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<br />UNANSWERED QUESTIONS REVIEWED "Den...u "post. fo/'/7'/;.
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<br />:Gloomy Oil. Shale Impact Report Given
<br />I fly STF;V,.; WY~KnOl' Colony i~ !II joint Vl'rltUTP of Col.ony llnnouncrmpnl Friday ~hale empJo}'es plu.!i lhl'ir ramJ-lbY th, saml' rrohl"m~. Ihlll "\\1> Ill! r> ~ I ion ~l"Ioll<;lv
<br />1l,'n\lPf I'o.t Starr Wrltrt MIllntlt: Ri('hficld Co, Ihe Oil thrlr pl:ms "'we unehllnllr-d. III's anti supJ1Ilrt prr,'OOnnl.'1. CQlony ha~ ctlml' up aj,lilIllSC" Whf'lhl'f Ow IMl'!'1l1 .L:O\I'rllmen!
<br />(I fHlPTlll repol"t pmntin,:: !II Shall.' Corp,. Sh~lI OlJ CA). and Thl' FEA report say~ to de- Thrfl' .....ould bf' :10,000 111'1'0' llaid II. ,\nlhollY Ihlt'krl, dlrf'c- f'\l'n .~h(juld ~rt'nl an)' mOT"
<br />"If'omy plclut'f' of the Imp;lct.~ Ashland Oil, Inc. ~plop a LS.million-barrcl-a-dIlY 9d}1101 chlldrl'n requirlnl{ 1.200 tor of Ihl' Strrril ('luh !';',l!:Il] limp Of mnnf'Y Illl lhl' prnlolypt>
<br />of;An QtI-~hlllp lndU'llry on Colo. Coloo)', in 8nnouo('lnll: thp indll~trr thf" following actionll new classrooms. Def(>nse fund oHler in nl'nvC'r. ]I'IIS10.2" prollrllm, Thp dl'\'rlofl"-
<br />r<VIo and {Jlah was rell'a,o;ed plannl>d 50,000 NIrrrl-{l('r-day would ha~'e 10 be taken: -Long-term commitmenl.'! in- ~1rs. Carolyn R. John.'!lIn {If nwnl on puhllf' !ill1rl.~ rn.-.k(','l At
<br />Saturday in the wake of f'rkiaY'1I plant would i>fo poslpol1t'fi, indef- -80 ~l4'r eent of 0110rlldo's eluded the t'rl'ation "of a salt, the Colorado Oprn Spilte Coun, It'il~t as little IIl'ns!' :u the
<br /><lnnltuncemf"nt of 11 major sri- initely blamed inflation, tight and Utah'g undevf"loped water de~ert environment over a wide cil called for a halt 10 plans 10 Cfllony propo!lal," IIh~' said.
<br />back for oil-shale den~lopmenl Il\OIl('y and an uncertain U,S. would have 10 be ~lt"eloped, are a " and lockl climAle uevelop oil shale 011 public Thp Colony alll\ltill1l'('rJl\>nt
<br />iniColorado. erll'rgy policy. and 4S per cent of Wyum;.... ' changes. hll1ds. has se/ the slag-I" for .. .'l!\lrm~'
<br />:rhe report, a prdiminRry oil- Atlantic Richfield officials undevl'loped water. -CUmulative agricultural "We have always felt projeds ...('~~ion or thl' Ojl Shalt' ";nvi-
<br />skWle asses~menl by the Feder- appeared in August at FEA -A dam, building program damage through 1990 will be that are environm~ntlllly. un, ffH1I11t'ntal Ad\"I,?~r PlIl1pl nt'ld
<br />ali I<~ n erg y Administration hearmgs in Denver and ask~ wlll be required in Colorado. more !.han $30 million. The round are al!lo f'l'onomlcally ThursdllY and F nday at Pilrk
<br />/J.1fo:Al, poinl.. up unanswered for a subsidy for oil shale to -CClorado's ex i s tin g all" report says "we wlll . , . be questionable," 5he said. Clly, l'tah. whNt' th~ Rurl'llU of
<br />ecbnomic and ('nvlronmental protect shale 011 from changl'! quality slandards must be lradlng pnergy for r('duced food Thl' ffo:A Tl'[)()[t also added Rt'clamalloll I'" to push for
<br />qlf,.slion!! aoout llle develop- in the world enldl'-Oil price. relaxed, productlon." weight 10 t>nrironmf'nl:tliSls' speNty dllm dev~loprnrnl 10
<br />mfnt of an oil.shale industry. MAJOR IMI'ACTS -Existing waler c()mpacts -Oil-~hllle development eom- ('t)mplainl~ that it lllkes lIS prOVIde> w.qlcr for oil ...hale.
<br />Po]ooy D~velopmrnt {J{l('rll- Th.. FF:A rf'pof"t !laid Ihat de- mWlt be rewritten. mils almo.~t all of Ihe f('f:ion's much pn\'r~y 10 Ilrorllll'l! oil
<br />liOn flnnOUOI'f"d Friday it i.~ vrlollment of a IS-million'NIr- -fo'inancial Inl:rntiw'~ musl wa t e r and a r~nslrlt'rahle shal.c as ~hale all wOllld make
<br />lIU~pt'ndinll: iL~ plan" 10 hp~in rt'I-Pf'r~ay oil.llhalf' industry In bl'! RI/allable from the fPd(,rlll amount of land 10 oll-!lhal.. de- avallllh]p.
<br />('\"lfl!\truction or an oil-Male Colorado, Utah and \Vyomll1R Ro\,prnmrnt If thp price of \'(llopmrnt. The F":.~ diM A Tf'l(;u'o Oil
<br />pl~nt in WI'!'Ilf'rn Colorlldo, hy 1!l90 woulrl hll\'I' major im- worM all drops bPlow that prof- 1.(O~!'!ilm. l.\II'Aers ~ludy shol'oll1R l')j] ~ha]e dOt'sn't
<br />0:'11 rRI\"AT.~ I.ANIlS pal'I!!. itablr: for oil-~hal.. dl'vrlopment. Thll r":A !flOOy also illdllClf'.~ prn>'!u('l' any fl<,l. f'fll'rl!"~', but
<br />hut phlnt \fa.. to have he..n W)'ominR win in("]Ullrd in the -Thl' Cll!\t of salinity in thl'l an analYSIS of II. 6OO,OOO-barrrl. saId fllrtt:<,r Slud~ IS rt"qulrl!n. ,
<br />urller ronlltrtlcUon by nnt Ittlld}', althou!l:h therp Ilrrn't any ro]nrlldl) River Ra~ln oulside Pf!r-day oil,shllle Indu!ltry by MI!ls Kathy "1f'll-her of the
<br />!lprlna;. It WIIR lo be loclltl'd (\I) prl'sent planll to develop oil the all-shale devf'lopm('nt rlt> 1m with ell.'lf'nLl;dly lhe Mme l<-:nvironlT1pnlal Peff'nsiR Fund
<br />prlwlte landll And 1II1I"I'1 part of IIhale there on public or private Rlon would he $J to $Ii million a impacts on a ~malll'r scalI'. Stud thl! hiJ::h ('osl1i of 011 shalf!
<br />th. fPderal J:ovlrnmf'nl', pro- lands. y~llr, mostly In DJ;:rlcu1tural EnvironmentaIJsts reacted to arf'n't v.orth the low enen:y
<br />totypft oi].shale jt>asina pro- Othl'r pro~Uv, oll-wle losses. the Colony announcement with YIeld.
<br />Ktam. developers !lain following thf! -There would be 49,000 011. pleamre, "~Iony is thp bf:.lh..~thf'r of
<br />I the mdustr)'; lis dl'rll1~e eRn
<br />"As more of these COm!I;lllles onlv me;ln that ('Iher oil.!thale
<br />{'orne clt).>j(>r to the CI'nstl'u{'[jnn projects 111'[' ('xtremely unl't'r.
<br />I oh"~,, nW\' liT" "oil1" In h.. hit I"in .. ~Iw ~",d
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