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))fll~h'?D>t IO!z7/7S FINAL HEARINGS IN BOULDER Shale-Loan Issue Covered hearing panel Monday. Rep. K~ Hechler, D-W. Va., was on the hearing panel at Rifle. The hearing is being conducted by the fossil fuels subcomnlittl'f' of the House Committl'e on ScienCt' and Technology. EM'IRO.":\IE\'T,\I.I'A~EL Speaking all the environmental panel, Katherine Fletcher, staff scientist with the F.nvironmt'ntal Defense Fund, cri. ticl1.ed both the rnvironmental impacts and tht> economic assumptions underlying the subsid)' program. "The proposed SO billion subsidy pn> gram lor synthetic fuels development under consideration by this committee Is a blatant example of misplaced effort and money in Congn>ss' and the Ford ad- ministration's attack on the energy problem," shf' said. "It is ill.conceived spt'cial-lntp.rt'St legi5- lalian which will not result in the produc- tion of a noticeable amount of energy, if any. and whil'h will result in extensive, predictable and complete unju~tifiable en. vironm('fltal and sot.'io-economic disrup- tion," she added. E'm states by Including provisions for vetoes by governors and monies for local govf'rnments. ~I..\JOR STATE~fE!'OT G{w. Dick Lamm was to make what aides caned a major policy statement on oil shale before the committee Monday afternoon. Officials told Wirth and two othrr congressmen Saturday at Ri(]f', Colo., that the subsidy program could bring un. wanted socio-economic impacts to the Western Slope shale areas. ~lrs. Diek said the type of aid to the in- dustry en~'isioned by the Jackson provi- sion "would be a curse rather than a blessing," If most optimistic industry pro~tions are C'Ortect. Me said, 700.000 barrE'is of shale oil 'o\'Ould be produced a day in western Colorado b)' 1985. FIGURES GI\'K~ Mrs. Dicit predicted ]28.000 new people would mo\'e into a region of the slate which currently has a population of about 20.000 persons. The Jackson provision, as written. she said. "with this arbitrary amount of mont')' flowing to oil shale would ruin western Colorado as we know iI." Wirth and other congre:<>smen \\ill at. tempt to rewrite the Jackson pro\'ision to include money for loan guarantees for local C1lmmunities which would severely affected by oil shale deveklpment. BELIEF TOLD "I happen to belicve the citizcns of Col- orado shouldn't bE' picking up the tab for a national program," Wirth told ~Irs. Dick_ A panel of cnvironmf'ntalistsalso aJl- pcarl'd at Wirth's hearm~ Rf'p. Phil Hayes, D-Ind., was on the By STEVE "iY!'iKOOP DenH~r Post Staff Writ~r BOuLDER _ Rep. Tim Wirth. o.c.olo., began final hearings here Monday on a pro\'ision 10 guarantee $Ii billion in loans for oil shale and other SjllthetiC fuels de. velnpment, The lad witness at the hearings at the National Center for Atmospheric Re- seareh was State Rep. Nancy Dick. 0- Aspen. who said she oppoSE'S the proposed subsidy program in its p~senl form. JACKSU!'i ACTIO!'i Sen. Henry Jackson, D-Wash.. tacked on the loan guarantee amendment. which C<"luld result in thE' construction of two major oil shale plants, to the Energy Research and Dt'velopmem Administra. tion authorization bill. The biU passed the Senate and goes to a ronfe~nce committee of the House and Senate next week. Wirth. W('stern I:o\'emors and othl'rs are working to soften its imp.let on West. 0065