I have followed the Goshute Indian proposal to contract with the Private Fuel Storage (PFS) to store nuclear waste in Skull Valley. I am pleased at recent news that the consortium is falling apart. I am left to wonder, however, whether the Goshutes' desire for economic development will ever be satisfied.
I have an idea that might enable that economic growth. As a sovereign nation, the Goshutes are not subject to the same "red tape" that hampers similar developments on non-Indian properties. Let our state government encourage the Goshutes to partner with businesses to build oil refineries in Skull Valley. The Goshute Tribe seems to have come to terms with the environmental impact of nuclear waste on their tribal lands. They might come to the same terms with potentially cleaner developments.
The Goshutes want development. They have sovereignty. The need for new development in the oil refinery industry is great. It could be a win-win situation.
Christopher Judd
Clearfield