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SANDY, OREGON THURSDAY, MAY 27 1982
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Geothermal heating considered at Timberline
by S C O T T N E W T O N
A geothermal feasibility study in
dicates that Timberline and Wy'East
Ixxlges could be heated from steam
provided by Mt Hood.
'The resource is there," said Dick
Kohnstamm. manager at Timberline
Lodge “ Maybe in better times we
can get to it We re kind of in a hold
position because of high interest
rates "
About $880,000 would be needed to
complete the project It was hoped
that money would be available from
the federal Department of Energy.
The T im b e r lin e g e o th e rm a l
feasibility study, which was produc
ed at a cost of $10,000, was one of 14
projects to be selected by a citizens
review board out of 454 available pro
jects
“ This was a popular program.
There was a lot of interest,” said
Sam Sadler, state program manager
for Oregon Appropriate Technology,
a private firm in Eugene
OAT, through a competitive bid
process, received the job of ad
ministering $300,000 from the state
DOE
l-ast year was the third year of the
program ‘‘ It was eliminated this
year, along with about everything
else," Sadler said
Thirty-six reviewers, with varying
degrees of technical knowledge,
reviewed the 454 projects,
According to Sadler, federal funds
for almost all renewable energy
sources is gone, including geother
mal, solar, wind, biomass and
hydroelectric.
Dick Bowen, president of Wy'East
Exploration and Development Com
pany and the head of the engineering
study team, also had hoped money
might be available from Bonneville
Power Company However, Bon
neville's projects reportedly must
directly replace electricity, while
this project would replace the use of
oil
"F o r the moment, we’ve run out of
funding sources," said Bowen "F o r
us to continue the program is not
practical.”
Bowen and Kohnstamm both said
that with 17 to 18 percent interest
rates, the payback period would be
extended enough that it would not be
feasible at this time
Not considering interest rates or an
increase in the price of oil, it is ex
pected that the project could pay for
itself within 12 years If it is assumed
that the price of oil increases 15 per
cent per year, the payback period is
reduced to seven or eight years, ac
cording to the study
The total displacement of oil would
be approximately 111,000 gallons per
year, or 67 percent of the annual
usage.
The value of this displaced oil at to
day's energy prices (81 cents per
gallon» is $89,900 per year
An annual operating cost of $16,500
per year to operate the production
well pump offsets the payback
period
To utilize the volcano's steam, a
production well would have to be re
drilled An injection well to return
the water already exists.
The hot water would be extracted
from a 4,000-foot-deep well, which
Pluses, minuses go
with $122,000 engine
by MICHAEL P. JONES
Post C orrespo nd ent
Hoodland Hural Fire D is tric t’s new
$122,000 engine is currently oppera-
tional, giving the departments faster
response time and a greater pumping
capacity, not to mention increased
safety for firefighters.
Fire Chief Don A rm introut said
that the new engine has a 1000-gallon
water tank with a 1,250 gallon per
minute pumping capacity.
He said the diesel-fueled engine
can accomplish this feat because it is
equiped with a "deluge gun,” a two-
foot high by four-foot long piece of
equipment that sits on top of the
engine The gun is specially designed
for fighting large fires.
Firefighters now have the ability to
get water on a fire within 30 seconds
(once the engine gets to the site) as
compared with the four minutes it
took previously
The new engine has an automatic
transmission and, according to Ar-
mintrou, "is nearly twice as fast” as
the department's old 1968 Ford FMC
engine.
The new engine can go about 47
miles per hour compared to the 22
miles per hour of the old engine
The new engine is designed for
mountain travel and can make the
trip to Government Camp in 10
minutes It took an average of 22
minutes in the old engine.
Armintrout said the 1982 engine is
30 feet long as compared with the
25-foot 1968 engine.
It is also 88 inches wide, just four
inches more than the old engine.
Arm introut said with the inreased
size in the new engine that no longer
do firefighters have ride on the
tailboard Rather, five firefighters
ride inside the engine, which pro
vides greater safety for personnel as
well as allowing them to have their
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would be located near the base of
Pucci chair lift (elevation 5,940).
The water would be transported
through a steel-jacketed pipe, Ap
proximately 3,700 feet of jacketed
pipe, and 800 feet of unjacketed pipe
for the return, would be necessary.
Flow rates are estimated to be
about 150 gallons per minute with a
maximum of 300 gallons per minute.
The water temperature would be
from 170 to 180 degrees Fahrenheit.
Fluid pressure at the top of the ex
traction well is estimated to be ap
proximately 440 pounds per square
by M IC H A E L P . J O N E S
Post C orrespo nd ent
The 1976 Mt. Hood Community
Plan, which was the result of 10 years
of sometimes painful citizen par
ticipation, is no longer in effect.
Rather, the lengthy document has
been replaced by Clackamas County
officials with a 10-page document
which, in addition, contains three
maps
The new document, officially titl
ed, “ Propose ; Mount HoodCommun-
tiy Plan,” was prepared by the plan
ning staff after the county’s com
prehensive plan pertaining to the
area came under fire by the state
Land Conservation and Development
Commission in December.
Due to objections by 1000 Friends
of Oregon, representing the En
vironmental Committee On Suitabili
ty, the county was ordered to review
three aspects of the comprehensive
plan as it pertains to the Mt. Hood
corridor.
They are to identify wetlands, both
within and outside of the boundaries
of the Hoodland Service District.
After that they are to show, the
wetlands on a map and determine
whether they are to be protected and,
if so, how.
The county is also required to iden
tify any exceptions to LCDC’s land
use goals related to agriculture and
forest lands outside of the sewer
d is tric t’s boundaries.
If such lands have already been
developed, they are to be identified
as such
Or, if they have not been developed
but are "irrevocably committed or
needed for other uses,” the county
has to show why these specific sites
are no longer suitable for agriculture
or forest uses
The county has also been required
to update its maps so that property
owners w ill know the current zoning,
or re-zoning, of their property.
After much work and consideration
of the existing problems in the Mt.
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lodge loads are smaller and would
use less total energy, according to
the study Also, the main lodge has
insufficient boiler capacity to handle
the loads at peak times of the year.
By using geothermal fluids, the
boiler load would be reduced to the
point where sufficient capacity would
be available
The report concludes "There are
no apparent unsolvable technical
problems that would discourage the
use of geothermal fluids at the
T im b e rlin e
Lodge
co m p le x.
However, it is recommended that a
more detailed study and possibly a
design development phase with con
tractor estimates be the next step.
The more detailed study effort should
in c lu d e
fie ld
te s tin g
and
measurements to provide an infor
mation base for engineering deci
sions.”
Firms contributing to the report in
clude C.W. Tim mer Associates Inc.,
responsible for mechanical engineer
ing, R.A. Wright Engineering Inc ,
c iv il engineering, and P erkins
Engineering Inc., for e lectrical
engineering.
Old Mt. Hood plan
background reading
May Special!
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inch when the well is pumping at 300
gallons per minute
According to the study prelim inary
water chemistry tests indicate the
w a te r is som ewhat co rro sive ,
although further analysis is called
for
Though the day lodge was designed
for the use of geothermal fluids, it
was found that better use of the fluids
on an annual basis could be made at
the main lodge The swimming pool
and domestic water heating provide
an opportunity to use geothermal on
a continuous basis The seasonal day
Hood area, the planning s ta ff
prepared a revised document, which
now takes precedent over the 1976
plan The old community plan is now
considered background reading
Also, the 1976 Mt. Hood Planning
Unit D raft Environmental State
ment, which was a cooperative ven
ture between a number of state,
county and federal agencies, in
cluding the U S. Forest Service, the
Department of Fish and Wildlife, the
Bureau of Land Management and
Clackamas and Hood River Counties,
is also considered a background
repo rt
One of the major changes apparent
in the proposed plan is the elim ina
tion of the eight individual villages of
the corridor. Only three "villages”
are now recognized.
The co u n ty is p roposing to
recognize only Government Camp,
Rhododendron, and WemmeWelches
as "distinct villages,” each with
their own "separate character and
individual environment.”
Areas no longer recognized include
B rig h tw o o d , S leepy
H o llo w ,
Wildwood, Zigzag-Lolo Pass and
Alder Creek.
When the county first unveiled its
draft of the area’s revised plan it
found itself under fire by the area's
citizen planning organizations, who
claim they did not have enough input
into the process, nor were they allow
ed enough time to provide adequate
input.
Recently, a new citizen's group,
which goes by the name Sane
Economic Development Association
(SEDA), was formed to combat some
of the proposed changes.
SEDA has retained land use at
torney Diane Spies of Portland to
assist them in getting an extension of
time from the county to conduct a
study on each parcel of property in
the corridor in an attempt to assess
what potential economic impact the
proposed plan would have
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Corvette takes plunge
on Timberline Road
A 1969 Chevrolet Corvette plunged
over a c liff on Timberline Road Sun
day, injuring two people.
Rescue p e rso n n e l fro m the
Hoodland Fire Department respond
ed to the call of a vehicle over an em
bankment between mile posts three
and four at 4:22 p.m., according to
Fire Chief Don Armintrout.
Injured in the crash was the driver,
46year-old David Lee Hawke, 1460
S.E. Woodland Way, Milwaukie.
A rm in tro u t said Hawke was
transported by Alpine Ambulance
and suffered miscellaneous lacera
tions and abrasions, and a possible
fractured femur.
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passenger, 30-year-old Pamela Lois
Sprout, 250 S. Ixx?us Street, Canby.
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Gresham Community Hospital for
abrasions, lacerations and a possible
dislocated right shoulder, said A r
mintrout
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c le was headed south down
Timberline Road toward Highway 26
when it failed to make a curve and
plunged 40 feet down into a wooded,
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The wrecked vehicle was removed
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