land development land activities in 1975 were inhibited by a weak economy as well as by delays and additional costs incurred through efforts to satisfy numerous governmental agencies requirements as a result utah's land development efforts operated at a loss principal land holdings mostly located in california include a 48-acre shopping center in alameda 909 acres of resi dential property at harbor bay isle in alameda 206 acres of residential prop erty at pauma valley 769 acres of com mercial and residential property near vandenberg air force base and a 2,000 acre tract of land in douglas county colorado harbor bay isle in alameda represents utah's largest investment in real estate development was interrupted in august by a superior court order maintaining that the city's general plan and environmental impact report did not conform to minimum state law require ments accordingly building permits issued by the city to harbor bay isle were ruled invalid and all construction was stopped after alameda amends its general plan and environmental impact report to comply with the court decision the city may then issue new permits which would allow utah to proceed with development of the property the pauma valley country club for merly owned and managed by utah was sold to its membership his year as a result of the transaction after-tax earn ings in the second quarter were reduced by 1.5 million adjacent residential properties will be marketed by utah through an ongoing program construction although not a major segment of utah's business construction activity con ducted through a limited partnership with haas and haynie corporation suffered operating tosses in 1975 environment golf at the village country club is part of the community life at vandenberg village in southern california one of utah's land project investments reclamation and revegetation efforts at the navajo mine are indicative of utah's total environmental program using approximately 60,000 lbs of native plant seed environmental engineers seeded 540 acres of land this year at navajo a major thrust in the reclamation program involves a supplemental irrigation sys tem of steel and aluminum pipe lines and impact sprinklers that distribute nearly 1.5 acre-feet of water per acre during the growing season from april to october utah's environmental quality program is an integral part of the company's total domestic and foreign operations the environmental quality department interacts with operating divisions on proj ects ranging from exploration through development and processing utah has implemented its stated policy to reduce adverse effects on the environ ment caused by the company's opera tions realistic programs carried out at utah's mine-sites preserve the balance between environmental concerns and worldwide energy requirements the programs — including reclamation indus trial hygiene management of air water and land quality and control of noise dust fumes and radiation — keep abreast of and in many cases anticipate ever increasing government regulations although the u.s congress failed to enact a new surface mining law in 1975 the issue is still being considered simi lar legislation was enacted by several of the western state legislatures and additional states are expected to follow these measures require the submission of land reclamation plans and the timely achievement of stated objectives as part of the company's reclamation program 764 acres of disturbed land were re graded this year and 748 acres were seeded with suitable plant species these figures represent an increase from the 732 acres regraded and the 210 acres seeded in 1974 sampling activities were increased at several of the domestic mines in connec tion with the national pollutant discharge elimination system permit program the accumulated data is necessary to de scribe existing conditions and to docu ment compliance with the regulations of the program installation of new effluent treatment facilities has improved the quality of the water discharged from the lucky me and shirley basin mines accelerated efforts in water quality con trol are typical of utah's overall environ mental program