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<br />Union Oil selects 2 firms <br />to conduct shale studies <br /> <br />Erology Consultants of Fort <br />({111m." and A<<:hlellnc of 5.10 <br />FranciS('()ha\'e.bo>('nch(l~nb\ <br />Cnion Oil CQ, of Cabfornia to <br />conduct {,n\'ironlTM'ntal b.1s(>' <br />Jill(' studlt"S at rnion's pro. <br />po~d oil shale d..'wlopment <br />projf'ct near Grand \'a11e~ <br />11lestudl{.s....illcvalu.alethl:> <br />('"urn'nt rnnmnmental cmr<u', <br />h_'rblics of III.' area so thallhf' <br />imp.1.ct of future de\elopmenl <br />may Ix> compared \ntn eXI:'!' <br />lug information to mmimilJ' t't, <br />{('CIs of the project on thl> <br />em'ironm!;'nt. according In <br />John ~1. Hopkins. 3('lin~ prt'SI' <br />dent of [moo's smthetlc fllds <br />di\'ision. ' <br />Includr.d in tht> project \\111 <br /> <br />loe an inH'lltorv of wildlife. <br />\egl'l.'ltion. wate'r hre, soil and <br />soli productivity, ambient <br />noiS(' and potential historic or <br />archaeological sill'S in the <br />area_ <br />The firm a1readv has en\'i, <br />ronrnenlal studies In progress, <br />Hopkins addt.>d. Stearns-Roger <br />Inc. (If [>t'nwr is conducting a <br />lTWlt"orological and air qu.'1llty <br />rTl(,nitoring program for the <br />romp.lny_ <br />And, Colorado Inl{'rn<IIi<'lliol <br />Curp. of Boulder is !'tud~'ing <br />the- upper air to a ~ighl 01 <br />5.OC(lrt't't. <br />\\'ood"ard.11vJrfinnson ('(.n, <br />suiting engilll'as {If Denwr is <br />de\dopin~ a water m3l14lgl'" <br /> <br />mrnt pl..n III thl.' \'i(illlt~ (of the <br />pmposed proJ(.(:t, and a IW(l. <br />\t:ar contran tus I_Tn a\\.lrd, <br />f.d 10 (he Vl'p.lrlln('nt of <br />.-\gronfilny at Color.ld., Slale <br />rni\t'n;it~ f"r a It.'>! pWJt'd to <br />grow \egdatlun on pnx't'~*d <br />oilshal(', <br /> <br />So far. lI"pkin~ said. the <br />company I~I!' spl'l1t more than <br />$I mllliun "n ('1l\lmnOi.:nla! <br />programs ft,r tht-projt"t.'( <br /> <br />ThE' ('tllllpany ha" "'1lf\<Jullct'd <br />plans (fir a l..JOOlun-pt'f-day <br />dt'morn.tratiull p!;-m~ to 10: in <br />ron.",tru('!Ion nt.xl It',lf \\llh a <br />commefcial,sc"i.,. 5U.000' <br />barn.+a-day pbnt (l/I the lme <br />by 1980 <br /> <br />0043 <br />