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<br />Process." As an extension of that process, the State
<br />Planning Office will analyze the procedural and re-
<br />search framework for considering the "Impacts of
<br />energy development. The product of this study will
<br />be a "Guide to Decision-Makiog for the State of
<br />Utah." It should enable State and local olficials to
<br />consider long-range impacts and implications of
<br />energy projects, such as the Kaiparowits Power Plant,
<br />including trade-ofts. benefits and costs, priorities of
<br />projects. and responsibilities for action.
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<br />Contact: State Planning Coordinator, State Capitol
<br />Building, Room 118, Salt Lake City, Utah
<br />84114,1801) 533.5246
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<br />3) Onshore Impacts: State of California
<br />A study similar to the one being done by
<br />MAGRAC will be done by the State of California
<br />to determine and analyze the onshore impacts of
<br />West Coast offshore drilling. This study is designed
<br />to provide very specific information, as much of the
<br />base work. has been done in the State's Coastal P\an.
<br />This plan took three years to prepare and will be pre-
<br />sented to the 1976 State Legislature for adoption.
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<br />Contact: Assistant Regional Administrator, FEA,
<br />111 Pine Street, Third Floor, San
<br />Francisco, California 94111, (415) 556-7216
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<br />Specific Saeio-Economic/Fisca11mpact Studies
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<br />A specifiC impact study can help to identify fiscal
<br />and socia-economic consequences of development of
<br />a given energy project. Such a study may be useful
<br />both in evaluating project proposals and in formulating
<br />precise plans for community response.
<br />A good socia-economic/fiscal study would include:
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<br />Inventory of current conditions,
<br />Projections of employment and population,
<br />Specific impacts of the construction phase,
<br />Housing impacts and needs,
<br />Impacts on public services, private businesses, land
<br />use, and Quality of life,
<br />Fiscal impacts: all public revenues and expenditures,
<br />both capital and operating,
<br />Evaluation af planning and management system,
<br />Recommendations for planning, organizing, con.
<br />trolling land use, and financing.
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<br />Projections should be presented in ranges, to allow
<br />for the inevitable changes in project size and timing.
<br />Examples of recent socia-economic/fiscal impact
<br />studies are presented below:
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<br />1) Substitute Gasification: Navajo Reservation
<br />This study analyzed the feasibility of establishing
<br />a new town on the Navajo Reservation to house em-
<br />ployees of two or more proposed coal gasification
<br />plants. The study used an income model to project
<br />the secondary economic impacts and the likely
<br />town size. Of special concern were the Questions of
<br />town site, attractiveness to workers and families,
<br />changes from the construction phase to the operating
<br />phase, avoidance of a "company town," and financing
<br />problems on a Reservation.
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<br />Refer to: Housing and Community Services for Coal
<br />Gasification Complexes Proposed on the
<br />Navajo Reservation, for EI Paso Natural
<br />Gas Company and Western Gasification
<br />Company, April 1974.
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<br />Contact: Terry McCollister, EI Paso Energy Re-
<br />sources Company. 3535 East 30th Street,
<br />Farmington, New Mexico 87401, (5051
<br />325-2841, ext. 502
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<br />21 Platform Fabrication: Northampton County,
<br />Virginia
<br />In 1974, anticipating the leasing and drilling on off-
<br />shore Outer Continental Shelf IOCS) along the Atlantic
<br />Coast, Brown & Root purchased 2,000 acres for a
<br />platform fabrication facility in Northampton County,
<br />Virginia (popUlation 21,000). Construction of the
<br />facility itself is estimated to employ 400 workers for
<br />five years. Employment is then projected to increase
<br />to 1,000 to 2,000 in the operating phase when several
<br />platforms are being built.
<br />The surrounding area is rural, with most local
<br />people employed in farming or fishing. To assist the
<br />County Board of Supervisors in making its decision
<br />on the requested zone change, Brown & Root put up
<br />the funds for a three-month study of potential impacts.
<br />The study found the impacts to be more severe than had
<br />been suggested, and recommended County actions to
<br />respond to them.
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<br />Refer to: Brown & Root Impact Study, for
<br />Northampton County Board of Supervisors,
<br />April 1975.
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<br />Contact: Chairman, Board of Supervisors, Northampton
<br />County, Easrville, Virginia 23347
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<br />3) Coal-fired Electric Generating Plants: Mercer
<br />County. North Dakota
<br />Several electric generating plants are under construc-
<br />tion or proposed for Mercer County in central North
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