipeline. The draft EIS consid- GRAND CANYON PLAN FUTURE ENERGY NEEDS FORlYMIlE ers the environmental impacts of building the The U.S. Dept. of Energy has published "Energy The Bureau of Land Management is preparing a The National" Park Service has released its '300·mile pipeline from Summit County, Utah to Projections (Q the Year 2000, July 1982 Update," management plan for the Forty Mile Wild and "Environmental Assessment of Alternatives for Casper, Wyo. Three public hearings on the draft focusing on dornesrtc energy consumption, sup- Scenic River in Alaska. Mining along the river is a Backcountry Management at Grand Canyon" for EIS are scheduled: Oct. 26, Casper, Wyo.; Oct. 27, plies of coal, oil, nuclear, natural gas and electric- key issue. Public comment is crucial in derermin- public review and comment The assessment dis- Rock Springs, Wyo.; Oct. 28, Evanston, Wyo. Writ- ity supply. Copies of the report are available for 56 log the amount of mining thai will be allowed. If cusses options for management of the backcoun- ten comments on the draft EIS will be accepted from the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. you are interested in receiving a copy of the draft try and identifies the Park Service's preferred through Nov. 19 and should be mailed to David management plan for me Forty Mile, write to 8LM, alternative. Public workshops regarding the plan Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. Walter, District Manager, Rawlins District, P.O. Forty Mile RAO, Box 307, Tok, Alaska 99780. will be held: Oct. 19, flagstaff, Ariz.; Oct. 21, Tuc- 20401. Order by stock number 061-000-00595-1. Box 670, Rawlins, Wyo. 82301. Copies of the draft son, Ariz.; Oct. 27, Kanab, Utah. To obtain copies EIS can be obtained from Wyoming BLMoffices in SOlAR wORKSHOPS of the assessment or for more information contact Cheyenne, Kemmerer, Rock Springs, Casper, Superintendent, Grand Canyon National Park, RENEWABLE ENERGY GRANTS The Home EnergyWorkshop, aprivate corpora- Lander and Rawlins. P.O. Box 129, Grand Canyon, Ariz. 86023. The Montana Dept. of Natural Resources and tion, will sponsor a solar electricity workshop on Conservation is awarding grants and low-interest Oct 23 in Ft. Collins, Colo. The workshop will AGRlCULnJRAL IMPAers loans for innovative renewable energy projects in give participants hands-on experience in con- MINING COMPUTERS "Impacts.Of Emerging Agricultural Trends On Montana. The Department's "1982 Guidelines" structing solar systems for homes. Registration is An updated analog of over 400 computer pro- Fish And Wildlife Habitat" is a 303-page report '25. For more infonnation contact the Home grams useful to the mining industry, is available booklet contains all necessary forms for applying which reviews the effects of agricultural use on Energy Workshop, 318 Whedbee St., Ft. Collins, from the Bureau of Mines. "A DirectoryofCompu- for the grants and loans. The booklet also offers natural resources. The report discusses impacts Colo. 80524, or call (303) 482·9507. This work- tel' Programs Applicable to U.S. Mining Practices suggestions for ,preparing applications. Grant on fish and wildlife habitat caused by single crop- shop will also be held in Jackson Hole, Wyo. on and Problems (Period 1970-1981)" contains applications must be postmarked by- Nov. 1 and ping, increased use of pesticides and drainage of Oct 30. More information can be obtained by infonnation on computer programs related to loan applications must be postmarked by Jan. 1; wetflOds. Changes in management practices and calling the Teton County EnergyCouncil at (307) mineral exploration, mine development and mine 1983. To obtain a copy of the booklet write the future trends are also examined. Copies of the 733·6439 or (307) 733·2198. safety. Copies cost 536 and can be purchased from Energy Division, DNRC, 32 S. Ewing, Helena, report cost 512.95 and may be ordered from the Commerce Department's National Technical Mont. 59620 or call (406) 449·3940. National Academy Press, 2101 Constitution Ave., IDAHO PHOTO CONrEST Information Service, 5285 Port Royal Road, N.W., Washington, D.C.·20418. The Idaho Dept. of Fish and Game's annual Springfield, va, 22161, or call (703) 487·4650. COPPER ON SILVER SCREEN DENV;ER ENER~Y FORUM , "Encounters of the Wild Kind" photo contest Specify order no. PO 82-253030. rns A film about copper is available to the public The Denver Solar Energy Association will hold a needs more entries. The contest has two divisions: BURNING ISSUE from the Bureau of Mines film library. In "Copper" renewable energy forum on Oct. 26 in Denver. color and black and white. Each division has four you will discover the secrets of copper's atomic The forum will feature representatives from categories: scenic, wildlife, outdoor recreation The Bureau of Land Management has released a 0 industry, government, and community groups. and country living. All photographs must be taken booklet that answers some commonly asked ques- structure, thrill (Q the saga of copper's role in the Topics to be discussed include United States in Idaho. Winning entries will be published in tions about firewood. The booklet includes inter- building of civilization, and gasp at scenes of blast- dependence on foreign energy and domestic Idaho Wildlife magazine. The deadline for entries mation about gathering wood, the best types of - ing at a huge open-pit mine in the American west. energy poLicy. The forum will begin at 7 p.m. at the is October 31. For more information contact wood for burning and safety. The booklet may be Prints of the tti-mm. 27lj~minute film are available Friends Meeting House, 4595 Eliot St., Denver, Royce WiUiams, Encounters of the Wild Kind Con- obtained free of charge by contacting BLM, on a free-loan basis from Motion Pictures, Bureau Colo .., and costs $3 (free to DSEA members). For test, Dept of Fish and Game, 600 S. Walnut, P.O. Socorro District Office. P.O. Box 1219, Socorro, of Mines, 4800 Forbes Ave., Pittsburgh, Penn. more information ~~1!...(3.93) 321-1645. Box 25, Boise, Idaho 83707. 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'''''<;len'' add 3% tal<. 10'X, of pt'ofits go 10 MPlY· Send resume and description of why you seek this job and of your lO erM,onmentel ceu_. Soti5fectiOfl ~u... entud. 205 Meadows Rd. involvement with and commitmelll to conservation by October 15, JIM MODIS, ~.u 1oSHI,""" ~.O. -aX nOl, - Whitefish, MT 59937 1982, to: kpc. 'CX!lll. IOUl.O£II,. COLO.10306 SIWlI nu lAIt11f (406) 862-3854 triCi .iiilitcat4i4Jh . OCt. 15, 1982 - Hlgb Cnuntry News-I] , STATE OF WYOMING PUBLIC NOTICE modified 10 allow the discharges from two future se\WflC treatment plams into settling ponds SPF-I (discharge point 001) ~ SPF·2 (disc/targf' point PURPOSE Of PUBLIC NanCE 002). Additiunally, discharge point 003 \\;11 contain discharge from the temporary sewage treatment faoliues. All three discharge points are to School THE PURPOSE Of 11{IS PUBLICNOTICEIS1'0 STATE TIlE sf ATEOFWYOMING'SINTENTION TO ISSUE WASTEWATERDISCHARGEPERMITS UNDER Draw (Class IV). Tile location discharge point 004 ""ill change but the discharge will still be to Antelope Creek (Class II W.W.)_ TIlE FEDERAL WATER POwmON CO/<.'TROLACTAMENDMENTS Of 1972 (FWPCAA), P,L, 92·S00ANDllIEWYOMINGENVlRONMENTALQlJALIlY ACT The propast'l1 permit authorizes the requested discharges but includes emueu limitation and self monitoring~fications to reflect the inclusiOn U5-II-I01 et. seq.,WYOMINGsrmnts 1957, l.1JMUlATIVE SUPPLEMENT 1973) of sanitary wastewaters into the ponds. The permit expiration date is being advanced to oaober 31,1987. IT IS TIlE SfA'fE OF WYOMlNG-SINTE~ON TO ISSUE WASTEWATERDISCHARGEPERMITS TO (3) INDUSTRIALFAClLmES,_.l.ND(5) OIL TREATER FACILmES, TO MODIfY (2) INDlSTRlAL PERMITs, AND (J) MUNICIPALPERMIT, AND 1'0 RENEW (18) OIL TREATER PERMITS Glenrock Coal Company (10) • APPLICANT'NAME: P_O. E!ox 4000 APPLICANT INFORMATION MAILING ADDRESS: Sheridan, WY 82801 Cone Construction, Inc. (I) APPLICANT NAME: FACILI'IY LOCATION: Converse County, Wyoming P,O. Box 1787 MAILING ADDRE'SS: Grand Junction, CO 81S02 PERMIT NUMBER: Wy-0028525 The Glenrodi Coal Company operates an open-pit ooaI mine loated approximatel.,r 15 miles nonh of the Town of Glenrock, Wyoming. It is the FACILITY LOCATION: Sheridan County, Wyoming desire of me coal company to use sediment Pond SP-23 for pit Wolter treatment arid slornge, PERMIi NUMBER Wy-0031640 An additional discharge point 003, Is being added to the permit. 11is located in the NEll<,SEll" Section IS, 'f36N, R15W, ConverseCounty, Wyoming The Cone Construction Company is the contractor for construction of a newseser llne in the City of Sheridan, Wyoming. Groundwater which enters and discharges to the South Fork (Class IV) of the Dry Fork of the Cheyenne River via an unnamed drainage, the sewer line trenchduringconstrnetion \\ill bepumped euher directlyorvia storm sewer to tittle Goose Creek and Big Goose Creek (Class II Water) All effluent limitations are based on National "Best Available'" Standards and Wyoming's ln-srream Water Quality Standards. seu.moenoong (If The project is expected to last for approximately one year. , . effluent quality and quantity is required on a regular basis with reporting of results quanerl)', The permit is scheduled to expire October 31, 1981_ The proposed pennit requires effluent quality to meet nmnanons ....hkh are mnstdered by the State of Wyoming to represent "Best Available" (I [) APPLICANT NAME:- 'town of Thayne treatment for this type of aetivilY. Periodic self monitoring of effluent q\!aIity is reqetred wtth reponing of results quarterly. MAILING ADDRESS: P.O. Box 298 (2) APPLICANT NAME: Energy Development Company Thayne, WY 83127 MMLING ADDRF.sS, P.O. Box 600 FACIUIY lOCATION: I uncoln County, Wyoming Hanna, WY 82327 PERMIT NUMBER: wy-0025895 FACILnY LOCATION: Carbon Basin Mine, Carbon County, Wyoming The \\;lS1C\l,111ertreatment facility serving the Town of Thayne consists of a 2 rell aerated l~ followed by a spray fi,eld_ Due to difficulties PERMIT NUMBER: Wy-0031593 encountered by the TOI\>l1in operating me spray field during the \\inter, the Town proposes a major modification of its system. Energy Development Company mrends todevelop an open pit coal mine northeast of Elk Mountain, Wyoming, The only ....asrewaters associated wim The new system \\ill include a final polisltingpond \lttich \\i11discharge to Flat Creek (Class IIWater) duringthe wintrr, The Spray field ""ill continue ure mine will be runoff from disturbed areas and these waters ....ill he held in ponds designed to completely contain the 10 ¥ear-ztj hr. precipitation to be used durjng the summer. mnt. 1rerefore no speOfJ; ~!XJin1s are idalti6ed it ee ~mtil, bn pemtit 00es cmtain ~1s an:ernitg-the operatioo ft'propu;ro The proposed pennit authOrizes discharges from the follQ\\.ing three locations: and maintenance of the runoff control ponds, All discharges which do occur \lill be in the Third sand Creek (Class IV Water) drainage, I. The southernmost ~derdrain underlying the W;L~teWoltertreatment fatility. Self-monitoring of effluem quality and quantity is reqUired whenever a discharge oa:urs \\ith reporting of results wimin thirty days of the e\lenL 2. The northentmost undcrdrnin unlkrlying the \\;lStf'\\~ter treatmenl facilily. The permit is scheduled to expire OCtober 31, 1987. Texas Energy SCrvices,lnc_ 3. The outfall into Flat Creek. (3) APPLICANT NAME: Points 001 and 002 ha\"l' been found to (onsist of unconwninated groundwater and the proposed pennit setS no limitations on these discharges, 1001 Douglas Highway MAILING ADDRESS hOWC\1er,the proposed pennit does contain linguage whidl allows limitations to be established if it is found that mrse discharges ha\'e become Gillette, WY 82716 contaminated. The effluent limitations for point 003 are based on National Secondary Treatmenl SWtdards and \l'yoming's In-stream Waler Quality FACILITY LOCATION: Rocky Butte Mine, Campbell Coumy, Vi'yoming Standards. These limil2tions were ba.~ed on me following. 1 PERMIT NUMBER Wy-003 58S 1 Maximum design discharge - .08 MGD. Texas Energy Services, Inc, intends to construct an open-pit coal mine located South of the City of Gillene, Campbell County, Wyoming. The mine. 2. Q7 -]0 of Flat Creek - II MGD (estimates) . ....m be !mown as tbe Rocky Butte Mine. "Process ""atcr'- dischargcs at the mine consist of six discharge points. 3. In·stteam standard for fetal coliform bacteria - 1,000/100 011 (summer only). The six discharges now into Larry, Homestead, Drum, Penny, Alligator, and Tiny Dra\':~ (all Class IV Waters) 4 In.stream standard for total residual chlorine - .002 mg/I The above discharges mUSl meet effluenl limitations which are con~idered b)' the State of Wyominl!. 10 represent "best available treatmenl." IAJe to the very hWt lilution &ctor there IS 00 ~ of vdUDl of swe SI3FJIard'; for l.IIiooilllI :II1U1XDa. - However, the pennil also contains a "re-opener clause" which requires the permit 10 be modified should more slringent limitations be developed at The proposed permit requires monitoring of efnucnt quality and quantity on a regular basis ....ith reponinR of results quanerly. The permit also tlle federal level. requires monitoring of twO ground\\ater wells located do ....n gradienl of the final pond. The pennit is scheduled to expire AuguSt 31, 1987. Runoff from disturooo areas \l1!! be controlled by sedimentation ponds which are designed-!o completely contain the runoff resulting from a ten (12) APPLICANT NAME: Conoco year-24 hour precipitalion event Be("JU~Cthese ponds y,ill nOl nonnally di~charge, lhey art' not speCifically identified in the permit bUl are covered by foWLING ADDRESS, 907 Rancho Road opel".llion and maintenance provisions Casper, WY 82601 Periodic sc!f.monitoting of effluent quality and quantity i~ required ""ith reporting of results quarterl~'. The permit is scheduled to expire Leimser Field Conoco Weymouth 5-1, NEll., Seelion FACILITY LOCATION, september 30, 19R7. 5, 1'36N, R63N, Niobrara County, Wyoming Amoco Production ComJYJny (4) APrUc.M NAME PERMIT NUMBER WY'()(}31160 W.ILlNG ADDRESS; 1'.0, Box S69 , PtMclI, WY 82435 Facility is a typiC'a1oil treater located ill Niobrara County, Wyoming. The produced water is separated from the petroleum product through the use Unle fluffa.lo Basin - Nort~ Walerflood Station, (If healer treaters and skim ponds. The discharge is to l.eimser Stock Pond (Class IV) - FACILrIY LOCATION: S£l4, section I, T47N, RlOOW, Park County, Wyoming The discharge mUSl meet Wyoming's Produced Water Criteria effecti\'e immediately, No chemical limitations hllVe be{1\ imposed on this facility excepl for oil and grease (10 my I) and pH (6.5 . 8.5). Thl~ is due to the extrenle aridness of thearca ....ttich allQ\\.'Sfor beneficial use of the \\~terfor PERMIT NUMBER: Wy-0031658 agriUllturai purposes. TIlerI' i~ nu evidenceto indicate that limitations more slringentlhan the Produced Water Criteria are needed to meet Wyoming's Facilily i, a typical oillrC'dter located in I'ark County, Wyoming The produced \I"dter is separated from the petmleum produCllhrough the use of W~lcr Quality Standards. The Department \\ill continue to evaluate the discharge and, if necessary, ....iU modify the penni! if evidence indicates that heater treawrs and skim ponds. 111e discharge is 10 Buffalo Creek (Class IV). more stringent limitations are needed. The discharge must meel Wyoming's Produced Water Criteria effeftive immediately. Chapter VII of the Wyoming Water Quality Rules and Semi-annual self-monitoring is required for all parameters w,th the exception of oil and grease, \lTIich must be monitored quarterly_ The proposed Regulations infers thaI as long as the Prodoced Water Criteria is met, the water is suitable for heneficial use, Thett' is no l'\1dence 10 indicate that expiratiOll dal~ for lhe pennil is De<:e"iilber 31,1987, limitations more stringent lhan the PruduCl'll Water Criteria are needed 10 meet Wyoming's Water Quality Standard~ The.Oepartmenl \\ill continue lO Consolidaled Oil and Gas evaluate the discharge and, if necmary, wiU modify me p1'nnit If ('ViLlencc indicates that more slringcnt1imitations arc needed (13) APPLICANT NAME: 1860 Lincoln Street Semi-annual self-monitoring i~ reqUired for all paramelers ....ith lhe exception of oil and grease, which must be monilOred quarterly. The proposed ~WUNG ADDRESS: uncoln TO"Tr Bldg. f.\piratiun (lale fur the pemlil is Dl'Cember 31, 1986 Denver, CO 80295 Bcltweather Exyloration Company ·(5) APPLlCA.~i NAME: Pass Creek Field, Tanir Ballery #1, SWII., SElfo, c/o Sleedley & A~sociates FACILITY LOCATION: Jl,lA1LiNGADDRK'iS: section 33, nos, R8OW, Carbon County, Wyoming P.O Box 885 Worland, WY 82401 PERMIT NUMBER: Wy-0021782 #\=14 Federal Oil Well, t\,\\'IA, NELl.,Section 14, Facility is a l)'pkal oj[ treater located in Carbon County, Wyoming. The produced water is separated from the petroleum product tllrQogh the llWOr FACILllY LOCATION: T50N, R9IW, Big Ilorn COUllty, Wyoming heater lreaters and skim ponds. Thc discharge is to Medicine lkiw River (Class 11) via an unnamed drainage, The discltarge muSl meet Wyoming'~ Produced Water Criteria effcrtive immediately. Chapter \'li of the W}'onling Water Quality Ruk'S and PERMIT NUMIlER' Wy-0031666 Regulations infers tllat as long a.s the Produced Waler Criteria is met. the-\\-lIter is suitable for benl'fidal use. There is no C\idence to indicate that Facility is a typical oil treater lomlcd in mg Hom C-ounlY, Wyoming. The prodllccd Y,l1tei"i~ separaled from the [JClroleum produ(1 through the uSt limitations more stringent than the ProdlKoo Water Crileria are needed to meet Vi'yoming's WalerQuality StaJldards, The Department "ill continue 10 of heater lreaters and ,kim poods, The discharge is to East Fork McDermOlt'S Gulch (Cla.~s IV) \ia an unnamed drainage f'\'a]uate the tlischarge and, if necessary, lIil! modify the pennil if evidence indicates Ihat more Stringl1\t limitations are needed_ The discharge must meet Wyoming's Produced ""ater Criteria effective immcdlately, Chapler VlI of tile Wyoming Water Quality Rules and Semi-annual self-monitoring is required for all parameters \lith the exception of oil and grease, \\flich must be monitored quarterly, The propo:;ed Regulations infers that as lnng as the Produced Water Criteria is met, the water is suitahle for beneficial use, There is no evidence to indifate that expirntion dale for lhe permit is December 31, [987. • limitations more stringent than the Produced Water Criteria art' nceded to meet Wyoming's Water QUalily Standards. The Departmel1l will tuntinu(' to (14) APPLICANT NAME: Exeter ExplonuOII Company evaluate the discharge and, if nece~>ar)', \\ill modify lhe permit if ('\'idence indicates that more stringcnt limitation~ are needed. Semi-annual self.monitoring is required for all parameters lIith the esccption of oil amI grease, whicll must be monitored quarterly. llte proposed MAlL.INGADDRf:SS P.O. Box 5928 Denver, CO 80217 'LA. expiration datc for the pemlit is December 31, 1984. Pubco feder.1l 4-;, SWIA, SWIA, Section 4, 136N, (6) APPLICANT NAME: florida Explomtion FACILITY LOCATION: R8IW, Natrona Coun!}', Wyoming MMLING AnDRESS P.O. Box 885 Worland, WY 82401 PERMIT NUMBER, Wy-0027111 FaCility is a typical oil treater located in Natrona County, Wyoming, The produced water is separaled from the petroleum product through the use of FACILITY LOCATION' Nllpec lamb Fedel"M # I-I, NEV" ~WI/., $cction It T5IN, R93W, Big 110m County, Wyoming heater treaters and skim ponels. The discharge is 10 Hemiogy,ay Draw (Class IV) \ia an unnamed drainage. The discharge must meet Wyoming's produced Water Criteria effective immediately. Chapter VII of the V.'yoming Water Quality Rules and IlERM[T l'.'IJ~mER \Vy-OO:11623 RegulatiOns infen; that as long as me Produced Water Criteria is met, the water is suitable for hern'filial use There is no evidence to indicate m~t Facility is a typical oiltrC'dter loolted in Big 110m CounlY, ~yominf:' l1te pruduced water is separated from the petroleum product through the usc limilJltions more slringent than the ProdlKed Water Criteria arc needed 10 meet W}'oming's Water Qualit}' Standards. The Dep3.rtment ""ill continue to of he'Jter trl:'Jters and ,kim ponds, The discharge is' to DC'Jd Horse Gulch (Class IV), f'\'a1uate the discharge and, if necessary, \lilt modify the permit if evidence indicates thai more stringent limitations arc needed_ The discharge mw;! mect Wyoming's Producro'Water'Criteria effl'rtive immediately. Chapter Vll of the Wyoming Water Qualily Rules and Semi-annual self-monitOring i, reqUired for all paramelel'!i \\ith the exception of oil and grca.~,....ttich must bemonitored quarterly. The proposed Regulation~ infers that as long as the Produced Water Criteria is met, thl' waler is suitable for beneficial use. There is no f'\idence to indicate that expirntion dale for the penon is December 31, 1987, limitation~ more sltingent lhan t~e produced Water Criteria arc reeded to meet Wyoming's Water QoalityStandards. Tile Department \\ill continue to E. Doyle lIuckalJ:ly, Ltd. evaluate the discltarge and, if necessary, wHl modify the permit if evidence indicates thal more stringent limitations are needed. (I;) APPLICANT NA.-'.tE SCmi-annual self-monitoring is required for all JYJranleters ....ith the exception of oil and grease, which must be monitored quarterly_ The proposed MAILING ADDRFSS 1706 Security Ufe Bldg. expiration date for the permit is December 31, 1984. Denver, CO 80202 #1-13 federal-Kreid, NEll., SWIll, Section 13, (7) APPLICANT NAME: Husky Oil Company FACILnY LOCATION: T36N. R64W, Niobrara County, Wyoming W.ILlNG AJ)DRf:.ss: P,O. Box 380 Cody, WV 82414 PERMIT Nl11.tBER: Wy-0028SI7 .+'1-18 Federal-Krejd, SWIA, SEll" Section 18, F~CILm' LOCATION: Halfmoon Field, Federall.e'dSe, Well'.+'5-22, NEIl<, FACILITY LOCATION: Section 22, TSIN, RI02W, Park County, Wyoming 1'36N, R63W, Niobrara CountY, Wyoming PERMIT NUMBER: Wy--oo'31631 PERMIT NUMBER: Wy-0028789 Facility is a typical oil treater located in Park County, Wyoming. The prodllCCd water is separated from the pelroleum product through the l1~e of Fadlities are typkal oil treaters located in Niobrara County, ""yoming. The produced \\ater is separated from the petroleum product through the heater trealers and skim ponds, The discharge is to Sulphur Creek (Qass n) via an unnamed drninage use of heater treaters and skim ponds. The discharges are to Cmy Woman Creek (Class IV) \ia an unnamed dninage. The d(scharge must meet Wyoming's Produced Water Criteria effective immediately. Chapter VII of !he Wyoming Water Quality Roles and Tl1c discharges must mcct W~'oming's Produced Waler Criteria effective immediately, Chapter \11 of the Wyoming Water QualitY Rules and Regulations infers that as long as the Produced Water Crileria is met, the w:ller is suitable ror beneficial use. There is no e\idence to indicate that Regulauun.~ infers that as long as the Produced Water Criteria IS ITICt, the water is suitable for benrficial usc, There is no e\idence to indicate that limitations more stringent than the Produced Water Criteria are needed to meet Wyoming's Water QualityStandards, The Department \\ill continue to limitations more stringent than the Produced Water Criteria are needed to meet Wyoming's\\'ater QualityStandards_ The OeparuneTlt will continue to evaluate the discharge and, if necessary, will modify the permit if evidence indicates that more stringent limitations are needed_ evaluale the discharges and, if oecessary, \\ill modify ttll' penniL~ if evidence indicates that more stringent limitations are needed. Semi-annual self-monitoring is reqUired for all parameters \lith the exception of oil and grease, "ttich must be monitored quarterly, The proposed Sem~-annual self-monitoring is required for all parameters \\ith the exceptioo of oil and grease, "him must hemonitored quarterly, The propolled . cxpirntion date for tlte permit is December 31; 1983- ' ' expirnUon date for the penoitS L~ December 31, 1987. (8) APPLICANT NAME: Trigg Oil & Mining ,Corporation (16) APPlICANT NAME: K & W Oil ItWLING AJ)DRf:.ss c/o OM Consulting, Inc. ~L1NG ADDRESS: c/o Allen, B1~rth & Crouch 330 S. Center, Suite 419 P.O. Box 976 Casper, WY 82601 Casper, WY 82602 FACILm' LOCATION: Trigg Gov't Battery, N\VlI., !NO'IIl,Section 34, FACILm' lOCATION· K & W Lease . Section 4, SELJ.,Section 4, T29N, T43N, R94W, Hot Springs County, Wyoming R8IW, Natrona County, Wyoming PERMIT NUMBER: Wy-0031607 PERMIT NUMBER: Wy-0022551 Facility is a typical ()iltreat~r located in Hot ~prings C?unty, w)"omin~. The produced water is sep'arated from the petroleum product through the Facility is a !}'Pical oil trciter located in Natrooa County, Wyoming. The prpduced W'lIter is separated from the petroleum product through the use of use of heater trealers and skim ponds. The discharge l~ to Wann Spnngs Creek (Class £V) via an unnamed drainage. healer treaters and ~kim ponds. The discharge Is to South Fork Bear Creek (Class IV). The discharge must meet Wyoming's Produced Water Criteria effective immediately, Chapter VII of the Wyoming Water Quality Rules and The .disch,arge must meet Wyoming's Produced Water.Criteria effecti\'e immediately, Chapter VII or the Wyoming Watcr·Quaiity Rules and Regulations infers that as long a.~the Produced Water Criteria is met, the water is suitable for beneficial use. There is no f'\'idence to indicate that ~egula~()ns tnfeTS that a.~long as the Produced Water Cnteria IS met, the water is SUItable for beneficial usc, There is no evidence to in<\icate that limitations more slringent than the Produced Water Criteria are needed to meet Wyoming'~ Water QuaiityStandard~. The l)epartment wiU continue to hmltal100s mo~ stnngent than the Produced WalerCritcria are needed to meet Wyoming'sWater QuaiityStandards_ The Department \\ill continue to evaluate the discharge ~nd, if nt'Cessary, will modify the permit if evidente indicates that more Stringenl limitations are needcialJOd Ran:h M1, SEll., 5'*V., S8:tDl 24, PERMIT NUMBER: Wy-0030198 TZON, R78\\', Carbon County, W}'Qming The Antelope.Coal C~mpany plans ~o construct an open-pil coal mine in Conyerse County, Wyoming approximately 4S miles r.orth of the TO\\11of PERMIT NUMBER: Wy-OOOO7S2 ' (Continued OIl pIgl' 14) Douglas, Wyoming. A dlsdtarge pent1lt for the mine \\" 14-HIgb Country NeuJS - Oct. 15, 1982 Governor Richard D. Larnm and l\·\ichael McCarthy _ THE ~ f ANGRY WEST Dick Lamm: not angry enough AVulnerable Land and Its Furore The Angry West: undoubtedly cite it as a sympathetic in a series of destructive booms and A Vulnerable Land and Its Puture authority on many issues. The Angry busts. Lamm says that as long as the West has many virtues, but it is tarnished West remains dependent on non-local Richard D. Lamm and MidJaelMcCartby; in places by unclear writing, awful rhe- capital, "It is a fact that no amount of Hougbton-Mifflin, 1982. 320 pages; toric, naive statements and the lack of a economic movement to the West will 113.95 larger vision of th~ West's future. Never- help it. It will build. It will grow. Per- theless, it is a book worth reading and is haps it will prosper. But, as in the days of . an interesting indicator of where Colo- the Guggenheims and the Rockefellers, Review by Brad Klafehn rado pnlitics stand today. it will not belong to itself. It will not The book discusses many of the cur- control its own destiny." rent threats to the West's qualityoflife, Lamm and McCarthy also state point- The jacket cover is a dramatic photo- from oil shale, coal mining and the MX edly, ''wherever energy has moved into graph of a huge open-pit copper mine. to the Sunbelt boom and the Sagebrush Colorado communities, it has monopol- The book's title glares at you in bright Rebellion. The volume is at its best on ized local labor supplies, frequently red letters: The Angry West,A Vulnera- the latter two subjects. The writing is damaged the local economic base - ble Land and its Future.Inside, the dust forceful and factual, with little of the agriculture, stock raising, tourism - cover blurb heightens the sense of handwringing rhetoric and hesitancy to and created dangerous local can muster," yet his agencies are aggres- impending disaster - "The American make assertions which characterize dep.endency on energy extraction. It has sively opposing Colorado citizens who West is angry - and more than a little parts of the book. Lamm has been an profited outsiders' - laborers, banks, are trying to do precisely that. Six Pao- scared. A hurricane of change is striking effective opponent of the Sagebrush efficient and well-capitalized businesses niairrigators are challenging the state's right now, and every month sees a Rebellion, and his beliefs are clearly - at the expense of locals. What the issuance of a mining permit to ARCO, ( decade's worth of new developments .... reflected here. energy companies have created is a 'hol- feeling that their water may be lost to A beautiful, legendary part of the Ameri- Lamm and co-author Michael low' economy, healthy on the surface subsidence. The attorney general got can heritage is on its way to McCarthy argue strongly that the Sage- but unhealthy at the core." their suit thrown out on a technicality, destruction. " brush Rebellion has no legal merit and These excellent points, however, but the legal battle continues on the It sounds like a book written by a that, like "every insurgent movement in contrast sharply with the book's glaring federal level, wherelhe state still adam- rabid environmentalist bemoaning the western history (it is) anchored in self- weaknesses. The first part of the volume antly opposes their claims. industrialization of the West, but in fact interest and greed." They accurately especially is given to sloppy writing and In these cases, Lamrn has peen reluc- its principal author is Colorado Gov. state that while the rebellion stems rhetorical excess, For instance, 'one tant to take stands which live up to his Dick Larnm (D). This has greatly book's rhetoric. Since the book's publi- from the legitimate experiences of page contains some dreadful prose: . } boosted the book's visibiliry - the gov- small public land users, it has been co- "This is our West. And it is dying ....Some cation, however, Exxon has pulled out ernor himself has plugged it on NBC's opted by the big special interests for of us have made a truce with change. of the Colony Projec:"tand many of the Today show - and references to it are their own gain. The authors also provide OtherS have refused They - we - -are ihe Angry West's cautions are making more already cropping up in letters to the a useful historical context for the Rebel- new Indians And they - we - will not be sense to Coloradoans, Lamm, in turn, editors of rural western newspapers. lion, stating, ''what Sagebrush Rebels herded to "the new reservations." It is seems to be reacting to this by becom- The book is destined to figure in the promote as a fresh, dynamic and radical difficult to envision Richard Lamm as a ing more outspoken. Last summer at a continuing conservation/development approach to federal 'injustice' is in fact "new Indian." A sense of futiliry under- campaign stop in Glenwood Springs, debate, and environmentalists will one of the most archaic, threadbare and lies the book and the authors never Lamm said he had "learned his lesson" ofren rejected" ideas in the West's his- question. the exponential energy with regard to promises made, but not tory." They then go on to demonstrate growth which is at the root of many of kept, by oil shale companies. State that even if the western states were to the West's problems. Despite their criti- government, he said, would hold them get title to federal lands, they would be cism of the 'hollow' economy generated to their promises in the future. He also unable to finance their management - by energy development, Lamm and pledged that the "price of admission" Colorado has 29 people to administer McCarthy still conclude that "unbridled would go lip for those companies who - 2.9 million acres of grazing leases, Mon- growth, even with its problems, is want to come back into the state and tana .expects three people to oversee Clearly preferable to decline." develop shale. five million acres. It is also startling to read several other Perhaps it is too much to expect a Larnm and McCarthy also make some naive or uninformed statements from book by any politician to forge ahead of excellent points concerning the Sun- these otherwise enlightened authors. popular sentiment. The Angry West belt/Frostbelt rivalry and the negative "Acid rain, they say, "today presents no does make strong statements in many effects of energy booms. The authors threat to the region." The only form of cases. If it lacks a clear, positive vision of plead for an end to sectional antago- water conservation available to the the future for the West, that is probably nisms and present good arguments for West is increased physical storage: "In because even the "progressive" ele- It's your world. why the federal government should the desert, reduction of use is implausi- ments have failed to articulate one. One intervene to stem migration from the ble, even harmful." And the insurgent of the underlying themes of the book is And we tell you what's happening in it. Northeast to the Southwest. :'It makes West is justified, we are told, in its loa- that Westerners do not control their From the board room to the backcountry, little sense for some areas (of the coun- thing of environmental extremism," destiny and never have. Once this wherever natural resource decisions are try) to grow so fast that the growth although what constitutes extremism is becomes clear to county commission- made, High Country News covers the becomes counterproductive, while never defined. ers, town council members and third- West. other areas are drained of their human Lamm's actions as a politician also generation settlers, we may start to Subscribe today. 24 issues per year. and economic resources." Public pol- contradict some statements made in the reverse the trend. Lamm and McCar- icy, Lamm says, "should discourage book. Lamm, the author, decries the thy's book will certainly help bring this c S 15 for individuals . migration, not encourage it." The book environmental effects of open-pit oil point home.' Maybe by the time they o $25 for institutions also notes that when Frostbelt politi- shale mining, but his administration still write their next book, they will be able Name cians seek aid to alleviate their eco- supports congressional action to give to cite real grassroots examples of peo- nomic difficulties, they define Gulf and Standard more federal land so Address ple taking charge, rather than merely "economic distress" only as a problem that they can begin just such an opera- lamenting our colonial status. A gover- Oty, State,Zip _ of decline. "In fact, economic distress tion. He argues in the book for nor can do a lot to facilitate this process. occurs when rapid economic change , increased severance taxes, but failed to TheAngry West is a start. endorse publicly the recent initiative to High Country News sets in - decline or growth ....If Cleve- +++ The paper for people land hurts, so does Gillette." raise Colorado's tax. The initiative +++ who care about the West This theme ties in with another could have used his support; it failed to Brad K1afehn is a freelance writer in thread found throughout the book - get enough signatures to appear on the Crawford, Colorado, and an executive Box K, Lander; Wyo. 82520 that the West's economy has always ballot. And he endorses fighting for the committee member of the Western been based on outside capital,, resulting West's water "with all the force (one) Colorado Congress. (continued from page 13) through the use of heater treaters and skim ponds. The discharges are to Rock Creek (Class u) via an unnamed tributary, Medicine Bow River (Class II) FACnJrv LOCATION: Kyle Field, SWV., ~"W'!., Section 2;, T2IN, R79W, via an unnamed draw and Utile Ughtning Creek (Class IV). Carbon County, Wyoming The discharges must meet Wyoming-s' Produced Water Criteria effeceve immediately. Cha~ter VII of the Wyoming Waler Quality Rules and PERMIT NUMBER: Wy-0000787 Regulations infers that as long as the Produced Waler Criteria is mel. the water is suitable for beneficial use. There is no evidence to indicate that FACILnY LOCATION; lance Creek Field, SclJurich. Battery, NWII., SEll., limitations more stringent than the Produced \\'ater Criteria are needed to meet Wyoming-s Water QuaiityStandard~. Th~ Department will continue to Section 6, T35N, R65W, Niobrara County, Wyoming evaluate the discharges and, \f necessary, will modify the permits if evidence lndnates that more stringent limitations are needed PERMIT NUMBER: Wy-0001856 Semi-annual sell-monitoring is required for all parameters with the exception of oil and grease, vvhich must bemonitoredquarterly. The proposed FACIUIY LOCATION, wee Creek Field, O'Rhoff Battery, NWIA, SWII., expiration date for the permits is Deeember 31, 1987. Section 32, T36N, R65W, Niobrara County, Wyoming (IS) APPLICANT NAME: The Marathon Oil Company PERMIT 'f\.'UMBER: Wy-OOOl864 MAIliNG AODRF.'lS: P.O. Box 120 F.\CIU'JY LOCATION: wee Creck Field, Converse Sheep Battery,- NWlJi, !;JlSper, W'i 82602 SEll., section 32, T36N, R65W, Niobrara County, Wyoming - FACII1fY LOUr.TION· Carbon County, Wyoming PER.-YlITNUMBER: Wy-()()()1872 PERMIT l\'1JMBER: Wy-0001929 fACIUIY LOCATION: Lance Creek Field, C. Putnam Battery, SEll., Marathon Oil Company's Consolidated Tank Battery is located in the Rock River field, Secuon 34, nON, R78W, Carbon County, Wyoming. The NE'/., SCCIion 32, T36N, R6SW: Niolnra County, facility is used to inject Wilter into oil bearing formations to enhance TeOO\·ery.Under normal circumstances there is no disch.arge surface waters, Wyoming however, if a discharge did occur it would flow to Walkins Cnoek (Class II Water) lia an unnamed drainage The proposed pennil fe(juires no discharge from lhis facility except under emergem:y conditions. If an emergency occurs theeffluem can nOI have PERMIT NUMBER: Wy-OOl881 oil and grease concmUilliOn.in excess of 10 my I ~d the permittee must immediately oonlacl.the Depanment} \\Tilten descripliOll of the discharge FAClIJ1Y LOCATION: UghtniRg Creek field, BatteI)' #1, NW'A, Section including proposed actions to prel-'ent future discha.-ge;; must De sent to the DepartmeOl within five days of any discharge. The permit is scheduled to 31, T35N, R65W, Niobrara County, Wyoming expire December 31, 1987. PERMIT NUMBER: Wy-0023221 (19) APPUCANT NAME: The Marathon Oil Company fAClLm'LOCATION: wce Creek field, Ellioll BatteI)', NE'I., NW'A, MAILING ADDRESS· P.O. Box 120 Section 5, D5N, R6Sw, Niobrm. County, Wyoming Casper, WY 82602 PElMIT NUMBEI.: Wy-0026395 Carbon County, Wyoming fcij,des are typiCII aD trealt'rS located in CaIbon and Niobrara Counties, Wyoming. The produced w:ater is separat~ from the petrokum produa r - . -, ~ ~-~ -- - - ~ ;;; ~ ~c • 'L ~~l' \ J OCt.15, 1982 - HlgbCountry News-15 •• (1]- A bias toward the public land of the lands - by public and private basis for all our decisions. Compile would say, we aren't whOlly controlled by John Soisson managers - were at the heart of the enough data, and you can untie anyGor- by econontic and scientific laws. There statistics that were trooped forward dian Knot. And, as in most debates in are spiritual values that people have and When it comes to the public lands, I during we meeting. which scientific evidence is the proof, share and that they sometimes act to have to admit right off 10 some bias. The session was scholarly. For the there was no consensus reached - preserve. I grew up in the soft coal region of most part, speakers were foresters, What was clear, however, was that F.Le. Reed, assistant deputy minister southwestern Pennsylvania.The subject economists and scientists who have the real issue of the public lands trans- of the Canadian Forestty Service, told of public landswas never an issue there devoted their lives to such things as cends empirical data. The real concern the symposium that a land use ethic can because there weren't any. The grey asset management and ownership. is one of values. The people at the con- -be formed by coming to terms with company towns, the gouged hillsides As a result, one speaker could say ference who atternpted to make that nature, by allowing ourselves to be with some authority that 2I percent of point were Gaylord Nelson of the WiI· more influenced by natural cycles, by federal range land.is in good condition derness.Society and Joseph Sax, profes- rekindling a land-based economy and by while only I I percent of private range sor of law at the University of Michigan. renewing our spiritual acquaintance and the denuded hilltops were all on land can be rated that high.And the next "There is a growing divergence with nature. -private property. They were - and are speaker could argue, with equal convic- among public and private values," Sax Short of that, we'll probably have to - monuments to rogue self-interest. tion, that federal ownership and uncer- said. "The tradition in America is that settle for what most people at the sym- After I moved to the Rockies a decade tain lease policies have encouraged development means progress and that posium thought we'd get: some r ago, I found a lot of the same sort of overgrazing and ntismanagement. private ownership is consistent with increase in private ownership of public thing - clear-cut hillsides, gaping strip Another speaker could show that public values. Those values are diverg- lands and closer comparison of the mines, lonely communities. But there there is no empirical evidence that pri- ingand so there is skepticism among the . results of private and public ownership were also public lands in the West. And vately held lands have been managed public." of similar parcels ofland. We'll improve something else: an attitude I couldn't more poorly than federal lands. Yet In other words, it may havebeen pos- our management techniques but we define. another could assert that the only major sible at one time to say that what was won't come any closer to the formation So it was with some anticipation that I stands of old growth timber left in the "good for General Motors was good for 'of a land ethic. attended a recent two-day conference lower 48 states are found on public the U.SA.," but people don't readily All in all,the participants in the sym- on the disposition of more than 300 lands that were never privately owned. accept that these days. posium could have learned a lot from a million acres of public lands in the Uni- Another could argue that maximum Nelson, for his part, pointed out that middle-aged woman in Sheridan, ted States. The conference, I hoped, productiviry, full utilization and profita- "the literature of privatization is stran- Wyoming, who talked to me after my would help me better understand what bility, as dictated by the "marketplace," gely devoid of any serious discussion of . first trip into the Big Horn National that difference in attitude was. should be the sole guide for the use of or concern for that enormous heritage Forest, close by Sheridan. The symposium was sponsored by resources; while still another could of non-market cultural, social and ."Well," she.asked me with pride and Resources for the Future, a 30-year-old, contend that private owners don't have resource values on the public lands." satisfaction, "how do you like our independent organization headquar- the same mandate to protect non- The way in which we use our land is mountains?" tered in Washington, D.C. The idea was economic valuesofthe land asdo public one of the great issues of sociery. The Our mountains, she said. to encourage dispassionate study of the managers. debate over the sale of public lands is, Years ago, when we packed into the issues surrounding the Ronald' Reagan- The public lands were talked about in after all, a debate over land use and slashed and scarred hills and ridges of 'James Watt proposals to sell some of quantifiable terms: board-feet, gross national values, my southwestern Pennsylvania home, the public landsinto private ownership. tonnage, biomass, market value, The Such sessions as the Resources for the we spoke of "the" mountains. The focus of the symposium - as of participants argued over who would Future symposium are useful more for, One word can make all the the current national debate - was sup· manage those measureable assets most the opportunity they allow us to exam- difference. posed to be the question of ownership. efficiently. If they could prove the most ine our values than in the hard data they +++ That's no small question. About 86 per- efficient manager, the winner could be assemble. Such sessions bring together +++ cent of Nevada,8I percent of Alaska, 64 awarded the spoils. people of differing values, give them a percent of Utah and Idaho, and more If the symposium accomplished any- mechanism to join in discussion and buy. John Soisson, formerly of Sheridan, than 40 percent of Arizona, California, thing, it demonstrated that in an age time for them to sift through conflicting Wyoming, is now a freelance writer in Oregon and Wyoming, are federally when science serves as religion, we material. Portland, Oregon and a frequent con- owned. But concerns over management believe that facts and figures can be the But in spite of what some scholars tributor to Higb Country News. in the West's backyard. There is no plains west of the midcontinent flats, guide, Larry Lee, and Watt was much doubt that the paper will follow the . but the fear of Jim Watt extends down more in line with the historic Watt and same tack in the future. Many other here as much as it does in anyother part the tactics employed. newspapers, magazines· and books BOMBS IN BACKYARD of the countty. It would have been interesting to see rns address the potential for a nuclear holo- The problem with Watt is' that he . how the clever lawyer, Watt, squirmed DearHCN, caust - one of the finest is The Bulletin talks as good a conservation attitude as his way into a snow white suit of clothes Railing against Higb Country News for Atomic Scientists. I suggest that anyof us in the old line organizations or in answer to a pointed question or two because it doesn't cover the threat of readers subscribe to it for all the .in the more narrowly focused newer about the doings of Bob Burford and his nuclear war only shows that the trans- numbers, theories, strategies, etc. on, environmental groups. And then come people in the Bureau of Land Manage- continental walker, Seeb Hall, does not nuclear warfare. his actions! And the whole kit and ment. To change the comparatives a understand why many people don't However, if you want to know about caboodle of good stuff is long gone. Or, wee bit, I'd have liked to see how he grasp the realiryof nuclear annihilation. black-footed ferrets, wilderness, the if not the whole, a substantial part. managed to change the colors of some For his sake, I hope that the next 2,000 proposed nuclear waste repository in It was very noticeable that Whipple very, very black hats to white, with miles offer the insight he lacked while in Utah's Gibson Dome, western water and Watt (HeN, 10/1/82) didn't touch respect to ihe continuing, ifnot acceler- Wyoming (HCNLetters, 9/17/82). development, boom towns, and the the one subject that has blown hot and ating desertification of our beloved Often, people do not acknowledge revised MX missile plan for the West .cold since before Watt went to West, thanks to the present that they sit under a nuclear bomb until then stay tuned to High Country News. Washington this time: The Sagebrush administration. our government proposes planting a Debbie East Rebellion (which I prefer to label the MX missile or two in a local rancher's "Sagebrush Rascality") - or else it was William Voigt. Jr. lander, Wyoming Blackshear, Georgi> winter sheep range. They don't rally WAIT'S BLACK HAT talked about but didn't make the story. against the threat until they understand Could be that Whipple was leaning very that the plutonium for nuclear bomb DearHCN, far backward to be sure nothing in the triggers is polluting the land and water Blackshear, Georgia, is a heck of a story could be construed as crucifixion . outside of Denver. long way from Washingron, D.C., and by the interviewer. HCN has covered the bombs that are still fanher from the mountains and The O'Gara piece on the coroner, PERMIT NUMBER· Wy·OO31186 FACILITY LOCATION: Nonh casper Creek fldd, Gowin #1 Battery, 5EII., Marathon Oil Company's Harrison and Cooper Section 2+35 Banery and Cretaceous Sand Injection Plant is located in the NEI/i, section 3, Tl8N, secuoe }6, T37N, R82W, Natrona {funty, Wyoming R7SW, Carbon Counry, Wyoming. The facUity is used to inject w.lterintobearing formations to enhance recovery. Under normal circumstances there is PERMITNUMBER: Wy-00268S9 no discharge surface waters, however, if a discharge did occur it would flow to Dixon creek (Class 1V'I'ater). Facility is a typical oil treater located in NatronaCollnty, Wyoming. The produced water isseparated from the petroleum producr through the use of The proposed permit requires no discharge from this faciUty except under emergency conditions, If an emergency occurs the effluent can not have heater treaters and skim ponds. The discharge is to North Fort casper Creek (Class III) via an llI1named dnlnage. ~I an~'grease concent~tion in excess of I0 m~1 and the permittee must immediately contact the Department. A....rmen description of the discharge The discharge must meet Wyoming's Produced Water Criteria effective immediately. Olapter VII of the Wyomin(l: Water Quality Rules and Indudlng proposed acuons to pre:enl future discharges must be sent to the Department within ffve days of any discharge. The permit is scheduled to Regulations infers that. as long as the Produced Water Criteria Is met, the water is suitable for benefcal use. There is no evidence to indicate that expire December 31, 1987. . limitations more stringent than the Produced Water Criteria are needed 10 meetWyomlng's Water~alityStandards. The Department v.iU continue to (20) APPUCA,Vf NAME: . Southland Royalty Company evalll:lte the discharge and; if necessary, \loin modify the permit if evidence indicates thai more stringent limitations are needed. MAlUNG ADDRESS: 300 Country Club Rd., Suite 300 semi-annual self-monitoring is required for aU parameters with the exception of oil2I1d grease, 'MIlch must be monitored quarterly. The proposed Casper WY 82601 expiration date for the permit is December 31, 1987. FACILITY WCAnON: Olde Draw Fed~ra1 #1-14, SWI/" SEll., section 14, STATE(EPA TENTA11VE DETERMINATIONS ) 137N, R85W, Nauooa Qxmty, ~ Tentative derermmauons have been made by the State of Wyoming in cooperauoe with the EPAsta!frelative to effluenllimltations andconditiom PERMIT NUMBER· Wy..()()2736i to be imposed on the pennits. These limitations and conditions win assure that State Vo1lter quality standards aDd applicable provisions of the FWPCr\,\ ",m be prolected Facility Is a typical oiltrealer located ~nNatrona County, Wyoming. The produced \\'3.ter is separated from the petroleum product through the use of heater treaters and skim ponds, The discharge is to Olde Draw (Class IV) via an unnamed drainage, I'I.JBUC COMMENI'S The .disc~rge must meet Wyoming's Produced Water Cri.tena effective immediately. Chapter VII of the Wyoming Water Quality Rules and Public comm~ts are invited any time prior to November 16, 1982. Comments may be directed to the Wyoming Deputment of Environmental Regulations mfers that as long as the Produced Water Cnteria is met, the "'':lter is suitable for beneficial use. There is no evidence to indicate !hat Quality, Water Quality Division, Permits Section, 1111 East L1nrolnway, Cheyenne, Wyoming 82002, or the U.s. Envln:mmenw Protection Agmcy limitations more stringent than the Produced Water Crileria are needed to meet Wyoming's Water Quality Standards. The Deparunent will continue 10 Regioo VIII, Enforcement Division, Pennlts Administl'2tloo and Compllanc:e Ilranch, 1860 UnroIn Street, Denver, CokJndo !ln9S. All commm~ evaluate the discharge and, if nC(essary, WID modify the permit if !'Vidence indicates that more stringent limitations are needed. received prior 10 November 16, 1982, v.ill be ronsidered In the fonnulation of final deterninltions to be imposed on the pennits. semi-annual self·monitoring Is required for all paramet~rs with the exception of oU and grease, \\obich must bemonitored quarterly_ The proposed ADDmONAL INFORMATION. expirntion date for the permit is December 31, 1987. Additional infonnatlon may be obtained upon request by calling the State of't'yoming, (3em n7-nSI, or EPA (303) 327-3874 or by11i'ritin&lO (21) APPUCANT NAME: E. C. Yegen the aforementiooed"addresses.· ' . MAILING ADDRESS; P.O. Box In4 The complete appllcations, draft permits and relat£d domments, are a\'dlble for re\ieW a8d reproductiott at the afon:mentioMd addres:sl!s. Casper, WY 82602 I"Ubbc NotIce No: Wy-sz.oIO /6-Higb Country News - Oct. 15, /982 ;);':h> ~'1·· ..'(''''' .. ',1,