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IIHW representatives, from right to left, Dr. Auriel
Combs administrative coordinator and
Vice Chairman of the Board of Trustees Charles Jacobson along with joint
venture partner Captive Energy, Inc. president Paul Healey meet with the
Utah Department of Environmental Quality Division of Solid and Hazardous
Waste Director Dennis Downs, Jennifer Ottens executive director, Utah State Solid Waste Section Manager Ralph
Bohn and Utah Waste Tire Recycling Director Wade Hansen in Salt Lake City in
October of 2005. The meeting served to update state officials regarding the IIHW’s proposed Ever-Gro Agri-Technology’s Gro-Tunnel (and combined fish
hatchery) and Tire Vaporization project. The new technology is being
designed to fit marginal agricultural lands and areas with limited water.
The project is being scheduled for implementation on the Shivwits Indian
Reservation in Santa Clara, Utah. The project continues to go forward and
all permits and leases with the exception of EPA review have been completed
or are in the final stages of completion.
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Piaute Tribal chairperson Kelley Youngbear of Cedar City, Utah has been
working closely with local IIHW project manager Kent Brown of Ste. George,
Utah and Dr. Combs. It is hoped that final lease arrangements on the site
near the recently closed molybdenum mining operation on the reservation near
the Nevada-Arizona-Utah border will be completed with the USDA and EPA in
the near future. It is anticipated that as many as 80 acres of Gro-Tunnels
could be constructed on the site, bringing 50+ fulltime, and many more
part-time jobs to the area. Several other sites in northern New Mexico,
northern Arizona, and the Rocky Mountain steps of Central Utah are also
under current consideration for additional Gro-Tunnel project sites.
Since tire baling is not considered end use waste tire recycling under Utah
Solid Waste regulation it has been proposed that some baling will occur in
Utah using equipment owned by the IIHW and currently at sites in Texas and
New Mexico being moved to southern Utah. In addition, tire bales will be
supplied by Rebound USA a waste tire baling company in Colorado. The IIHW
and/or its’ affiliates are registered waste tire transporters in NM, UT, and
TX. The non-profit environmental/nutritional research institution is also a
permitted tire baler in NM, and has joint venture arrangements with balers
in TX, CO, WY, and NEB. It is currently applying for transport permitting in
Arizona.
The tire bales will be used in this agricultural project and serve as wind
breaks in summer and kinetic heat sinks for the surrounding areas in the
winter. The rows of wind breaks will be covered in fall and winter and the
root systems of the plants inside the rows of wind breaks will be heated by
a steam boiler utilizing the IIHW’s trademarked heating process called Tire
Vaporization. The project will allow for the continual year round harvesting
and production of high end produce for the Las Vegas and Salt Lake markets.
One of the keys to the success of overall project is the project’s use of
Vitae-Myte a patented all natural soil supplement which will enhance the
growth areas and as previous laboratory testing has shown, significantly
increase the percentage of trace and essential minerals historically so
depleted from traditional farming soils. The IIHW in conjunction with the
soil science lab at Rio Verde University in Springville, Utah has been
conducting scientific research on the bio-incorporation rates of a variety
of vegetables, berries, and fruit trees in the replenishment of the depleted
nutrients.
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