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<br />Removal of Shale Snag Urged <br /> <br />Continued from page 33. Ih~ basic:'ll of the firm', tech. 6,000 acre!! It owns, flf'lU' the <br />. . nieal operations. c:onf]uen~ of Pi('t'ance Creek <br />t'an be lur~ mto me~allur,ll:H~a\- "We think thi! prOCf!!i.J ca.n and the \\'hite River. <br />grade il]ummum OX1(ffo. called haw. a tremf'ndou!I Impact on Only a portion or the PI. <br />alumina. Its d~vt'lopment would the enerl{}' crist! and the well- ceance Basin AOuthwest of <br />reduce nl'Ces.~lty for ,Importing being of Amf"rican society," Meekt'T is underlain with the <br />lllumlnllm ore!;, he slud. Wf'ichman said. nahcolite and dawMlnlte. Most <br />"Prot'eS.'ling t~ products 10-- Besides allowing use ot high- of thfo landll are In Interior ju- <br />~l'ther f'1>duces the cost 2nd rl"n- sulphur coals without llignifi. risdiction and aren't devl'lopa. <br />der!! Pilch produet economicall)' cant HiT pollution. (he process ble until Interior changes It.! <br />(t'3siblf'," Weichman !laid. also can produce an alumina> mind on allowing mining. The <br />Weichman said much of Suppr- basrd min(>ral, lIlJililhle for land exchange, if approved, <br />Inr'. work Is confidt'ntial. hul r(>ffio\>ing phosphorus In waler> would allow Superior 10 assem- <br />adiriowlcdll:ed a lour is htoin.'l' pollution conlrol measures. ble contiguous acreage for long- <br />planned o(Superior facilities. to fly 19M> if Ihe processes term development. <br />.h)OClnterior, Environmental pro\>e out. Superior ~uld haw! About JOO million tonll of the <br />PrWinn Aj::ency aod Ff'deral a I.S milhon-Ion-a-day pl::!nt in ores arf' (>slimatf'd to lie in the <br />En~ Administration official:'! opt'ration on and bt-neath the de~r of several layen of 01]- <br />shale fonnations in the Pl- <br />reance Rasin. <br />Ifthepr~!l.'llC8h!supto <br />commercially feasible produc- <br />tinn> it would tend to offset <br />studies by the Federal Energy <br />Admimstration and othen that <br />Rweoil shale a low priority in <br />mf:'eting the national energy <br />needs. <br />Welchman noted Supe:rior <br />does,'-t net'd a fedprs] lIubsidy, <br />"bul 1!If" do n€1'd InteriOr's c0- <br />opt-ration." <br />Int("rioris]easinR20,llOOat're!l. <br />of BLM nil-llhale ]andll in ColI)- <br />lrado and Utah for oil-Mlale de- <br />\>elopmffil. The ff'asibi]ity of <br />those operations are mill bt-ing <br />ana]Fi'd Rnd production Im't <br />IforeM'en for alleaSl !'"Ix ypars. <br /> <br />-. . <br /> <br />0051 <br />