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Srpenrisor Dominic

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I{e have a sit,ation in sout}r cou:ty
vfrere rre have dedicated an ,,agricultr:ral
prese::re" yet r,,e have rpr assuned_;y
,;d;i-iriiitv
r"r;;;g
tlre farrns on
thris l-and viable entities- -o{uny tariers
;"-;€"riencJ-ng
problens--t}rere
has been an overp:rcduction of tcnratoes;
tfre-r"tediterrarre.i

have many farners searchring

for less *r"";1.

crrops

i.it

f1y wi_Il

to plant next yea_r.

to see this sitr:ation renedied. obviously
j-nterests of tlre
it is not in the
to
harzre a depressea igricultlar
here. r trink we""*rty-"t-iurg"
onrun_ity
need-to look';;; ;;ui[:"*
use for t]ris
serior-rs consideration shoura L given
c-ti**;*sing of q:ops r^fuich
'a'd.
we al-1 want

H:i sffrn'-"*on

or an errici."tlJir"riGi"";""rH"",

ca'

be

enerE/__

As part of tlre attenpt to solve our
national energy eisis, the federal
governrrent has set a goal of suirstit"ti"g
gasoli'e use bny 1990' And to tLrat etrali 10? a1oho1 in our national
tives to inveslors wiffing to aerretop thisis'otrering onsiderabr-e j'ceniadustelz.
south cor:nty aplEars to be an ideal location
this kind of activity.
rt has four rzery iryortant features wtl-ich arefor
considered
criticar to the
success of such a projecb. rt has
the
*ii
."i
crirnatetor-&arrg
right srops; it ha.s p"t
thu
ttre *r.o,,'iq.rr=rrt or
federar and srate :r,centive=l
"u.J nrnvegtoi";-"ir";th
v be inL;;t"d;H"TH;H:
it has
feed lots nearby vfiere prot i" *r"tes
rnay rc aisposed of; and with the
ocuntlz's transit fleet, sheriff ,s
.re*er vehicles converted
to gasahol, it wcurd harzre a ready ,r,urL"f
"urrJ"alth-.,
ioi*Ge proai-rc*.

while tlris kind of-de'e.0prent has alrgaQy
begun in tl* midvest, it is
fairly nsu to carifornia. nyL*..r..gi'g-the'i',itiar
investigatory phase
have the cpportmity to picnote tJ,e
eoncnuic curnate ;i-flri; countlz and
've
to help reduce our consturgrtion of f"rigrr-f";1:

At tttis point there-are

ffi ffi"#on

nEny unanshErd qr-restj-ons. tqe
need

to lq:cnr such
of lnis- sort ruirf effect trre environrent,
r,'.'r rc nuisJra""a, *ra ti= a;;r of e'erEg neededtrcx,r mucll
to pre

tlr-ings as hov a prcjecb

Along these lines, f propose the oourtlz
r:naenrr-ife a feabibiliez study to
deternrine such thing=- u=-prouJi.
(inch:ding the
feasibility of
-ii'*.i tLnt-;ttability
."r*ty
veLricles
qi;hol),
jnportant
problems, outline
"*r.r6rUlg
approaches to' tfrese-;iJbi#]'.r"*ruteidentify
a financial
proq)ectus and identify ht*t jnforrnati;"
G-;Arited to nrake a finalevaruation. r would s-ussest
*rrGL*"tray
quiddy eva}'rate
riajor";;;ilr_;"rri'oiTii."r
oistacles &ist. -Th-is courd take abouttoone
it about
-anv
nonth at a ost of
$io,ooo. rt wou_r-d be folrqued by a nore ccnpre_
henisve studv taking
-f-.J-=o
rr""iirr-"r,a
crlstirrg
$30,000:
=i*
rne look i'to the aliocation
suggest
"f"t
of federal g#t= ; @ver tlre cost of ttris
f$qibiliez str:dy.

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memorandum
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DATE

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In prelimi:rary cornrersations on ti-is sr-rbject, I have had ttre pleasure of talkinq
to Dr. Carl l4oyer vfuo is associated with Acuro< Corporation, one of the leading
envirorrnental engineering ccnpanies in the cor:ntr1z. Dr. llclzer is here today
to present lpu w:ith furLher i::forn'ation and to ansruer arry qr:estions )zou rnay have.

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