75,000 Acres of Settling Ponds

On Saturday July 18th, Kerry Gibson, Utah Legislature, Farmer, Rancher

in his Tribune Article,Lobbying for Great Salt Lake Minerals Corp. Drivels

about how all of this give-away land will not effect the Wild Life around

the lake which is absolute idiocy. Also about all of the Tax money the

State would receive. GSL Minerals are not only wanting the land, they

want our Water. Terry was very careful not to mention the Water used to

fill these Lakes. Terry, for whom do you REALLY work?

75,000 Acres of land is about 32,670,000 square feet. If they fill

these with 6 inches of water, they are using 91,645,200 gallons of Water.

I don't have any idea of how many times a year they fill these ponds,

but water seeks it's own level and this would literally shrink the lake, and

in a short time drying Brigham City's Bird Refuge. Plus, most of the

wetlands around the Lake. To get an idea of just how much one million

is. All of the Christmas bulbs on Tabernacle square only amounted to a little

over 3/4ths of a Million. Think how many gallons of water 91 Million plus

would be.

Another big big problem is that of dust. The prominent Yearly Winds

blow from the North West an North. I am sure you have noticed, every

time we get Rain, the next day our cars are covered with splotches of mud.

This is in the air we breath in our beautiful City, already loaded with

particulates from, Vehicles, Kennecott, Mag Corp and their Chlorine Plus,

Also the fires throughout Calif. and Nevada. Add in all of the mining

Industries our governing fathers have given away for the almighty Dollar.

We don't need dirtier air. 75,000 Acres of dried up dust from these will

only go to the South and East, to the cities of the Wasatch. We are in a drought

anyway, if our Lake that we are known World wide for, is purposely dried

up for the already rich mining Corporations, We would be without the

Clean Humidity the Lake gives, The Snow and drinking water , and already

over populated valley would also dry up. Please Wasatch residents, speak

up about these Travesties!

Don Lucas, Sugarhouse