Saving the Salt

[bbarn]

Has there been any further talk of discussion or moving forward with an advanced pumping this year? Have they decided who is going to pay for it? If we are going to scrap the '16 season in favor of pumping? ... lots of questions that really do shape the plans for this year.

Knowing now can save teams loads of cash and modify plans for the upcoming year(s) to be more productive.

[fredvance]

Wow I was just going to ask the same question. It would be nice to know before the time when room reaservations open.

[Milwaukee Midget]

And we're still waiting on the Alliance's proposal, which is due mid January.

The extended pumping was a proposal thrown out at PRI by Tom Burkland, but I genuinely don't know if it's officially on the table or not.

[Bob Drury]

  In my mind (which is pretty empty now days)  I would vote for the Ron Main dike, year around pumping (even if it keeps us off the Salt for a Year or two and continued pressure on the BLM to replace the Salt from South of I-84.
  The hang up as I see it is that the bureaucracy (Department of Interior/BLM) may take forever to act.
  Also, the BLM may have its hands full with the impending War in Idiotville, er... I mean Burns, Oregon.
                                                                                     One Run, out.........................................

[WOODY@DDLLC]

I second the motion Bob!  And third it, too!  JUST DO IT!!! 
Should we send some save the salt posters to Burns? 

[bbarn]

I think the issue is going to be "who is paying for the pumping?".

The corporation is going to say they have done what was required.
The BLM will say it has to go through the proper channels.

The BLM will put pressure on Intrepid, but they are smart enough to have some corporate separation between the main holdings and the location at Wendover. My guess is that when the day finally comes that it is deemed Intrepid (Wendover) is told they have to pay up, suddenly they will file bankruptcy and disappear.

That will leave the BLM holding the bag and they will say that they will look into it and determine where to get the money from their budget to pay for it. In the meantime, years will have passed and we will be no more certain of the long-term viability of B'ville than we are today.

Getting it pushed to have a decision made will at least mean we are that much closer to the end. Waiting only prolongs the inevitable.

Hope I am wrong, it wouldn't be the first time today I was. I am an optimist forced to live in a realists world...until something happens I guess I'll just sit here and wish for the best!

[kiwi belly tank]

40 miles east of Wendover at Knolls is another BLM mess with Magcorp that I believe is still not settled & the operation is still closed.
 http://www.deseretnews.com/article/627303/Utah-BLM-lock-horns-over-MagCorp-royalties.html?pg=all

[Ron Gibson]

Sid
Your link comes up as an error.

Ron

[Peter Jack]

Go to the Desert News website and then use their search engine to find Utah BLM MagCorp. The article will appear.

Pete

[jacksoni]

Link worked for me.

[bbarn]

Click the button in the middle of the page, it will reload and work just fine. Seems to be excessive latency on the page causing the loading error.

[Peter Jack]

Look at the date on the article. This is seriously old news. 

Pete

[kiwi belly tank]

That's the point Pete, & it's still not solved.
  Sid.

[Peter Jack]

I understand your concern. Hopefully something can happen with the salt a lot quicker but it doesn't encourage optimism. Maybe our grand kids will be able to race there.

Pete

[Bob Drury]

  I believe that We need to have One Immediate Goal... to first and foremost get permission from the BLM to build the proposed dike.  Without it their is no future.
  We then need to come up with the $300,000 to build it.  Hopefully with a agreement from the BLM to address the assumption of this money from their budget within the next two years with proceeds either returned to STS or spent improving the dike and pumping program. 
  If the later was done, they could build a second dike, and pump year round alternating from one area to the other.  Pumping would continue uninterrupted, every year We would be running on Virgin Salt, the Salt Flats would be replenished and I am ready for it to happen RIGHT NOW!
                                                                                                 Ol' Whuzhizname, out...........................................