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Legals/48Adv!ce/5BWeather/6BThe Janesville Gazette, Friday, December 11,1998 IBviolation dur-November.irector Tomon committee sday that the between $250mnty Oct. 26aonth.-'^BS3umo.hasful-id The county no, who held ailures to oper*i leave in extaxes that he ibinsviile Damon the Yahara River Kautz told the committee that the county will eat about $ 16,000 in back taxes.Burno took over the dam in 1976, in tending to generate electrical power and sell it to a utility.Burno never generated power He has charged that the DNR s operating order made it impractical to make electricity at Indianford The order mandates that the water level above the dam be kept too low, Burno has saidWatertown businessman Tom Reiss, though, is studying the feasibility of electrical generation at Indianford under a federal permit. The county has an oral agreement with Reiss for his company totake over operation of the dam, Kautzsaid. SKsaid.Reiss wall try to get the county back into compliance with the understanding that he will be reimbursed for time and materials, said Terryf May bee. a committee member and chairman of the county board.One of the reasons the county boardmeeting was postponed from this weekwas to allow some of the details to be worked out with Reiss, Maybee saidKautz believes the DNR started formal action on violations of the operating order due to complaints from hunters that water in the marshes was too high, he said“The DNR is aware we are taking positive steps to correct the problems,” KautzMeanwhile, the county is reviewing a contract with UW Extension to study the economic impact of removing the dam. The contract calls for Rock County and Jefferson County to each pay $1,500 for the studytankirks airportMore striniient rulesmmROCK COUNTYto cost operator moreBy Steve EngelbertG.vene StaffThe rules for underground fuel tanks at Rock County Airport will remain in place, much to the disgust of Mark JacobsonPhil Bout we?!, assistant to the county administrator, also camedown on the side of more safetyJacobson is president of Black-hawlc Aviation Properties, which is a fixed-base operator at the airport FBOs are like gas stations for“If you reduce standards, you are setting a precedent Bout wellIf you look at t he worst-casescenario, if you have a major leak.it 's going to be 12,000 gallons That will be very expensive Ultimately, this is a county-owned propertyftBoutw# 11 m#ans that because
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Janesville Gazette
Janesville, Wisconsin, US
Fri, Dec 11, 1998
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