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<br />, <br />, <br /> <br />THE U 1\ I \' {,; It SIT \' 0 F U '1'.\ Il <br /> <br />SALT L,\I~E CITY 111112 <br /> <br />\'\,\11 t:-'\.l;\UKI"; 1\1'IIU~II.""'1 \l.\TIO~ <br /> <br />~; ~l,~.. 11,,/1....,.0 <br /> <br />UT/,jl rO:..T.R A::n LIGliT CO:'[Pl"':;Y <br />1!t::;n:;CTO~ C/~:YO:~ PROJeCT <br />E~:\"IRO:,:-!C;TAL STUDIES <br /> <br />!n co,mection \:itl: the L1cv.J:lop:nent of ;l nel.. coni-burning ?o~,:er plant in <br />the llul1tinr.lon Canyon .:lrCil oi L:tah, Lh(: Utah Pm.:E;r anc.I Light C01i,p:my <br />h.~!.O conlr.:;ct(d for il cO'-lplctt: envlrol1t:':C::1Lal study of th!! .1r{'., to be <br />nccor::pl ished by the Center for Eaviroi:,"!'.C'nt.:ll Studi~s. Engineering Expcri- <br />ni:Ol Station, University of Ulah. <br /> <br />This cor::prehcns:\'e study \..'il1 Inc:llloC' ;In cV.:J.luation of th~ Al:-::osphcric, <br />Vei:et.:llion. Anl1~.:l1, and Gcacrcl Ecologic.:!.1 condition,; no..... ;Jrcsent in the <br />lbntint;ton C.'lIlyon .:lrt~.:l. bc::orc the n\!.... pJ~lnt is constructed. This det,1iled <br />b..-.ckp,::-ound infon:ation .....ill b,-, invnlu.:tblr! in assCls~.>ing the future efff:'~ts <br />of rouer pl.lnt opcr3tion upon the ncir,hboring envir;)l1:-:lcnt ::Ind thus cnable <br />Utah Pot.:cr and L":'(;ht Co:::p.:lny tlJ provide the indicat;ed ..:ontrnl:-:; l\el.:.essary <br />to the. protcc t ion of the cnv lroThClcnt. <br /> <br />Tht: objective of the vcr.r.'t.:ltion and ecological rOI!ditions 5u1dy is to <br />obtain background dat.1 on the. ecology of the are.J surrounding the pros- <br />pective ro~"er gCllcr,1ting r'1~lItt sit~ in Huntington Canyon so that the <br />potential air pollution h.l;:ilrrl can be c!:~abli!;hed and assessed. Speci- <br />fic~l1y. the c:d~tinb vegct;:\tion lyp~s \.'ill be determined ~nd their sensi- <br />tivity to sulfur dioxid~. fly ash, ilnd other potent1.1l pollut.lnts will br~ <br />.3ssessed. The! existing r.cl1eral '>t:nus of najor native vegetation associ- <br />ations and spp.::lc:i 'Will be t!stablished :J.S to vige-t", disf!a~C, a,ld insect <br />conditions to provide bil~C'llnc rbta sufficient to .:!ppraise potenLial <br />eco~ogic.:!l ri.'ik~ ('r:::Hl:1tin,; f:'c:'1 tl:e presence of a I'o....er gencrnting faci- <br />lity ;'it this locai..ion. ;o"L":'lltJ.,:Jl h:;.z~rds to ,lcrlcul::ure in the <1::,('a ilnd <br />to ornar-.cntal pbr:ts in lIuntlncto01 .....ill also be l2....alu.1ted. <br /> <br />A five-year ait" qu.1lity :;tucy in th~ H~lr:lington area .1nJ rc,lated sites <br />is prupu.!:>\:J. 'llll.': l.;!nj; O:-,;'~6'- u".Jj<':l..i.l..<..: 1,1: ~t,.:: ~::'1..icy is to ('<;tClblish the <br />influo:ncc of the Iluntitlg:..on l'I:).!".t 0;1 .1:-:,.bicnt :lir qU<l.lity. The specific <br />di~s arc 35 follows: <br />