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<br />r:- <br />l'" <br /> <br />Bureau of ReClaml:!t. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Upper Colorado Region <br />Salt Lake City, Utah <br />Loveless (801) 524-5403 <br />For Release December 29, 1982 <br /> <br /> <br />.....~ <br />c, News Release <br /> <br />,.. .... <br />","--," <br /> <br />Aquatrain Project Studies Alternatives <br /> <br />The Aquatrain Proj ect, a concept of diverting saline water to a pipeline <br /> <br />to carry coal in plastic capsules to the West Coast, is being broadened to include <br /> <br />other technology options, it was announced today by Clifford Barrett, Upper <br /> <br />Colorado Regional Director for the Bureau of Reclam~tion. One such alternative <br /> <br />would involve the concept of a single pipeline that will move coal/liquid carbon <br /> <br />dioxide slurry and saline water on an alternating basis. <br /> <br />The project is being developed as a joint venture between the Department of the <br /> <br />Interior, represented by Reclamation's Upper Colorado Regional offices in Salt Lake <br /> <br />City and Denver; and Aquatrain, Inc., a who1ly-owned subsidiary of W.R. Grace & Co. <br /> <br />"The Aquatrain Proj ect is a viable and dynamic concept," said Barrett, "with new <br /> <br />proposals and technologies continually being considered. The use of liquid carbon <br /> <br />dioxide is the latest new option to be considered." <br /> <br />Ira E. McKeever, president of Aquatrain, Inc., discussed the new possibilities <br /> <br />December 15, 1982, at the Colorado River Water Users Association Convention in Las <br /> <br />Vegas, and stressed that the project is receiving proposals from other coal <br /> <br />companies, private utilities, commodity transportation entities, construction <br /> <br />companies, financial organizations, and others interested in being a part of the <br /> <br />development of the $2 billion plus project. <br /> <br />McKeever, who recently returned from a trip to Japan to discuss the project, <br /> <br />indicated widespread interest among Japanese trading companies, steel mills, and <br /> <br />utilities. In addition, the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs submitted <br /> <br />McKeever's report on Aquatrain to the Japanese Embassy in Washington, D.C., and <br /> <br />-more- <br />