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XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX 2-Hi h Count News - Nov. 14 1980 Anaconda ... (continued from page 1) . their mutual ignorance of the impend- ing shut-down. He has worked for what Montanans call "the Company" for 32 years? an association that predates ARCO's ;nvolvement by more than a quarter-century. Before that his father was a blue-collar employee at the smel- ter. "I was raised with the people that work up here," said Stokke. "I'm in- volved morally and socially." He thinks ARCO pulled the plug too quickly, "without looking into (alternatives) in depth ...It should have been researched a lot more." Barkley, Stokke and the rest of the town, are still in shock. The company had reassured them earlier in the year that it planned to keep the smelter open Ph.... and invest in improvements. "",-y "It hit US like somebody had suddenly of the died:' said Lutheran minister Kirby Anaeonda Nave. ;There was an initial reaction of Leoder disbelief and numbness." The surprise announcement set off a flurry of activity to find a quick fix. "A lot of people came in here just before the (Nov.4) election. promising money," said Alberta "Kraus, who works for the Anaconda Local Development Corpora- tion. "Then they left after the election. MEL STOKKE (upper left) runs the Anaconda omeltorworks. Despite the fact that it is not expected to operate again, strikers continue their vigil at the front gate. - Now we're having trouble finding any I . to people come in and invest:' I _Not surprisingly when over 70 per- vey now under way is expected to show back to the 18BOswhen Marcus Daly power to toy with Montanans'lives was cent of a community's payroll has been further decline. "Most of what we've got started building his copper empire. never forgotten. - - wiped out, retail businesses in the tOWI1 hereare family businesses," said Lutey, In fact, the town endured troubles In 1915, Standard Oil relinquished of9,000 are suffering. "We"'e lost about "which can cut back and survive. But it uncannily similar-to today's in the its ownership 'of Anaconda. Sixty years four businesses so far. and more are on looks like if. going to be a long. 1890s, when Daly sold his Anaconda fater. Anaconda's grip on Montana's the brink," said Gene"Lutey, owner of drawn-out situation." Co. to the Amalgamated Copper Co .. a economy had weakened considerably, the Lutey's Furniture and president of Lutey noted that Anaconda stilI owns subsidiary of the Rockefellers' Stan- as had its inter-nat strength, and it was the All-aconds Chamber of Commerce, much of the town -- property. mineral- dard Oil Trust. At that time, Anaconda bought up by-another giant, AReO. Two weeks after the closure. a survey rights and water - and might be con- owned enormous properties throughout Montana;;s blame ARCO, the corpo- of local business showed 121 jobs had sidering .some limited venture in the the state and aU but one of Montana's rate outsider, for the closing af the already been eliminated. A second sur- future, like reprocessing tailings. "But daily newspapers. -lt also controlled smelter. Many say that ARCO's huge now that ARCO's left," he added, "I most of its legislators. When new-: earnings in oil made it easy for the par- don't think anybody's going to want owner Amalgamated desperately ent company to close a marginal smel- them back." wanted a law passed in 1890, it simply. ter operation, that a smaller company High Country lews shut down everything but the newspap- might not have. . A LONG RELATIONSHIP ers. "We didn't buy it originally (in 1976) The IDdepmdent That meant 20,000 workers laid off- with the intent of wrtting'it off," said aa__ ·blwee1dy Lutey's remark reflects a bitterriess over three-quarters of Montana's wage- ARCO spokesman Curt Burton. "Even of tile Booldeo towards corporate power that has been earners. To no one's surprise, a special if Anaconda were not a part of ARCO aroused often in Montana's past. The session of the legislature quickly con- they would have been (aced with the Published biweekly at 331 Main, state has had a long and ambivalent vened and passed the desired law. But same situation ultimately. Anaconda Lander, Wyo. 82520. Telephone relationship with Anaconda, dating the ability of an out-of-state corporate 307-332-4877. Seconde1aoo postage might have sought to keep it open pOI at Lender. (USPS No. 087480) All rights to publicotion of articleS berein are reserved.
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Photoby DavidS_ ,DOWNTOWN ANA<;ONDA has quieted since the smelter shutdown. The Chamber of Commerce reports that four husy,es8es have closed and others are , on the brink of collapse. due to competition with imports. That tential for::profit in Anaconda's wastes». longer with variances (on pollution ARca builds a new facilityj said Bur- ;t;:,.laws), but they wouldn't haye offered ton, 'it will be near navigable water, program could provide support for over I - sifting through mill tailings for 'more ayear and retrain wor.kers for-newjobs... ,'tI: copper; collecting traces of:.copper, . the same benefits, (wben-ctbey shut which will "sharply cut tranSportation ...· . down):' costs. ARCO has also, given -the com- silver, gold ana arsenic in dust. orpro- . munities of Anaconda and Great Falls?". cessing electric slag. Burton called.the shutdown "strictly . But in a move that manyAnacondans (a larger city to the north where 500 ' Local businessmen talk of a plant to an environmental story." He acknow- find difficult to fathom, ARCO has de- workerswere laid om an outright grant build sewage and air purifying systems ledged that federal air quality laws cided that until itbuildsa new smelter, of $5 million. . - .somewhat ironic in view of give copper smelters leeway in com- it will ship ore-from its Butte mine to That kind of economic cushion is not Anaconda's history of air quality prob- plying with standards, and that the modem smelters in Japan. Even consid- enough for most Anacondans, however. lems - and 81800£ converting the smel- state has been willing to grant com- ering transportation costs to and from Joe Pickett, who worked for Anaconda ter's foundry to produce wood stoves or pliance extensions. Yet Burton insists the foreign facilities, this option is for 15years, said, "Some of us are really - wi nd machines. thatARCO studies show that even with cheaper than keeping' the Anaconda too old to go look for a job somewhere, But local officials are still in the expensive retrofitt~ng, the plant would smelter alive, according to company of~, but you have to. Your home ain't worth . planning stages. They have received, a not be assur:ed of meeting emission ficials. a dollar. I was thinking of heading out $100,000 grant from the Economic De- standards. SEVERANCE PAY for Minneapolis or Seattle, I don't velopment Administration to help Stokke offers a slightly different in- know. Like a woman in Butte said to them .. Micone of the governor's office terpretation. He noted that the com- Odd though it may seem for uneinp- me:'Butte !lotthe mines, but \naconda said they are setting up a task force to pany had invested $70':80 million in' loyed workers to be on strike, the con- 'got the shan:"' rejuvenate an area that includes plant improvements since- 1971, and tract dispute between Anaconda and its Before the election, anything seemed Anaconda, Butte and Deer Lodge to the that the "heart of the operation" is modern and in good condition-He also r-'''£.....o'~-~------~--~------,north. takes exception to a study bya German "Butte got the mines, Action in the upcoming legislature is , a possibility, Like other solutions, the firm indicating that it would cost $400 . but Anaconda got the shaft." '. legislative fix starts at a conceptually million to meet air qualitystandards c- l--;--:-.:-'""' '- . --:=- ,,---,-1 grand level but in the end is likely to be ,a' figure Stokke said was-inflated by ARCO's insistence that the firm unions continues because' it includes possible: Pollution standards would be fairly minor, Jerry Plunkett, director of .guarantee full compliance after the re- about 1,500 workers at the copper mine thrown out and the" smelter would Butte's Montana Energy and MHD Re- I trofitting. and concentrator in Butte who will go reopen; new industries would locate in search and Development Institute, Additional evidence that environ- back to work when it is settled. The new Anaconda's old shelI; the state or fed- would like to see the state dip into its mental problems were not the only fac- contract's provisions on severance pay eral government 'would provide huge growing coal severance tax fund to seed tor in ARCO's decision came from WiIIbe the only ones that matter for the financial gifts, new industry in Anaconda. That's con- David Norris, an official with ,the U.S.' Anaconda smelter workers, Now that all the campaigners are sidered unlikely.. Micone said that at -, Environmental Protection Agency in Negotiations.arenearingcompletion, gone, probable solutions seem more best the legislature might create a low- Denver, who said: "They could operate and ARCO-Anaconda Copper spokes- mundane. "It's not going to be enough interest loan fund to help businesses just the way they are until 1982." And men say-tl'fe sever-ance package will tonold all those workers in town," said. andhomeownerssurvivethenextye~r. ARCO officials acknowledgethey e~en- provide the equivalent- of about six Mike ~icone, director of the Montana ' Surviving another year in Anaconda tually plan to build a new smelter else- months pay for the workers, It will governor's Office of Commerce and will be difficult. But unlike the in- wherethat will cost three times the es- probably be 'in the form of a $3,500 SIQalIBusiness Development, ; habitants of many hoomtowns in de- timated $400 million it would take to 'severance benefit and partial pay for a The Local Development Corporation cline, the people here seem determined retrofit the existing one. yeer.. is trying to start up a light industrial to try. A few have left. Most will still be The company clearly wants a new lo- But that isn't alI the workers will get- park east ofthe city, but faces two prob- here this spring, cation and 'facility. "We don't have Right now they receive payments from. lems; AReO has- so far refused.to do- "You spend the first one or two enough production in Montana or our their unions, food stamps and unemp- nate the land; and prospective tenants months just running around in confu- , other properties to keep the smelter loyment benefits. In addition, they hope "are leery," which slows federsl public sion," said Alberta Kraus. "But there's busy," said Burton. Lately about half to 'qualify for help under the federal works funding, aceorc!ing to the hDC's a lot.of good peoplein -Anaconda, and the ore smelted 'at Anaconda was Trade Adjustment AsSistance program, Alberta Kraus. we'lI get something together. You just brought in from out-of-state,. When designed to aid those who jobs are lost .~lI,M,,!~t::~~JI;:!'~~;~~I1I~jsgm~~q" rav~ to _k~~ ~e~~':i~~tic. v _ •.:.-...... _. __ . _. _~ ..._ ... ~,..ol .- - • . ~---- 4-High Country News - Nov. 14, 1980 ITa. 'OLITIII .. a'-"I While liberals feU to conservative.' all across the country this year, even moderatss succumhed in Utah. The most notable casualty was 10-year vet- eran of the House, Democrat Gunn McKay, He was beaten by Repub- lican James Hansen. a conservative former state legislator. The Deseret News caUed McKay "a moderate even by Republican stan- dards" with a "long and truly disting- uished career." But, as the paper's col- umnist"Rod Decker put it, "McKay is the Utah incumbent least able to deny partfal responsibility for the unpopular' federal government." Ronald Reagan's coattails were so long in Utah they even affected popular incumhent Gov. Scott Matheson(Dl. All expected, he beat Republican chal- lenger Bob Wright, but by a much nar- rower margin than anticipated. money to build a new jail. early in the campaign. Republicans gained six seats in the Political Action for Conservation, Blaek Hills Energy Coalition, a Mark Andrews easily retained retir- rancher-conservationist group which state House and three seats in the Se- says spokesman Walter Jessel of Boul- ing Milton Young's senatorial seat for nate, giving them ,better than a two- der, claims at least partial credit for ran a hard but unsuccessful campaign the GOP: Republicans gained a larger- for the initiative. With support from thirds majority in both. ' helping reelect strongly challenged margin in both houses. The most popular msjor candidate state senators Ron Stewart of Boulder energy companies, Citizens Aguinst Tax Commissioner Byron Dorgan (D) this yoar was conservative Republican. and Barbara Holme of Denver, and The Ban outspent initiative proponents prevented a Republican shutout by 30-1 in a successful media campaign Sen. Jake Gam, who won over 73 per- state representative Kathleen Sullivan beating state Sen. James Smykowski cent of the. vote: He also spent more aimed at defeating the measure. of Meeker - all key environmental (R) for Andrews' former House seat: He than 'any ·other candidate - over leaders in the legislature. "Losing by two percent under such a $700,000. has supported strict enforcement of handicap isn't bad at all," said Edie. env~ronmtnltal regulations and high "The campaign did successfully stimu- severence taxes to ralieve the impacts late discussion on the issue, woke many ~~~~Il~~"We are still in a state of shock,"said of mining. state legislators to citizens' concerns Idaho Conservation League's Pat Ford Despite well-heeledopposition from about uranium development, and "Ronald Reagan understands the about the rout of Democrats in Idaho. energy interests, voters handily passed West our environmental prob- a measure that will hike the oil extrac- brought people out of the woodwork . Most notably, that included the who had never been involved in en- lems our water problems," said state 4.442.vote defeat of incumbent Sen. tion tax in the stateto 11% percent, vironmental issues before." GOP Chairman Phil Winn. "He is a Frank Church (0) to Rep. Steve Symms providing $241 million of revenue in "We're just licking our wounds and westerner and it will be 8 great era for ,R). Public opinion polls showed that the next two years. This money will be planning to tackle the issue at county Colorado." Church had a slight lead in the last used for, education, property and in- Voters here seemed to agree. But b come tax relief, and an energy censer- and state levels next," said Perry. Reagan's 55 percent" marzin was his week efore the election. , I t' t t f d th '11hid I e' "But bang-a _ Church and a whole va IOn rus un at WI e p eve op slimmest in the Rocky Mountains. In- alternative'formsofenergy in the state. dependent John Anderson's 11 percent boatload of Democrats sank along with Voters in Moritana moved from col- sharewas one ofthe highest third-party Carter," said environmentalist Scott e...I.TII ...... umn to column Nov. 4, electing a Re- votea in the country. And in other state Reed. "In a state which gave Reagan 73 i;,!llee " I3'eI ~5";l~~ I!I/!!'l publican president~ a Democratic gflv- races, Coloradoans cast one of the more percent uf the vote, one of his biggest ernor, a Republican legislature and a '), wins in the nation, few Democrats could The only surprises in the South congressman from each party, The progressrve ballots in the West. survive." Dakota races were the mara-ins of He- Democratic Sen. .Gary Hart beca me Church said that it was somewhat bli 'to Alth h Se' G state clobbered a .once-popular recycl- one of the few survivors of the National pu rcan VIC ry. oug en. eorge ing initiative but very nearly passed a Conservative Political Action Commit- consoling to go out in such good com- McGovern (D) felt he had closed in on measure that would have restricted pany, referring to the many Democrats Rep. James Abdnor (Ri by election day, h tee campaign by edging maverick chal- disposal of radioactive wastes in t e lenger Mary Estill Buchanan with 50.3 who were washed out in the Reagan he was trounced by 10 percentage state, f "tidal wave:" points. Gov.-elect Ted Schwinden beat Re- percentHart w0 othen onvote.ly 15 f th t te State Sen, Larry Craig and Rep. Campaign contributions of $250,000 countl o e s a ' s 63 George Hansen, both Republicans and to Abdnor from the National Conserve- publican hopeful Jack Ramirez with 56 'es however and s culatfcn fs percent of the vote by running a'cauti- that the '43 ear-old, will tpe to b 'I It supporters of the Sagebrush Rebellion, tive Political Action Committee, and ous campaign which focused on the -y ~ I ry ai ou vigorous opposition from right-to-lifers fCoI ad politics b .• th won terms in the House. The lossoffour "negative" tactics of his opponent. Btl- o or Q I I Yrunmng .or e ' and the United Family Farmers h,elped" presidency in 1984. Meanwhile, pre- ·seats in the state senate dashed en- lings lawyer Ramirez was also hurt • dicts BUchanan, his narrow victory will vironmentalists' hopes for a Democra- to topple the three-term senator. when his own party failed to suppiJrt his make him more conservative. tic margin. "The only shining ray in the uPeople here were afraid that a lib- call for a special legislative session on DemOcratic Rep. Tim Wirth wascom- whole thing was that John Peavey (D) eral who had so much clout in the Se- the closure of the Anaconda smelter. fortably reelected with over 56 percent of Carey won a senate seat,!' ssid Reed, nate could devastate South' Dakota," . The recycling initiative, which of the vote. Citizen Party candidate Dr. Almost two-thirds of Blaine County said Esther Ellie of the South Dakota seemed likely to pass in late-summer Robert McFarland, running on a con- voters approved a zoning ordinance EnvironmentAl Coalition. IIThough a polls, fell to an intensive and ex~psive vert Rooky Flats platform, got less than hanning the construction or operation lot of people know that Abdnor is a big campaign by bottling interests. Mike 1 percent and did not play the spoiler of nuclear power facilities, inCluding zero, they supported him with the idea Males, who headed a citizens group role Wirth had feared. uranium mining and waste storage pro- that at least he couldn't hurt-anything." supporting the measure, said oppo- locumbent Democratic Representa- jects, In the race for Abdnor's House seat, nents of the measure spent as m\lch as tivea Patricia Sch~oeder and Ray Nonuclearplanta are planned forthe Marlboro ad star Glint Roherta (R) rode half a million dollars and the state, Kogovsekwerealaoreelected,whilethe county, but uranium mining claims to an easy victory over Public Utility" which gave Reagan'; landslide; voted state'a other two House seats went to have heen filed. Enforcing the oroi- Commissioner Ken Stofferahn. "Next down any proposals that would have Republicans Ken Kramer and Hank nance, however, may he difficult, says to McGovern, Stofferahn's defeat was meant more. government programs or Brown aa expected. State Atiorney Keith Roark. Tliree~ one of the most serious blows to en- regulation. 10 the state legislature, a Republican quarters of the county is federally- vironmental intereats in the state," But Initiative 84, which would have veto override majority did not owned and federal law may pre-empt 'said Edie. 10 the 1st district, thO\lgh, banned disPosal of uranium wastes and materialUAl, much to Democratic Gov. the local ordinance. Rep. Thomaa Daschle (D) held onto his milrtailings in the state, came within , Richard I:amm.'. relief, and the balance I House seat by a two-to-one margin. He about 2,000 votea of passing, despite a of power remained the same, Republi- IITI MIITI haa supported wilderness preservation $100,000 industry campaign against it. cans gained only one bouse seal measures, strong toxic superfund legis- Initiative author Ed Dobson, and hao- Ballot initiative results were mixed With few exceptions, Democratic· lation. and funds for alcohol fuel,. kers who spent only $1;000 campaign- for environmentalists. Denver met- candidates went down to defeat under An initiative that would have re-' ing for it, expect to use their near-misa ropo1~tan vote~ l"ljjacted a proposed Carter's coattails. The gubernatorial qui red voter approval of uranium to put pressure on the legislature for Il8Iea tax to build"8173-miJe light rail raCe provided the biggest upset in the mines and nuclear development pro- new radioative waste legislation. _ tranaportationSYBtem, wbileJefferson state, with former attornay general jects fizzled, but "We're not going Voters also approved a tonghlobbyiat County v~a!'P~1 1d,;I. . .~'! A~I"""Dlaen (R) defaating tWo-!e,rm, ,hell -up '!\M!I'l,~'I!!\,,!JJlrelo.l!l\1enw. ~.disclos~ law an.d a stale tax indexing t ." ,. II ••-,
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II a II u b!'~!!t!lln~A~111011nl;i1~''I;\!.~1l!!J._.;imt::'::~9:;.~u,,,::o::,J~~~.·l!'::''';:dWl::':D:;If:.Jlli:.;TtT~ll:;:~:;; nor the water needed for revegetation of In addition, there are rumors of mas- the huge sand disposal sites. sive interbaain transfers of water. A 50,000 BPD plant operating for one: Exxon, in recently divulged plans for day would spew out wastes six to eight development ofthe oil shale in western UTA~ stories high on an area the size of a , Colorado, is talking about an 8-foot in football field. diameter pipeline from the Missouri flo;;' many spare 10,000 acre-foot River. TAR parcels of water are there in Utah? A recent DOE report details the water av- OTHER LIMITS ailable for development of each ofthe SANDS major Utah tar sands deposits. The im- Water is not the only potential brake poIj.ant rivers for tbe Uinta Ba_sinde- on tar sands development. Air quality po~its are the Green, the White,-the .aleo may be a serious factor. Here again ,~ Uipta, the Duchesne a~d the Price; the problems are similar to those 'of the SUI--JNYSLO" those for the Tar Sand Tr-iangle are the oil.shale industry. Tar sand processing Dirty Devil, the Green' and .the Col- 'requires the movement of at least as "",-, -.,..."""'...,.-R-.S-A-N-O. --~ orado. , ' .'. much material as oil shale does and the D~SIT the Dirty Devil has an ahnual flow of retorting of similar substances. 73;qOO acre-feet, but itis dry for most of In addition, getting 'to the, deposits the<\.summer. So the ind~stry would could prove to bedifficult. The Tar Sand need either to.builda dam or to pump Triangle 'is surrounded by cliffs. The water up out of the Green or the Col-\ Sunnyside deposits, with' some of the I ora~o rivers. Either option would be ex- thickest and richest veins in Utah, are in pensive and likely to arouse: environ- rugged- mountains. Nomajor road sys- mental advocates. . ~ , tems serve the areas now. and ariother jO 'I'he water situation in the north pipeline would probably be required to :0 -seeins less problematic. Water for the, get the crude to the market . :t!~ .... A~phalt Ridge, w4itl'- ,Rock' develop- Leasing may prove to be the first of ' till!. merit would p·rQ~.~.blycome..from.che many' legal and 'political snarls .. Utah 1'.0 Duchesne River, where competition .seems eager to develop the; sands. But .)'.J wit~agri~ultura) waterappropriations tbe-. la;rgestdeposit, theTar Sand .is lowest. Water for the Sunnyside de- Tr iangle, Iies partly. within the Glen 10' velopment would come from the Price 'Canyon National Recre~tion Area; and jU River, where high salinity ..may cause a can be viewed from Canyonlands Na- " '._.j -. .- I '~ problem, and from t!;Ie Minnie Maud tional Park just to the' east. Similar -River. which would require a dam. problems face. anyone who would de- , Though Willow,Creek could potentially velop the Circle, Cliffs deposi t, part of I supply enough water for minimal pro- which lies within Capitol Reef'National ., , ,'f "~, . _ ",' 9u~~~j.o~f~o~':th~ ,~.R:'iSpri~g.Hill Park-, ~ -1' ;~-j, •.'_:l .....;~·.;1;:,;._-,·.·I: 'sands devebopmerit could take 'place' -shale. industry.. .Creek~area, the .n1 by Jack KutZ bald and golden eagle habitats and used in federal coal leasing, butPRLA The heaviest impact of the 'proposed many sites sacred to the Navajo people. rights acquired prior to the establish- mining would be on 1,400 Navajo The Chaco-San Juan region' of Water is scarce, and the fragile' soils ~ent of new coal leasing procedures in families living in th"'e coal region, many northwestern New Mexico covers an and arid climate make successful re- 1976are still valid. The Department of ofwhomcouldbedisplacedifieasesare area 'nearly the size of Rhode Island. clamation difficult. Interior is expected to use various developed. Although many Navajos Within its arid boundaries lies an esti- Within a decade coal miiling in the criteria - commercial quantities of support federal coal leasing ~aU8e it mat,ed 200 billion tons of low-sulphur SanJuanBasincould,reach 75.4 mdl\ion coal, market needs and environmental would mean job opportunities in an coal, much of it strippable.Of that, tons annually at a high level rate of impacts - in processing PRLAs. area of chronic underemploYll)ent, op- about 28 billion tons is federal coalthat production, according to Department of In Chaco·San Juan, action on 26 position has also been exprllssed. Tribal the 'Bureau of Land Management in- Interior estimates. PRLAs, covering 75,500acres, has been officials are watching the,lel\8ing p~- tends to begin leasipg to mining com- Currently BLM is inventorying the pending for more than a decade. ram closely but have not yet q,ken a panies in 1983. resources of this desert regi,on. Meet- According to BLM Public Informa- position. However, in addition to a wealth of ings were held during October tion Officer Jeff Radford, '!The praces. Traditionaf Navajos see Mining as a coal, the Chaco-SanJuan area al80con- throughout the Four Corners area and sing of those PRLAa would seem to be violation of their spiritual philosophy, tains a complex set of problems. in Albuquerque to receive public com- the critical issue, since that would which Viewsthe earth as a living and Once, this coal region was the center ment8 on the impact of strip mining the --. bypass ,the normal land use planning life-giving entity. They believe the of the Chaco Anasazi cUlture; it now Chaco-San Juan. system, and would also deny surface spirit would be disrupted through the contains the widespread archeological In addition to its inventory, BLM has owners the right to consent or not con- destruction of burial sites. They also ruins ofone ofthenatioDs's mostimpre- begun an environmental analysis oli a sent to leasing of their land for coal fear the loss of grazing lands, lowered ssive prehistoric civilizations. Re- number of preference right lease appli- development." water tables and forced relocation of mnants of that civilization, as well as cations (PRLAsl located in the heart A New Mexico -citizens' group; the their homes. sites ofspiritualimportance to,Navajos, of the strippable region. ,Mount Taylor Alliance, has objected The BLM intends to process all of the could be destroyed. The PRLAs are proepecting permits strongly to the processing of the PRLAs by August, 1982, and will make The area's paleontological wealth is issued by the federal government to PRLAs. In a paper prepared for the Oc- decisions on the other fedemI coal areas of international iinportance; its vast companies to explore for coal in areas taber meetinga, the Alliance noted, by September;\O, 1981. ' fossil deposits bridge the critical period whereworltable deposits are not known "The stripmdning' Of just thePRLAa ,('- - - . between the extinction of the dinosaurs to exist. Ifa company demonstrate8 tbe "lone will create a national sacrifice Jack Kutz is a freelance writer beeed alld the emergence of mammals. existence of commercial\y minable coal .. , '\'l'a, but" there j~W pNYil!ionin the ' !'l~llll'luempl',j'f,M., ~areh fOrthis ) ,.' Also"~tliin the CIui~-Sa':"Juan lio);": ,it can obtain leases to mine th'l:~t/W ~~~~MItt~:fl\if RlIblic Jt.r.l _~F.18 !W~~il!¥,l1 ',fl1rJ>y:, fue .J{CN. He- ·'~mJ. . 'll'Ji'Wii;JJ;lJiJillt < ~~~;-tl~\\~~""kv.~ " .. i: t..I'r-:r.;"~-? ..-;.,,,,~'i"l' .... f",s .. ,,8: ..' ...... ), ~ ..--f'-f"-i·'l'f-;""'~"',~,u.•_...., iII,*"~",,,§V'C--,,,,""'a). .. ,",. ~ "~~.:. ;·,.:·v.-.·.-...... ~~:."":...... :..:..:.::.:.;-);::>J 1;~ 1~'.£""..J... ~ ..... ,~~M._..." ...~. '~' . ll".R~Ttrs a-High Country News - Nov. 14,1980 Building a home where the huffalo (wolf). DaD·roa -, Story and photos by Roger Case There are about twice that many still to more secluded spot in the wolves' The foundation has an" adopt-a-wolf ;keptical a u , come. He's working feverishly to finish natural range, a place where he could program, with donors from throughout subspecies, hD~ Jack Lynch is bringing buffalo the holding pens before winter sets in. get away from some of the hassles the world contributing $35 a month to Lynch saidJl too well witt wolves back home. As Lynch walks up to the pens, some brought on by people. help sustain one of the animals. .It's been 50 years since the last buf- of the wolves come to greet, him. He "We chose the most remote area we Getting' food for the wolves is the ganizedto prot falo wolf was seen in the wilds of Mon- touches them at the fence, and may go could find, and yet it's beautiful. It's the biggest concern. With an adult wolf eat- ganizations w~ ing 35-40 pounds of meat a week, Lynch old crocodil.. t< tana. Now, in the mountains high inside to caress one. home range of these animals. We have above the Paradise Valley southwest of two thoughts in mind. We don't want to goesfhrough 2 \1, tons a week. The me your mene- "Aren't they beilUtiful?" he says. bother people and we don't want people weekly feeding cost is $500. He said the (Ed, note: iii; Emigrant, it's back in its natural envi- Over the years, Lynch has given up to bother us," Lynch said. wolves can't eat dog food because they such groups I ronment. most of what he owned to take, care of For a time, he allowed the public to don't have enzymes to break down cere- with Lynch. W The buffalo wolf, Canis lupis the wolves. Twenty years ago he was a pay to see the wolves. The money was als. , wolves shoull nubilis, also goes by the names lobo, superintendent with a construction needed to help feed the animals. But To feed the wolves in Pennsylvania Yellowstone 1 prairie wolf or loafer -,the latter be- firm. cause it was known to lull its prey by that ended two years ago, not because and Washington, Lynch received state edtoa~1 approaching in a casual and unhurried- . "I had my nest made," he said. "I he no longer needed the financial sup- permission to pick up animals that had of Wildlife W way. The buffalo wolfs range once ex- dealt with all the crooks in Chicago and port, but because it was not what he been killed on the highways, and he Dick Randall]; tended from Canada as far south as Ok- Milwaukee. We were building bridges wanted' for the wolves. hopes to get permission to do the same should be bnl, lahoma. and highways, and we were cutting up "This is not a carnival," Lynch S8\d. in Montana. In the past, he has had the and set free iP the pie. I had a nice airplane and I had a For 20 years Lynch has been nurtur- "We have done television work in good cooperation of ranchers, who have "We'r.e jW¢ nice boat and I had a nice pad and 1had· ing these wolves. Recently, he purch- taste," he adds: ('We turned down !Real given him downed animals, and slaugh- said. He v~ a convertible." . ' ferheuses which have given him scraps. i ased 160 acres in a remote spot in the People.' We're not funny." th~ wolve~ ICf Gallatin Range, where he's moving the His life changed in 1960 when he He bristles when he speaks of the Even though money has often been a -"The only w: wolves from a compound on the Olym- read a magazine article about a physi- "ripoff artists" who have crossed wolves problem, Lynch is leery of government these animals pic Peninsula in the state of Washing- cian in Pennsylvania named E.H. with dogs for the commercial market. grants. H..':"safraid of what might hap- event we were "ton. McCleery who had been keeping the Most people don't realize the extent of pen to the wolves if some government Montana HOi! "Their environment is here," Lynch wolves for 40·years, He set out to see this crossbreeding, he said; and the agency got into the act. this is Montat said. "The capabilities of survival are McCleery arid his wolves and found the problem it creates for the wolfs image.' He's fed up with "every little pimply- .ple of Montah here, not' in the state of Washington. doctor impoverished and in ill .health.r ~.fh~se "damn dog-wolf crosses" are a faced freak that's on a (government) "Western h They lose the characteristics of the sub- The wolves' attr.aetion'lmIT;ediately much more ignoble breed 8!1dmay very program tell ing us how to raise tory. That's" species if they stay out of their envi- gave Lynch's life a new meaning. well attack anything that runs. wolves." European aI}Y rcnment for a-long peri04 of time." ... McCleery felt he found the right-man to The wolves are individuals, Lynch And he's suspicious of a lot of so- and this is Pi] Witli Lynch i1! Mary Wheeler, a carryon his work, .and soon Lynch said, each with its own personality. But called academic research. There is a co- talk about At woman tynch says "does the work of purchased the doctors's farm and the the wolf society is a structured one, venant running for the l'ife of the tory, this is A two men." She found him seriously ill in lobos, and took over the job of keeper of with a definite hierarchy. At the top are McCleery Foundation stating that the plucked right 1976 and nursed him back to health. the buffalo wolves. A few months later, the alpha wolves, the leaders. They are wolves cannot be used for research. He - alive, no.tlt Since then, she" has also become the doctor died. followed because of their strength or- feel's too much research is tied to the they're living "fiercely devoted" to the wolves' wel- The wolves now are the 10th and 11th wisdom or some other, more intangible availability of funds, grants and power dying, they're fare. generation offspring of McCleery's first characteristics. Further down the so- and is not in the animals' best interests. are, And they On the property, holding pens are' wolves. One large, beautiful wolf called cial order are the betas, gammas and There are no reliable reports of buf- going up with- high chain-link fences. "Montana" is a direct descendent of a omegas. falo wolves in the wild for the past 50 These pens are only temporary. Once wolf caught in the state ani! sent to Lynch's efforts depend on the years, There are a few timber wolves in Roger Ca~ settled in, Lynch will divide the wooded McCleery by Barney Brannin, who still generosity of those who donate money some parts of the country, but the ex- journalist bas property into large fenced sections, lives in Big Timber. and food for the' wolves. To handle the perts agree with Lynch - this is it for This article each with a:family of wolves. Lynch has Later, Lynch moved the wolves to contributions, the Dr. E.H, McCleery the buffalo wolves. Livingston E already brought 41 of the wolves here. Washington, but he wanted to find a Wolf Foundation, Inc., was established. (Ed. note: Some wildlife experts are for by the He CHAIN-lJNK FENCES are all that Sl the wilds they once inhabited. He beli. irlia fenced area. ~"- Nov. 14, 1980 - High Country News-9 anral wolf ;keptical a ut the purity of Lynch's lout subspecies, wever.) , ._ h to Lynch sai~he also doesn't' get along too well witt many of the clubs or- the ganized to prc\teetwildlife - "those or- eat- ganizations who run around crying big 'nch old crocodile;tears and hollering 'give The me your money.' " i the (Ed. note: Nor are representatives of . .hey such groups altogether comfortable ere- with Lyncb. Where Lynch feels captive wolves sbouil be reintroduced to the mia Yellowstone ecosystem but restrict- tate ed to a ~nced area, Defenders had of Wildlife yaming .representa~i.ve I he Dick Randall. hinks wild wclf'families arne should be b ught down from Canada the and set free *' the park, unfenced.) lave "We'r.ej~~wolf ranchers," Lynch ugh, s.aj~. He VOj no one wilt" ever" exploit 'ape. the wolves .profit. . . ena ."The only ay we would ever exhibit aent these animals again would be in the" hap- event we wete to work with maybe the nent Montana Httorical Society, because this is Mon~a history. This is the pea- .ply- .ple of Mon a's heritage>. lent) "Western istory is American his- aise tory. That's hat we have. We're not European ~more; we're Americans, r so- and this is rt of our world. When we a co- talk about erican heritage and his- the , tory, this is i. This is a piece thatwas ; the plucked righ dut ofthe past and saved I. He - alive, not uffed.They're breathing, ~the they're living, they're loving, they're rwer dying, they're reproducing, just like we ests, are. And they've cart-ied on." buf- st 50 es in Roger ,Ca~ is a photographer and CANIS LUPIS NUBIUS also known as the buffalo wolf, used to ~ ex- journalist based in Livingston, _Mont. roam North America from Canada south as Car as Oklaboma. The . It for This articl first appeared i.n- the wolf got the nickname "loafer" because of its casual way of ap- Livingston Enterprise, and was paid proaching prey. ~are for hy the HeN Research Fund. IO-High Country News - Nov.14, 1980 Wirth's EMB _revival puzzles many Capitol - .. - , . ,. Even before the campaign 'pamphlet waivered in that," aide Dave Aylward position of Congress in the Nov. 4 elec- appeared. environmentalists had other declared. tions have made the outcome of the reasons for fearing the EMB was 'not The White House, which had fought -Iame duck session unpredictable. Sev- Currents completely dead when a compromise hard for the EMB, watched the latest eral pivotal pieces oflegislation are still between House and Senate EMB lelii.- round of negotiations from the likely to be considered: lation suffered a defeat by a 101-vote sidelines. But the interest remains. The Alaska Lands Bill - A package by Lonnie Rosenwlild margin last summer in the House, The "We'd like to have an Energy Mobiliza- of amendments is awaiting action in bigge~t reason was a series of meetings It was the kind of last-minute politi- tion Board and we'd like to have an the -House. Environmentalists are cal move that can get a candidate in hot between members of the staffs ofWirth, Energy Mobilization Board as close to "reasonably optimistic" the bill will fellow EMB opponent Mo, Udall water with some of his most ardent the original concept as possible," a pass, according to Bob Livemash of the tD-Ariz,) and EMB proponent John , sup'porters. White House stall' member said. Environmental Study Conference, but : When Colorado Democrat Tim Wirth Dingall (D-Mich.), Udall ana Dingell Most environmental groups believe whether the amendments will clear the, osent (jut a eampaign flyer that included also exchanged four letters in which the EMB is dead, at least for now. Senate is a bigger question, he said.Tf an expression of support for the red- they strove to reach common ground on "There's a 30 percent chance an effort the amendments die, the House may the EMB matter, Udall sent 'the first tape 'cutting 'EnergyMobilization will, be made to revive the Gift Set-all four vQlumes $14.90 f A perfect gift. Peregrine Smith. Inc. Imprinted with the Box 667. Layton, QT 84041 HeN Mountain Goat, S....,f I,,, , ..t..IJ.s. IUI"h ',". ,,,1.1 .~%."1"'-' l,lX, - these streamlined flyers are exceptionally maneuverable Dying east of Yosemite Is America's oldest. most life· productive inland sea. 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State & Zip : .. 1 I .., ••• i~ _.~ ..., . , .Nov. 14, 1980 - High Country News-It Western Roundup , " :" .. : EPA tackles .air-water Yriolatiofls~in Utah State officials' and' U.S. Steel The negotiations were often heated ,necotf Minerals Co..W ,further control' executives have reached. an agreement - the company,threatened to shut its air emissions in ,the:S"I£'Lake ~ a, with the U.S. Environmental Protec- down. the operation if EPA insisted on . . The company's' c0J'~el'.:,8melter at. tion Agency on new air and wa ter qual- strict controls. In light ofthat, most ob- Magna is within ~ight Mrcent of the . ity controls at the company's Geneva servers say EPA got a surprisingly "i",tionsl primary ait Standa'rds for sul- plant, near Salt Lake City. strong agreement. . fur dioxide, but 'new Act to protect their 'habitat. , $10 for each, additional one;) '" ':::-:.: ... T' • . , ._;."..~ 1-\ ._.;< ,->- Lynn Ludlow, manager o(the Cen- Mail to HCN, Box K, Lander WY82520. tral . Utah Water Conservancy ,. District, predicted a "shutdown ofall fu- ture water resource development-in the ( ) Ye~, I'd like to give a year of'HCN to: upper regions. of the river." Sen. Orrin Hatch (R- Utah) said, "Bad 'ruies are born when good laws' are -Nam'e ~ . twisted like tliat," referring.to the Tel~ Address . lico,.Dam in Tennessee, which was held , City : : , . upin deference to the enpangered snail darter:' . State & Zip : . "It w.ould be tragic to let this past , " ' - error'of government stand in the way of ... Name : : . Name : :::,:' . a· much-needed dam and stand in the w:ay or-this nations's ene.rgy indepen- . Address :.: : , , Address : , . dence," he said. . City :., ~ :.; . City :..: : :.;..:..f~·:,.~.; . And Daniel Lawrence, head of the .. ,,-. . State & Zip : . ah Division of Water Resou~s;'told State & Zip ...:.: ;· ; . th . seretNewsthattheendangered speCl 'ssue threatened. Utah's lead in . ( ) Please send a gift card in my name. shOwin e~feaeral government and Q • '. other states,\ow to develop oil shale. . The proJect'~~ackerswere reacting, r.' In part, to a rece"l U.S. Fish.& Wildlife' Service ststemenb;that fUrther reduc- ' j tion"'in.theriver'Sn"""'_ldf'lmlii-ljj-lll!l_o!! '"""4he'~~~ """,,~\.~~--=_.~:=~=. , , . 12-High Country New •• Nov. '14. 1980 State of Wyoming Public Notrce PURPOSE OF PUBLIC NOTICE State of Wyoming to represent "beet available treatment." However the permit also contains 8 "reopener" clauae which requires that the permit be modified it-more stringent limitations are developed at the federal T!'EPUIlPOSE OF THlSPUBLIC NOTICE IS TO STATE THE STATE OF WYOMING'S INTENTION TO level. Diecharge pointOOl contains a limitation on turbiditywhicb requires that the pennit bemodified ifmore ISSUE WASTEWATER DISCHARGE PERMITS UNDER TIlE FEDERAL WATER POLLlITlON CON· stringent limitation8~developed at the federal level. Discharge point 001 contains a limitation on turbidity TROL Ac:r AMENDMENTS OFI972 lFWPCAA), P.L, 92·500 AND THE WYOMING ENVnlONMENTAL which allows an increase of 10 NTU's above the level of turbidity in Rock Creek Reservoir. Thialimitation is QUALITY ACT (35-11·101 ... eeq., WYOMING STATUTES 1957, CUMULATIVE SUPPLEMENT 1973). necessary. to insure compliance with Wyoming's Water Quality Standards for turbidity. Discharge point 001 also contains a requirement that Total ZiDC monitored on a regular basis. This requirement is included IT IS THE STATE OF WYOMING'S INTENTION TO ISSUE WASTEWATER DISCHARGE PERMITSTO beeauee a zinc based co~pound is used 88 a corrosion inhibitor within the system. Discharge point 002 (I) On. TREATER FACILITY, TO MODIFY (I) MUNICIPAL PERMIT, TO RENEW '(2) INDUSTRIAL contains additional limitations on BODS. fecal coliform bacteria, and total residual chlorine' since these PEllMITS, (I) STATE GOVERNMENT PERMIT, (3) MUNICIPAL PERMITS, (1) COMMERCIAL PERMIT pollutants are B880Cia~ with the saoitary waste treatment 'plant. AND (15) On. TREATER PERMITS, The proposed permit requires monitoring of all limited parameters on a regular basis witb reporting of results quarterly. The proposed permit also includes standard language requiring control of runoff from APPIJCANT INFORMATION disturbed areas and containe an e.xemption from eflluent'limit.a.tions in the event of a ten-year 24 hour (I) APPOCANT NAME, Toco Corporation precipitBtion event. The permit is scheduled to expire December 31, 1985. P.O. Box 338 (5) APPIJCANT NAME, Wyoming Highway Department Newcaetle, Wyoming 82701 MAn.ING ADDRESS, P.O. Box 1708" FACILITY LOCATION, Wade Unit, BElA, SElA, Cheyenne, Wyoming 82001 section 18, T44N, R63W Weston County, Wyoming FACILITY LOCATlbN, Summit Rest Area, seven mites east of Laramie Wy·OO28983 Albany County, Wyoming Facility is a typical oil treat_located in Weston County, Wyoming. The produced water is separated from Wy-0020982 the petroleum product through the use of beater treate1'8 and skim ponds. The discharge is to Mush Creek FACllJTY LOCATION, Atlantic City Mine and Mi).1 (9) APPUCANT NAME, ' Paul K. Ely Fremont County, Wyoming MAn.iNG ADDRESS, 507 Rohan Avenue PERMIT NUMBERo Wy.0003·174 Gillette, Wyoming 82716 ~ The United States Steel Corporation operates an .n.pit iron on: (taecmite) mine near Atlantkl City, FACn.1TY LOCATION, Rawhide Village I &: ll. Wyoming. 1'be Corporation also operatee an ore ccmeentrating plant which is located. at the mine Bite. If nortbwest Bide of the Cityf:.l There are two wastewater cIiacharp points B880ciated with the operation. DiIlCbarp point 001 consists of Gille~. Wyor.,ilg 1OUng aeepage and overilow from the recirculation (reclaim) basin off'tbe mill tailings pond. During the put aeveral Campbell County, W· years the ~.tion has improved the operation or its recireulation I}'IIteIi1 from the tailings pond back tothe ..-y.0024881 concentrating plant aDd di8cbarp.ool baa consisted only of seepage through the tailings dam. 'n1is Be8pep PERMIT NUMBER, water is of high quality. DiIcbarp 001 makes up the entire flow of Rock Creek (Class U 8tr8am) ilnmediately below the tailing8 dam. ~,._ ". ' Rawhide Village I and nis subdivision.loeated on the northwest side of the City ofGiilpd, Wyoriling. The Di8c:bar. point 002 coDld8t8ofninoff-'P&ge and drainage from the mine and plant area plus the effluent village is .rveel by an extended aeration package plant followed by 8 two cell nod·8#lI"8tedlagoon. U~der from 8 sm8lJ package treabilSDt plant whicb treats the 8BDitar'y wute from the concentrating plant and normal cireumBtaDcea the lagooii does not discharge, however. if a discbarge did oceUr it would be to Little offices. Discharge point 002 entAD Slate Creek (Claa U 8tream) which is a tributary of Rock Cre;ek. Rawhide Creek. (eIus IVstre8ln) via unnamed cira.inqe. ' '. The pro,.8d s-rmit require/I imnMdi8te c:ompliamee with einuent lim.ltations which are CODSideftld by the The proposed permit requires compliance with National Secondary Treatment Stan~~~3r.~r~ng'8 '~ ...... I.•.h"O.'(.'" Nov.14, 1980 - High Country News-13 Bulletin Board COMPUTERS ON WHEELS SAGE REBELS LET'S RECREATE WILD MONTANA Having trouble analyzing your local Join the League for the Advancement of How to expand recreation opportunities is The Montana Wilderness Association is Landsat satellite imagery? The MATE Van States' Equal Rights (LASER) and other the focus of a' new Heritage Conservation cOuld be just for you. A modified 30~foot holding its 1980 Convention December 5 and promoters of the Sagebrush Rebellion for a and Recreation Service program, and they motor coach: the computer on wheels is Nov.20~22 conference in Salt Lake City. Bil- 6 in Helena. On the agenda is a sagebrush would like your advice. Improving programs rebellion debate. a discussion of prairie wil- sponsored by NASA's remote sensing prog- led, "Agenda for the '80s: A New Federal for the disabled and' elderly, emphasizing ram. It is touring the 14 western states to Land Policy," the affair is a strategy session derness. strategies for alliances, and, of public transportation and increasing the av- course, a happy hour. Contact by Nov. 28: encourage potential users to take advantage for managing the public domain. For more ailability nfland are some of the agency's 12 of ·the Landsat technology. Cropland or MW A, Box 635, Helena, Mont. 59624. information:.'LASER, Suite 696, Kennecott new proposals, published In the October 31 forestland inventories. land use planning Bldg., Salt Lake City, Utah 84133. Federal Register. To comment (by De- and. weed control arejust someoftbe natural cember 1>,or for more information, contact: PUBLICITY POWER resource .asseaamenta being promoted by Division of Nationwide Recreation Plan- A public relations-media handbook for NASA through ita aatellita Imagery. The ning, HCRS,'440 G. Street, N.W., Room 204, energy activists has. been published by the program is targeted for government and in- Washington, D.C. 20243. Center for Renewable Resources . .Ita 30 dustry users. But why not others? Contact: pages contain notes on news releases, media MATE Facility Manager, NASA Ames Re- access. hot tips, and cable television. .The search Center. Mail Stop 242~4. Moffett· pamphlet. "Publicity is Power," can be ob- Field, Calif. 94035. HOMESTAKE HEARING tained for $2 from the group at 100 1 Connec- EYEING THE LEGISLATURE Homestake Mining Company's uranium ticut Ave. NW.-Suite 510, Washington, D.C. INSIDE NEW MEXICO Legislative analyses of the 1980 Colorado mill and tailings disposal site in Gunnison, 20036. and Wyoming legislatures are nowavaila- Colo., is the subject of a Dec. 10·12 public A series of 32 detailed -reporta and 23 cor- ble. For Colorado, contact the Colorado Open hearing. The state Department of Health porate profiles of the powers-that-be in New WlNDU Space Council, 2239 East Colfax Avenue, will be considering evidence for issuing or MexiCo has been published by New Mexico The Solar Energy Research Institute is Denver, Colo. 80206 ($5 for the analysis, or .denying a radioactive materials license and People and Energy. The categories include hosting its second wind energy conference in $10 for a subscription to the 1981 legislative a sub-surface disposal system permit. For land, industry. the upper class, and natural bulletin and analysis), For Wyoming •.con- Colorado Springs on December 3-5. The resources. A 52-page summary entitled more information, to review a copy of the meeting is for investors, manufacturers, in- tact the Wyoming Outdoor Council. Box license request, or to sign up-to testify, con- '''Who Runs New Mexico" is available for novators and researchers in the wind energy 1184, Cheyenne, Wyo. 82001 ($2 donation for tact: Dr. Robert Arnott, Colorado Depart- $2.50. Contact NMPE, Box 4726, Albuquer- field. For more information: Conferences the analysis, or $7 for a subscription to the ment of Health, 4210 E. 11th Ave.,_Denver, que, New Mexico 87196. 1981 legislative bulletin and analysis). Group, SERI, 1617 Cole Blvd., Golden, Colo. Colo. 80220. 80401; (303) 231·7361. In-Stream Water Quality Standards effective immediately. In addition, the proposed permit requires self- (16) APPliCANT NAME: mcnrtcring of effiuent quality and quantity on a regular basis with reporting ofreaulte quarterly. The penD'it Cork Petroleum.an opera~ is scheduled to expire December 31, 1985. company of Agnew-Bullivaq i;nterprizee, Inc. (10) APPUCANT NAME: Koch Production Company MAILING ADDRESS: P.O.BoxS26 MAILING ADDRESS: P.O. Box 850' Cody, Wyoming 82414 Worland, Wyoming 82401 FAClLITY LOCATION: Freudenthal Lease. SW%, FACILITY LOCATION: Nowood Lease NWI4, NE%, Section 35, T.(3N, R94W, Hot Springs County. Wyoming Section 8, T48N, R90W. Washakie County, Wyoming PERMIT NUMBER: Wy-0028070 PERMIT NUMBER: Wy-0026140 (17) APPUCANT NAME: Getty Oil ComPlWY Facilityis Ii typical oil treater located in WaahakieCounty, Wyoming, The produeed water isseparated from the petroleum product through the use of heater' treaters and-skim ponds. 'Fbe diScli&fge is to CottonwOod MAILING ADDRESS:' ~ 'P.O. Box 3360 Creek (Class IV) via an unnamed drai~ge, Casper. Wyoming 82602 The discharge must meet Wyomi~'s Produced Water Criteria'etrective immediately. No chemicallimita- nona have been imposed on this facility except for oil and grease (lO mg-l) and pH (6.5-8.5). This,isdue to the FACILITY LOCATION: Lake Creek Well No. 22, extreme aridness of the area which allows for beneficial use of the water for agricultural purposes. There is no Section 14. T.(3N. R92W. evidence to Indicate. that limitations more stringent than'the Produced Water Criteria are needed to meet Hot 8pringa County, Wyoming Wyoming's Water Quality Standards. The Department will oontin~~ to evaluste the discharge and, ifneces- sary, will modify the pennit if evidence indicates that more stringent limitations are needed. . PERMIT NUMBER: Wy-0024830 Semi-annual self-monitoring is required fo~all parameters with the exception of oil and grease. which must be monitDred, quarterly. The proposed expiration date for the permit is December 31. 1984. (IS) APPUCANT NAME: Koch Production CoJ:nP8ny (11) APPLICANT NAME: MAILING ADDRESS: Ajax Oil Company P.O.Boxsro MAILING ADDRESS, Worland. Wyoming 82401 P.O. ,Box 1584 Billings, Montana 59100 FACILlTY LOCATION: Spence Dome Unit, SEIA, FACILITY LOCATION, SE%..Section 5, T54N. R94W, A,ju State Lease, SE\4; Big Hom County. Wyoming ! Section 16, T49N, R91W, PERMIT NUMBER: L BiS_Horn County. Wyoming Wy-0026123 PERMIT NUMBER: • Wy-0026417 (19) APPLICANT NAME: Mapco,lnc. (12) APPUCANT NAME: American Beryllium ... MAILING ADDRESS: Oil Corporation 1a.3 Lewis Avenue - Suite 202 MAILING ADDRESS: BilliDgs, MontoDa 59100 ' 866 South State Street FAClLlTY LOCATION: Salt Lake City, Utah SUll &ate llO2867 Lease, FACILlTY LOCATION: Section 16, "I'49N R91W, Wildb .... Butte Field, NEI4, BllrllorD County, Wyvmiug SWIA.Sec::tion2,T42N.R93W. PERMIT NilMBER: Hot Sprinp County, WyomiDg Wy-0026011 I PERMIT NUMBER: (20) FACILITY LOCATION: Wy-D228291 Wyoming B0299 Lea., (3) APPLICANT NAME: Section 17. T49N. R91W, Amoco Production ComJl8:DY Big Hom Countr. \V)'OIIIiDg, MAILING ADDRESS: PERMIT NUMBER: P.O. 80:1:689 . - Wy-002S020' PoWell. Wyoming 82435 FACILlTY LOCATION: (21) APPLICANT NAME: Pan American Pond, Marathon Oil Compouy HIlA, Seetion23. T51N, R93W, Big Horn County. Wyoming . MAILING ADDRESS: P.O. BoJ: 120 PERMIT NUMBER: Cuper, Wyomiug 82802 Wy-Q025003 , -f.~ FACILITY LOCATION: (14) APPUCANT NAME: Conoco, lne. -_ - 31. T48N,lI9OW,Dome Field, MAlLlNG ADDRIlSS: W_e CauDty. Wyomiac 907 Rancho Road PERMlT NUMBER: Cuper, Wyoming 82061 Wy-0000781 F ACILlTYLOCATlON: Buftalo 044048 Lease, (22) APPLICANT NAME: PoIn>-lAowls Corporation - 26, T49N. R91W, Big Horn County, Wyoming IfAlLING ADDRi!SS: P.O. Box 73 Hamil Dome. WJOIDiDlI824Z/ PEiooT NUMBER: Wy_ FACILlTY LOCATION: (15) FACILlTY LOCATION: E W...... ~ UIlit, - Ilonsma &ate B Bsttery, SE~, Seetioa _ T43N.~W, NE\4, Section 36, T49N, R91W, HotSpriDpCauDty. W~ Bllrl/em County. Wyomiug ~'i" PERMlT N1lMBEB: ''1 PERM!T'NvMBBR: " Wy.OOlI51ll8 Wy-OOOl028 (ccntinued on PlIlP' 14) • Lm. R.... _ Tarv-t LRT 14:High Coantry News - Nov. 14, 1980 Dpinion A hordrock tox for todoy's .ills, tomorrow's impacts The town of Anaconda; has lived for years in the craggy shadow of the smelterworks sprawling on the hillside above it; for generations, the smelter has provided the community's lifeblood. 'Now it is only a lifeless shade., ~ It seems particularly ironic that in a state which has been accused of salting away too much money to soften the impact of the current coal boom, little is being done to help Anaconda. The town is a remnant of another era - the last drop of blood from the copper wound slashed by Marcus Daly across Deer Lodge County. Some are campaigning for big bucks. to rejuvenate Anaconda (see Jerry Plunkett's guest editorial). But there is no indication thst the Republican legisla- ture will dip into coal tax revenues, or take-other radical steps. At most, legislators are likely to offer low interest loans to businesses and homeowners. Photo by David Spear State Sen. Tom Towe to-Billings), who made a name for himself as the architect . of Montana's coal severance tax, intends to introduce a bill to subject hardrock as far north as Helena. Towe's proposal would lessen the chances of more sad mining to a similar tax - 30 percent of the mineral's value. The bill would cover shadows in Montana's future. Ana we wouldlike to see it used today.ito help copper, silver, platinum and other hard-rock minerals (but not, perhaps, uranium). Anaconda, It would set up ahardrock fund which could borrow income from the state's Anaconda should not be written off as a shade from the old days, The workers swelling coal-funded constitutional.trust fund in its early years, so it could become there don't want to leave, and they win get enough assistance' to stick it out this useful immediately. Eventually, the trust fund would be paid back from hard- year. 'I'hat.is time enough - ifthere is money enough - to start building a new and rock revenues. , renewable indusfrial base. Towe is looking ahead to the likely development of platinum deposits in the Of course, to take money from the constitutional trust fund, or even from a new Stillwater Complex, that beautiful blanket of ranchland that is nestled in the hardrock fund, and use it for Anaconda, would VIolate one of the «rules" of wise mounded pi1lows of the Absarokas. Ironically, a corporate relative of the Anaconda severance taxes: Apply. the revenues to the location that generated them. But' Copper Co. is one of two companies busily exploring mineral claims in the Stillwa- forget the rules. They only govern the "responsible" approach to severance taxa- ter. Towe would also like to use the hardrock tax to revive Anaconda. - tion. The truth is, nobody knows how much revenue is needed to repair the damage The senatozo'sproposal isjoined. by another, now circulating in initiative form, to ~of mining a particular are, and nobody knows hoy! ultimately the presently ac- set up a Community Readjustment Fund, paid for by industry, that would provide cumulatingconstitutional trust fund revenues will be spent. This is a good time to relief for workers laid off in large-scale shut-downs. Both-proposals should geta be more than responsible - helping Anaconda requires that we be imaginative and serioue look frOm: Iegislators, if the shadow of the Anaconda smelter stack reaches humane. _ GOG feet, on July 6 - or the female was - Colorado's 2nd congressional district) Constitutions's 14th Amendment the male W$$ a'lit,t1e 10w~., ..repcrtedby F.B. The Citizens Party will rise Equal Protection Clause, doesnot apply Tony Po, litis and Louis Hanebury. again. Don't be so quick to chide Barry to uranium mill ta ifings. Such tailings Commoner. How many times do Under- would have been included under 1-84 M. Eads dogs snap at each other when self proc- because we adopted the federal defini- Sheridan, Wy. laimed leaders get uppity and run for tion of radioactive byproduct.material. office? By the next election there should Opponents ofI-84 advertised heavily be Citizens Party candidates running that it- was 'a'ben on uranium mining, in ·Wyoming. which is not true. However, since we ,1t,,~~. JUST PLAIN RoB. lost a 40-point lead (66-27) between the early October poll and election, one NO HA1'QOAH, BUT FINCHESl ' RADIOACTIVE WASTE " -~::.'i-.~} Dear HCN, muet assume that people believed the DearHCN, "'\' Dear HCN, ads. ,iUack Mountain Field, NW%, 8'!'ATE·EPA 1'ENTAT1VE DETERMINATIONS Section 36, T43N, RD1W, Hot Springs, WYOJJl!ng Tentative determinations 'have been made by the State of Wyoming in cooperation with the EPA ~taff relative to emuen~ limitations and conditions tD be imposed on the pennita. These limitations and conditions- Wy-0002437 will 888Ul'8 that State water quality 8t8ndards and appliCable provisions °of the FWPCAA will be protected. PUBIJC COMMENTS .'.'.'," Joe Webster P.O. Bo. 2238 Public c:omm~niBare invited any~. prior to December 15, 1980. Comments may be directed to ~ C_r, W,.,ming82601 Wyoming Department ofEnvi~nmenA:~ality, Water Quality Di:riB!on,Permits Section, Hathaway Build· ing, Cheyenne. Wyoming 82002, or the U.S.'Environmentai Protection Agency, Region vm. Enf'on:Elment Lab C..u. Field, USB B I.e... Division, Permits Administration and Compliance Branch, 1860 Lincoln Steet. Denver. Colorltdo 80295. All Section 34,Il'43N R91W. comments received prior toDecember 15, 1980 wiD be CODBidered in the formulation offinal determinations to Hot Spriop County. 'Wyoming be imposed on the permits. ...:..- ...... ~. PERMIT NIJIOlERo" . Wy.oool835 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION F_ • .,. ~ ml __ in Sia Horn, H .. -Sprinp ond Wubati COW>li W,..""ma. Tho Additional information may be obtained upon request by calling the State of Wyoming, (30'1) 777-7781, or poocIuood ...... ~,.per8ted Iiom the potroloum prvduet t.hr9uIh lb, .... '" _ and ilkim poIIlIo. EPA, (303) 327"8874, or by writing to the aforementioned addressee. ~ TIle diodwpo to Nowood Ri.... Big H..... Riow and Lab CreoIt (C1aoo D _> imd·Ha,.... Draw, MiltonDraw. w. SprinpCreoltBromeDraw ondMuclCreet (CIoooIV ...... >. naan UIJIUIDIOcIcIraiDap. theThe010ClOIrlplete.. lIpplieatiims, draft. permits and related doCuments are avaUable for review and reproduction' at TIle di8oharIIo8"'-"'" W~, Piodncod W_ Criteria_he _yo Chaptar vn "' .... W...... Wa_Qua!lt)' Iln100 aod BaIUla_ infera thataalonl( ...... Prvduad,Waler Critaria ia _ , Public Notice No: Wy-80-011 ,' .. Nov.14, 1980 - High Country News -15 Dpinion Montanans could save copper communities with coal bucks by Jerry Plunkett We see now that big government IS portant to them, so that they may pre- you're talking nearly half a billion dol- combining WIth big industry to create serve their communities In the same (Ed Note Jerry Plunkett, director of lara that has been essentialty made ob- big problems But when It comes tIme to way that you desire to preserve your solete the Montana Energy and MHD Re- solve those problems or to layout the commumty here search Institute, gave the luncheon I would urge that we preserve these money required for a transrtron, I think that m domg so this orgamza- communities and we preserve the peo- speech at the Nov 8 annual meeting In neither one of them seems to have step- bon could grve the he once and for all to BifIings of the Northern PlaInS Re- ple in them by providing them WIth op- ped up to bat veryqwckly It'suptous,I the charges that are leveled that you source Council The group, composed portunity I don't know what these OJ>" beheve, and organizations like this to are extremists or radicals Beeause mainly of ranchers from southeastern portumties should be, but I do know take positive action while you attempt to prevent the de- Montana, has fought stnp mmmg and that we have the human resources, the Now I reahze thst copper and coal are stabilization of your SOCIalorder here capital resources and the mtellectual other coaldevelopment act! VI ties In the two very different things, but they're by preventmg "x" amount of develop- resources to rebuild those communities region Though Plunkett was assigned both resources, they're both depletable, ment, at the same time the western part to speak on the topic, "The Good News I think that now 15 the tIme for this and the example of copper I think has ofthe state ISreahzmg that there has to About Energy," he Instead chose to orgamzation to be as supportive as pos- done much to prepare this state In a be some sort of replacement economy focus on the plight of the copper- sible Not Just m Butte and Anaconda rational and reasonable manner for the and industrial activity for that which producing western part ofthe state Ex- but In any other Impacted communi ty coal development that may be required ISdeclining In both cases you are try- cerpts from his speech folIow ) The fact 18 that econonuc activity and I would urge that money either from mg to do the same thing - trying to Jobs are Important to people They can the state severance tax trust fund OFIn preserve the values of the community be provided You reahze that a few months ago the the coal tax fund be made available to That IS the key to the state of Mon- closing ofthe Anaconda smelter andre- these communities so that they might tana -- the fact that communities fineries terminated approximately undergo an economic renaissance I'm here do work. 1,500 Jobs That nearly brings to an end suggestIng that a specific plan be put It'SI' value not always weighed on the the era of copper smelting and DUlling together to attract industry to these scale, but It increasingly must be For In the stste on a large scale and that areas Otherwise the losses are gomg to Instance, ifthere are 4,000 homes Inthe may be a good thing be enormous city of Anaconda on-the average worth On the other hand, let's not be so The reason that the people of the $50,000 apiece; that's $200,000,000 heartless or careless as to Ignore the state of Montana, particularly in the worth of homes that are going' to be people In Great Falls and Anaconda eastern part of the state, have fought considered surplus If you also consider and Butte, who have been hIt very hard. agaInst large scale energy development the value of all the public serVIces m ) >- For us to Idly SIt by or to cheer at the has been to prevent the destructIOn of thl't community - the schools, the closmgofthls plant IS to overlook some theIr lIfestyle For the very same roads, the hospItals, the churches and ~~_.' } of the human dImenSIons of the prob- ... 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