Controlling boomtown development: lessons from the Intermountain Power Project. Part One

Journal Article · Wed Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1986 · Land Water Law Rev.; (United States)

OSTI ID:6253917

Zillman, D

In 1974, the Intermountain Consumer Power Association began planning the construction of a fifteen hundred megawatt coal-fired electric generating plant which was ultimately located near the town of Lynndyl, Utah. Throughout the planning process, officials of the Intermountain Power Project were determined to avoid the litany of problems which commonly plague energy boomtowns. In the first part of a two-part article, the author describes the efforts of project planners in cooperation with city, county, and state officials to mitigate and alleviate the impact of the development on the local community. The second part of the article will evaluate the extent to which these efforts succeeded.

• Research Organization: Univ. of Utah, Salt Lake City
• OSTI ID: 6253917
• Journal Information: Land Water Law Rev.; (United States), Journal Name: Land Water Law Rev.; (United States) Vol. 21:1; ISSN LWLRD
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY, AND ECONOMY
290200* -- Energy Planning & Policy-- Economics & Sociology
296000 -- Energy Planning & Policy-- Electric Power
BOOM TOWNS
CONSTRUCTION
COOPERATION
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ECONOMIC IMPACT
FOSSIL-FUEL POWER PLANTS
INTERGOVERNMENTAL COOPERATION
LEGAL ASPECTS
PLANNING
POWER PLANTS
SOCIAL IMPACT
THERMAL POWER PLANTS
WATER RIGHTS