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clearing wuth highs I” the upper 405 perullamles .
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Senior Staff Writer verification for certain information in > $53 , . .5“ . “ \3' ~‘ 3 ‘ , , ..- 7:
their needs analysis form in four probable at? 3 3. ‘ Q l i3 .‘ " ; . .» .
-————-————————-—~— categories: adjlsted gross income to be $31,. ' M if J V 5 3",
_ 3 3 . . 3 documented by a 10-40 form, non-taxable . 3 a. An“, ~- m ’g , é
Misrepresentmg your financial Slmaho" income such as documentation from Social q ' ‘ its E, . 3, w 3_, ' w~~-~ '
when applying for financial aid next year Security or welfare, federal taxes paid __ 3 M .3» - ' . ~83 3 ms , ‘ ._ 3 l - 3 f ‘
may become as hazardous as cheating on also to be documented by a 1040’ and size » .... ' ’ .. " ‘ ' .. - 3 \‘I > f - ... 3 I' .~
your income tax return. of household. 3*,“ 5mm ‘ fl _ :‘ ' . .
A notice 0f proposed rule-making Ingle said if the statement goes into ef- T «w ~‘" . ”‘me .. ‘ 3“ " af-Z ' ” - ’ »
published in the Jan. 7 Department of feet, students selected for verification will emporary .2’ ’ ,5. ‘id' 3 ”7“” 3 ' ... 2» «.3 3 I
Education Federal Register would require only be issued one financial aid check until layoff . .. ~‘ ... "5‘ = 33 ‘ V.- " A~f if):
individual universities to start verifying they supply the University with the A1» 15 - ‘ ,, ,e W " 3 ':' .‘
financial aid applications, checking for necessary documentation. No student - 1, --- '3» .3 .sz 3 ‘3" es?" s N
fraud and inaccuracies. would be placed in work study until Physical Plant Division ' ; : ~' f “f {p3 fig . , it, 3;,» i: . , ‘V‘ ‘2. . j -
According to James Ingle, director of documention is received, because in the groundskeeper Al Botts ’ x- ; .1; ' 3, ~ at _‘ 3 . .
UKfinancial aid, only the federally-based case of an over-award, “you can’t recover found 0 good vantage g“ ‘ . i '7: 5’2“" -_ . a, V,- it "1
Basic Educational Grant has been ran- money forwork performed,”lnglesaid. poi," ,0 won for some - .....1. . - p‘ is“ "W l | .2 E) . 'f
domly checking aid applications on a co-workers during ,fz» ~* 3 "ll E,V "' . | l ». . 3‘ ‘ ,3,
regular basis. WhileUKhastheauthoriza- If an over-award was discovered, the breaktime yesterday . i’ i ‘R- 3 \35 Le x; ‘ :
tion to check campus-based programs, In- student would be required to repay the afternoon. Botts, who . «- _ V. ‘ ‘ f 5 ,. .
gle said only applications with gross ir- university the amount. Students would be has been a PPD *‘ W ‘ “ 3 ' ~ _' .
regularities. which arefew,arechecked. allowed a small tolerance — that is, employee for less than 3, ' 3' ‘ “he“ .--» . s ~
Ingle said, in his opinion, the proposal is mistating income by less than one hundred a year, said that they ' . . . . . m
not in response toa rise in fraudulent ap- dollars without punishment when filing had been cleaning up 0 f saga; . .
plications, but an attempt to ensure more beforea10-40formhadbeenreceived. dead leaves around 3;; 5‘9"“: 3;, ' '
accuracy in awards. The verification will take effect with the central campus. ' VV‘ ' V: LIA ‘ ’ .‘
“The real purpose is to be as accurate 1982-1983 financial aid award year. Ingle 31-" . . 3 ‘ ' ' ' .f ~
and precise as we can regarding the ac- said that he believes the University has 1-1me “WWW if: 3:2:th ‘32.: -. '
curacy of information that is reported,"he substantial staff personnel to handle the 52,5, Til! -~ - V ‘ ‘ ”w ~ -,
said. “There is no indication of a fraud workload added by the verification pro- 3 “Q:- ' .-
buildup. The more precise you become, cess. _ (3. l“ S _f ' :‘ ,3
you might not save that much on one stu- “We have to (verify), we have no gig-3" 1 - ,
dent’s award, but multiply that saving by choice." Ingle said. He noted that in- “ i- ; =
1,000 students and itadds up. , stallation of data equipment at the end of : 3 2 . , 3 ,. 3 -* . " .
“I treat students as if they are honest the month would aid the process. UK MW‘ sf "-’ . V? '3 . z 3 :- ;
when they come in here, not the other way presently handles all financial aid 3 «a ' ' , _3 ,3 3 '- '
around," Ingle said. material manually. .3 , Mm” “a. 38," thW -2». as... ', ,,
The notice in the Register, which will be Ingle said because of staff sizes and the ‘ " ' . _,, ,3 ° . .
acted on by Congress after a 45-day public manual limitations, UK does not do as * ' W 3.
hearing period, states the details about the thorough a job of reviewing financial aid 1'.
verification process would be furnished applications as might be desired — not in ' .
later. detecting fraud, but by overlooking some 3
Ingle said while there is no question that students. a
schools will now have to check for valida- “I'd be a fool to sit here and tell you that l ‘ . '
tion, hecan only guess as to the procedure (fraud) doesn’t happen," Ingle said. “I’ve i. , _ . 4 ‘ : 3 ' «m . 2 g. 3. ,. WW . w 3 z' .‘
tobeinstituted. never seen an intentional misrepresenta- ~ _ 3, ” - .....Nym 3;; > . ,. '.
He estimated that a random check of 10 tion. But if students know there will be 3 _. ‘5'“ * A ' . ”“5 3 * loll” ~ ' . " ' '
percent of students applying would have to closer checking, what little there is can be ~* 2 "f or; <3 V ftp-‘2 , ' , a 2 . . j ~ . 3 .- .
be made by each institution. Students reduced." ,3
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W point belowthe lowest point of the very nlcely.lthink basically they still “will not permit a very robust relatively sluggish until midyear. that interest rates mil decline after '3'
. Associated Press Writer 1‘30 recessmn, the new Federal are, Withylnflation 001111118 down. recovery." Ortner said. and then. as Treasury Secretary temporary increases And 'lrlner ..- :
WW Boardreport said. “BUt I'm among tl10:64! who are not Donald T. Regan says. "come roaring "- '
M if; gtensral: 1t tsaldledthe decreage app?! mt: t’r‘ehemgt lncreasfi in in' f The officlal £23388” admlnlStrauon back" in the latter part Of the year. 531d he Hunks "one day [he rates w)“ -" 1/
re ec e con inu economic es ra , sai . orecas is or eeconomv to remain ' 9 mg: ion ' -t . . .. . . , .'
d wtgslnNETfnsll — e131: nation?l int- weakness as well as sharply curtailed High interest rates last year receiv- ' l‘h adm I rat is prod“ mg 0de .md [hen mainfuwzfl) '
us a oupu_pun8 , percen as work schedules resulting from the edmuch of the blame for lshi the t k d f d b d t d f
month, matching the biggest decline severe January weather." nation into its second recession illigtwo s cc man e en 3 u 9e 6 lClts .':
in seven years and [”0“de convmc- “There's no doubt the economy is years, making it more expensive for j; '
‘ ing evidence that the recession is sun sinking,” said Otto Eckstein, producers to produce or store goods W— Those deflct predictions fromapresident who promised -,
despeltllgsr "fwdgovemment {1811115 chairman of Data Resources Inc., a and for consurnerstobuy them. Associated Press Writer 3 balagcfd bUdge‘ have blogegh‘ elec‘lon‘l'ear “mills "f "'n.
in 'ca yes er y. rivateforec u {i in - anguis rom congressmna mocrats and Repub lCanS a
Nevertheless, analysts inside and grass. as ng rm lexmgton, The result: sluggish sales, layoffs ________,____L-i----a.___._,_,-.,_. alike. n,_,
outside government still said the “There’s no good reason to expect and the productim cutbacks that WASHINGTON — Budget director David A Stockman Jones said today, ”This administration's deficits are 3
economy should pick up somewhat by an upturn in the next month or two, were continulnsinJanuary. 5an yesterday that Congress would be tame the record both unbelievable and not believable That is why we ',- ,
late spring. But Robert Ortner, the but on the other hand maps no good Rates had dropped somewhatas de- deflcn prOJectlons In Promdent Reagan's new budget no question this budgets honesty " ..
Commerce Department‘s chief reason to expectadepression "Ecks- mend fir credit fell off during the matter whosespendlng plan had been adoptedlastyear. _ 3,2",
economist, said that if interest rates tein said. He also expressed concern first part of the recession, but short- But Stockman faced a skeptical audience as he defend- Rep. Delbert L. Latta of Ohio. the ranking ltepuhlloan 1; k
keep rising “the recovery may be about newly rising interest rates, but term interet rates are rising steadily ed Reagan‘s budget recommendations before the House on the panel, said he‘was shocked by the def lcl pr0jec. ‘: ‘ .
anemic. " he said that “so far there’s no reason again. Budget Committee. . . lions m the prwdent S bUdget'
Several major banks raised their tobelieve thisisdoomsday.” While interest rats often fall dur- Rep. James R' Jones, D'Olda" the committee chair Nevertheless. he defended the administration against 'l 3‘
prime lending rates from 165 percent “The recession will bottom out in ing recessions man anal ts sa mlm' opened the day-long hearing by char glng that the ad- charges that it was to blame for the current economic -‘
to 17 percent yesterday. As recently May ” he said and then the big July rates remain under y yzec y numstration knew 18‘“ y €3.1- ms. program would not pr 0' slump saymg "This current recession . began last Ju- 5)"
as two weeks agO, theprime had been income tax cut enacted last year of pressure ause duce the results the administration claimed. . . . But. for 1 Th. 0 'm of th r id t d d them 9 if H. 3» ,=
, , concern ova-ungmwthofthe . . .. _ y. eprgra apes en in m 9.8Clt’ 3
15.75 percent. should help push the economy back man s 1 "$me Reserv 3 public consumption, the administration reprogrammed until October." :.
January’s drop in US. industrial up, “for: lé’i’finyorn that growth “deaf; itscompulor.” ‘ 3 3 3 _ _
production was thelargestof six suc- Ortner, noting December improve- increase in short-term credit de- The presidents $757.6 billion budget for fiscal 1‘33, Stockmaga acknowledgedd thbat the administration 5 E
milemmwm'mdm Warmth“... ...... tilt: it"s“.agliizzs'lml.“Es:51.53%: grasslands. m: ted-2...: .l‘ilfll'l‘i:
industrial output one percentage said, “Things were coming alone “A continuing rise in interest rates ho 11th t ar ‘ . States " V 7 . L
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in. l ‘W “t. . m —-—-—- A price war among liquor stores Coliseum has reduced Jack Daniels Schmalz sail. the price cuts mll be t
a» ' . -’ .- . I ByJAMES EDWFN "ARMS has been predicted in light of last a from $8.99tosvoolor the fifth comparable to so~callcd ~ loss 3 .
- ' ’ “r . ' . ‘ ‘~ ~3 X i - “mam mm mm February 11 decision by Franklin Cir~ The three retailers are within cents leaders” in any rt’lall business 5‘ .'
V or? ‘ m- g ‘ » ~ ' _______________ cuit Court Judge Henry Meigs to of each other's prices on the few com Retailers. he said, Will ln time treat n~ *. '
. ' declare Kentucky‘s fair trade law un- mon items they are discounting. And quor “like anything else" that is dis-
‘ w‘h‘filln V‘lhf’flll (Mllhf’lll Vlll‘flm “Hum/I milky/h Julie Butcher r the 'assistant constitutional. both have their own preferences on counted, -. '
l .3r 3, y 3" 23' ' '.’ 35“} ‘~ L" {Lit ' ” .151“ ' . ' :21 111811883 0f 318 Daddy's-Liquors, 372 The law mandated a minimum what brands of liquor types they have ' 2 3 ‘
, \ i ' . 3&3“, M4... .,,;,,,,, hm»... . 1...“... - Woodland Allen called lt. “The re- markup on wholesale and retail reduced; Shoppers Village has cut . Hugh ilaydon 0' (Ollseum quuors ..
£37111: wmsm "M“ wmw'i “"""“‘ WWW» dehmm-n pricesonliquor and wine. Stores may .1618 and Dewar's branch scotch ”“1 busmess at h'5 5‘0” “'35 hrlsl‘
- Shoppers Village liquors. 86613 now sell goods as low as wholesale whisky while Big Daddy'shasslashed yesterday “lilo 5,an ho follfthfhstorgu: , *
Hi St., tells cmtaners, “New 0W cost. Johnnie Walker Red. Sho r's prices “'0“ ”0 FOPahy UF er, , _
m WEY prischescouldend tomorrow." , Village has cut Smirnoff‘s 520d“ "it depends on the rnarket and what
The pic“ Will't md tmmw, The thrw ”tellers for the mm!" while Coliseum has cut Powv' the Commtltlon (10% I. \
said Alfred Schmalz, assistant part are proceeding slowly ““11 Wee . . , . _
.- ‘ manager at Shoppers Village, but at markdowns, which are averaging The three retailers have received The Situation may remain unsettled
_' 1;? <1. 3 u 1°“th the next few weeks, local li- around $1.35 per 750 milliliter bottle, many calls from potential customers ln light of Tuesday 5 decismn by chief
. . ~. . . . f m m be he their or-“fifth”. who are domg then shopping on the Court of Appeals Judge John P. ~ 3
‘ " l“ W “ ‘ 3:21.. mmoasaffipo‘mm hey are employing other... oc- telephone Butcher. and regular Ham not to 5..., Mesa who Al-
. , if U. ‘_ l . state's fair trade liquor law by a tics in their cutting, though. While customers were Vlsnlng the. store tomeys {0,33,-e Kentucky Retail “3 ‘
‘ p ~r .. v - mm“, Circuit CE I" judge last Shoppers Village and Coliseum 'are yesterday looking for bargains on quor Association and the Kentucky 3
. ’ ,‘. ' I. week filmnm certain 5:6 01f) pdrgmiurn 33,510:- gllytorite branch. and she in in pariah lgql'lgr Dflalgrs mfg: , .
‘ ' ’ ‘ ' in .llr F3, 5-1. ' ' org wines, ig a y‘s is . ion vesal le a pea l
“Elg' “3%!!! {ah/l ray]: :3}? (v 9' , 910993;: Village bated "lemma slinging prices on all sizes of certain “It‘s going to be tight for retailers ruling to the Court of Appeals, and
23,4 is! - . 3- , b“ g... tummy ”no“; moilduul and um, for a while.“ she said. “but it‘ll be they will ask the state Supreme Court
9"” 1......- a“: imrlt "1‘53 “39:72 flmve of math home bnnqxrBut- Shoppers Village has cut the [rice 8’93”" ”miners" ”Slay Meifls'Order-
a W 5 h - 1 ‘ ’A an “id faulting ”udty (ll lgx- m Jack mmel‘s black label bourbon She said Foducers will eventually Officials for th? state‘s AlCOhOlIC
‘ ington’s television static- led Big whiskey from $9.24t03759- While BlS offer retailers incentive to buy their Beverage (‘ontrol Board have said
i" ‘v '/' "- Daddy‘stocutll’ieelmelflmbfm- DIMY’S has reduced ll ‘0 37-95 3'8 products. and that action will allow they will not issue citations to liquor '
Although the economic situation may have forced some students into Coliseum Um. 37’ Rose St., h” Daddy’s offers prices “$10152 0" the retailers t0 begin ”300“le some 0‘ stores selling liquor and wine at
unwilling temperance this year, a iudgos' ruling striking down fair Ibo m [idea on seven 0' M liter and $17.48 on the 1.75 liters bot- the current early losses they may be meg lower than those set by the fair
trade laws may once again make for wall-stocked bars. brunt. tie, however. sustaining. trade law.
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. _ ,. 1 hose bIaStEd bl’ds, Discharging shotguns in dormitory area is dangerous policy
HThe two men lwaijte‘ijn th: {hiding tevening. :uh gampus 3:: cotolrgnatogs :md rfldence WWW “”253, , r, .
' leir guns are 0a an e vic ims are a irectors ' no ow w a was ppen- , , t ‘ ago-Wt
3 1 .. ' . ' near. There isaslight rustling of the leaves,a ing and the UK police department arrived on 30 WHATS ”E BlTCHlN . {79‘ ,V ' ,1 .
. sound called from above: they are here. The the scene after the men had left. ABOUT-3 WE'RE GET‘WN’ , .. , 492/.
.- » '. f ls‘Cn raise their guns and sight the prey, a , , , . I ‘ 4 ’1 VA .1.“ -:
, ‘- ‘- ‘. siight pressure on the trigger causes the night In-addition, “0t all Of the [FMS were killed RID 0 TH’ WA/g/Raf V , s1 '.o .
. ‘ . ' . . - outright. Many were left partially and severly ’ / ~ ‘3: -
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a, . wounded. The birds that could not fly away ARE“ T WE? » a , P
': -' - The men are Physical Plant Division died during the night, some from wounds and | ‘V . , , .' y
‘ - , " 0.3 uployees. Their prey are blackbirds and some from the cold. The dead birds were pick- N' W ’ ‘ . - , . '
, ’ their intent is to kill. ed up the nextday by PPD workers who threw I ' . - -- , 'o- , ,. ‘ i . 5 g
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)2 ' _ j, . But the birds aren‘t the only ones in danger Shim m :1: back Of a truck to be dumped who i g (E, * 9" - I.
’: , ‘: * - the guns were shot off in the North Campus WSW e e. “vim...“ ' . / A . . ‘ v . _ gm: 5
. . flourtyard between Holmes and Keeneland This senseless endangerment of students, .illl, “"“llllllllfi / (IA/1! I /'_. a d ‘ \ - m. d ‘ K. bl
>_ ._ “1115- and the inhumane destruction of birds, is an W ' o v .Q ,‘s‘ ’ l 9' , _ f4; Ila g
' '. h . outrage. UKPD officials said the men were ll, ‘ ‘ 3/ . £ -‘ ‘- ‘0 “‘i . 7 t — 9‘
. ‘ NT lfbmfl: from PPD werehsent out to km title authorized to shoot the blackbirds, but nobody is?“ ' I, . "7 wé' % ,d ‘Q . Q _.- \§ l" <
. 4 ac ll“ on campus. T e reason for ,t e seems to know if they were authorized to shoot -, ,1 v ‘ " “M g? ' & av‘ . {l l|[l‘\\\\\\\. A '
- , - destruction is not kown, PPD lsnt talking. - - X / 'l‘ltt, \‘ ‘ - .. .\.
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g - r . :iut, it may have to do With histoplasmOSis, a If g usuuol & 4 :1 lg m] ' 'l‘l" _
. ', - ‘ l‘PSPItOFy disease spread by bll‘d dI‘ODDlnES- Regardless of whether or not the men were 5 , fig" .77. ’ a “‘t '1 ( ! ' ‘ ' , ' .
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People On the scene had no prior warning rounded by personal dwellings and Sh°°t , “ET/34: k ' “5" " "af
« .. . that guns would be discharged in the area. “0th“ has g“ ‘0 besml’l’ed- w * . t '\\ , t
,. s , Students walked in and out of the area all ‘ - .\ h ‘- ~ - %\ ‘3' 2"»-
' ‘,~ - ,' . evening, and many students were in the T. Lynn Williamson, acting dean of ’7: f “ 6 fit] / ' ‘1
j, ; I: buildings surrounding the courtyard. A pellet students, said that it “won’t happen again.” If h fiT-g " ”1 ' ,' , .,t {I'll «(mm "
.' , f , from either of the two shotguns could have there is a potential for a problem (and most ' \z;_.,, a; 1,5;-
- rioocheted off a wall or tree and caused a agree there is) then why did it happen in the " 29V ,.. 2‘;
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.: - ' The plan, if there was one, was not thought have been closely reviewed and planned. 7' T---- 1W -'--’-' =37‘--"-’"~‘-'-‘t" -'-'-‘~.-"~’w"-rv-'-‘a-' * -. IJ' " I-
” . ‘ Lexington's drinking water contains
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DRINKING unacceptable amount of chemicals
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' .' y". , H0 f8 0 e t? ‘i\ {Host}: Cl‘lltitcaltfatctor t0 beczsigered Cress,chairmanofthat committee. pand to include waste disposal pro-
. -. - is e aen lme requir or a , ducersthro outthe te."
.11.: h . W 38 ls l 0 Chemical contaminant to cause The prestdent 0f KOGA, John AVIla, Indeed, ulghcertainslt; how an
_ z 3, ' cancer. sent copies of the report to all regulatory laws willbeenforced. Why
. . ' if" The latent time is the time between members 0‘ KOGA- The report states do we pay our elmtw officials to .
'~ . -.I . , .'.‘ Would you drink the contents of an The lfrban County Council is to be recently adopted a resolution stating exposure to the chemical and the ap— “- - - the EPA has determined that in design laws to protect us if we don’t ,
-- ,' ;. -. unlabelled bottle? Would you let your praised for its concern over the situa- that the acceptable level of risk (ex- pearance 0f the disease It causes. order to protect minnows and other W980t themtobeenforced?
.'_ Vi. Children drink such unknown tion; however, they have not done posure) for a given chemical should How many 0f, you know that the aquatic life in the receiving waters, Dr. Ralph Wiseman, UK
r, , substances? Well. if you are drinking enough! The council has held several be that which is not detectable in an aver age induction time for most car- discharges of total dissolved solids in Microbiology professor, predicted, as
7'1 Lexington‘s water. that's exactly discussions on the trihalomethanes epidemiology study. cmogens is_ some 30 years? Some produced water should be limited to earlyas 1974, thattheUSA would one
".~._; , . - f . -, uhat you're doing — drinking a during the last month. Minutes of the Furthermore, animal studies that chemicals ”‘9 benzene have much 1‘0“) parts per million and 2.000 PM“ day no longer have potable water. He
"41.91 poison with unknown effects. Jan 12 council work session shows indicate no health risk are not proofof 5'10"“ latent Peno‘b- it take“? “"9 (ie. two parts of contaminant per suggested that we would have tobuy
. 1"}? I", .‘ We do know it may be a carcinogen, that Mr. Bob Eden of the water com- a chemical’s safety. The tacit years after exposure to a certain ac- million parts 0t water) maximum and bottled water. That started a month
, - - be it does it accumulate in our bodies? pany discussed the trihalomethane assumption is that there is no such cumulated amount 0‘ benzene for has included these conditions in the ago for me when an acquaintance
' 5‘ .' _‘ Will we die from cancer 35 years after problem with the council. beast as zero risk as would the water leukemia ‘0 occur. NPDES permit (ie. permit t0 reminded me ofthe tribalomethanes.
,‘ ‘ '. :- we‘re exposed to mhalomethaneg? company have us believe. The pro- Ican understandlaymen being i8- discharge waste water into US. It’s easy for the water company to
5.x", 2; ‘W‘illyou live tobe50'? blem is that there is currently no norant about potential toxic effects of waters).” say, “Look, there’s no health risk; do
in .- The drinking water in Lexington epidemiological data available on you see anyone getting sick?” Are
_. ,‘. ' " ,. contains more than twice the allowed ‘ trihalomethanes. Thus, we mist be you willing to let themuseyou or your
-, .- limit of potential cancercausing ' John especially careful to err on the side of H , , loved-ones as guinea pigs for a year,
1‘. _ (carcinogen) organic chemicals call- Fritz conservatism in assessing these com- I can understand laymen being Ignorant two years or perhaps longer in order
3 .. f ed trinalomethanes What are (\ pounds. about potential toxic effects of chemicals, tofind one if thereisahealthrisk?
' trihalomethanes'.’ Trihalomethanes '7 — ' __‘M”“' There are some very good reasons but the apparent ignorance Of the EPA Of— What irritates me more about this
,.' g. f - are chemicals that contain one car- why we mustbecareful when dealing fends m e n problem is that the council believed
.,‘, , 1 hon atom, one hydrogen atom. and He told the council there was no with any chemical contaminant that ' Mr. Eden when he defined their role
three haolgent"‘trihalo"latoms. health risk and said several treat- is consumed by humans and other for them at the Jan. 12 meeting.
T,‘-.".' ,‘f;' g; Halogens important in forming ment processes had been considered organisms. Oneof the most important -»~—————~———s———————-—— Minutes of that work session state.
It," ::',.. trihalomethanes in drinking water in» or implemented on a trial basis. I is that the death rate due to cancer “Mr. Edens stated that the roleof the
,’ clude chlorine, bromine and iodine. wonder how many “trial processes" continues to increase despite the chemicals, but the apparent ig- According to the report, the Big Council is to encourage enforcement
',; The four most common were jist considered, and how many overall decline of the national death norance of the EPA offends me. EPA Sinking Field contains many times of the laws related to pollution con-
i‘w's.‘ ‘, trihalomethanes t a general class of were actually tried. rate. representatives met with the council the allowed levels of total dissolved trol.”
'.'v.,‘.'."’.,",«i :5 chemicals) are: 1) chloroform, 2) Did the council pursue this issue? Two thousand or more new on Jan, mand admitted that there is wing, The low water level is cited as I can imagine his cohorts at the
- , bromodichloromethane, 3) Mr Eden‘s assertion that there is chemicals (or mixtures) are in- some risk involved in having such an additional problem in loweringthe water company exclaiming, “All we
,',' . i dibromochloromethane and 4) zero health risk is diametrical to the troduced into the environment yearly. high levels of trihalomethanes, but level of dissolved solids in the Ken- need is for that damn counciltopass a
f. ,5}, tribromomethane. Opinion preposed by the field of Of the 60.000 plus chemicals in use the risk is small (they said) andofno lucky mver from which Lexington local law requiring is to actually
:x ,-' 5,3; The Kentucky American Water modern toxicology. His zero risk right now, we have only tested some immediate consequence, draws itswatersupply. clean up the trihalomethanes ..."
4,7,", ’ ’ Company notified the public of the ex. statement is absolutely false. 3.500for possible mutagenic capacity. Both the EPA and the Kentucky Natually, the water company would
,3" "5’ cessive levels of the possible car- if there is zero health risk then why «Achemical which causes mutation Hell no, it is of no immediate con- Department for Natural Resources trytodefinetocouncil’s role.
.v't,.-_‘.'...'t’. , cinogens in late December 1981.Since did Dr. John Poundstone. commis» in bacteria via interaction with sequence. The damage of most car- and Environmental Protection That’s analogois to a convicted
" :-‘ ,-‘,,‘, then the Lexington—Fayette Urban sioner of the Lexington Health bacterial DNA is inferred to be a cinogens surfaces only 30 years after believe our ti-ihalomethane problem felon attempting to define the role of
, ' " . ‘3; (‘ounty Council began considering Department. notify legislators and potential carcinogen in animals and exposure to the crap, Howdowe know results from thechlorination of water the judge in deciding his sentence —
' '.,' what action they should take to help the Kentucky Department for Natural humans, with 90 percent accuracy, whether you need only be exposed to containing bromides which are “. . . it is only the role of the judge to
, _ g 3 clean up the problem. Kentucky Resources and Environmental Pro since all organisms have DNA which trihalomethanes for but one month in discharged by (mode oil operatia‘ls, encourage enforcementofthelaw. . .
1.3» American wants to apply for a tection that the Lexington-Fayette composesgenes.) order to contract cancer some 30 'I‘hecrudeoilproducersclaimthereis merefore,probationisinorder. .
f [.1 -." “variance" from the limits on the County Board of Healthhad adopteda Ofthose 3,500 chemicals tested for years later? The EPA based their no other economic means for their What's wrong in this
71 ,I -, - amount of trihalomethanes allowed to resolution concerning the mutagenic potential, detailed infor- statement on fiction — there is no wastedisposal. tribalomethanecaseisthatthejudge
, i. .' - be present in water. tr'ihalomethanes'.’ mation on their specific effects is vir- scientific data tosupport their conclu- Some larger crude oil producers (Urban County Council) accepted the
,' -.' ." Part of the problem in getting the Its resolution urges compliance tually nonexistent. The point is that sion. wanttosend representativesofthein. water company’s plea for probation!
’ ; f‘ . ,' variance is that neither the state of with the EPA Interim Drinking Water the biological effects of these dustry to meet with the governments The council should act now to pass a
. ', ' _' Kentucky nor the United States En- Standards with reference to chimicalsareunknown. The EPAhasstated thattheregula- involved in regulatirg the pollution law obligating the local water ti'eat-
: " ,L- i vironmental Protection Agency trihalomethanes. Dr. Carl H. Scott, Will trihalomethanes accumulate in tion of the trihalomethanes is not levels. They want past violations (of merit planttoclean upthesystem. In
--,. . knows which organization has chairman of the Board of Health. sent our bodies until a toxic level is reach- their problem; thus, they are trying oil pmducers’ lack of permits to themeantime, they can “encourage” - ‘
j 51",, jurisdiction over whether the a similar set of resolutions to edafter two, threeort‘our months of to pass the buck by quelling any pollutenobeforglven, the EPA to force the members of
, "-, 1' ', variance is granted to Kentucky regulatory agencies and council exposure? Will this lead to cancer outrage at the presence of the 1 think members of goon should KOGA to stop polluting the rivers
. - , .- ' American. members. The Society of Toxicology some 30 years later? Perhaps the chemicals inourwater supply. pay the tab for cleaning up our water with high levelsofbromii‘leii.the
.. , l andshould certain! notbe Iamremlndinathecoucl Hhelr
' ‘/ ' Blew“ COUNTY by Berke Breathed The problem is multifactorial. The $333!“ guide. that, tnye vaca- role is to protect the interests of our
1. -' ammwmw drinking water is probably getting company recently got a rate hike population, not the wate- company's
. ' ‘ meadow tea. av. mt ozone ‘ hish levels of halosens in the form of (intended fa- expanflm or the out. profits. The cOimcil's resolution on
' -‘ WWW ER~-~,, WEE MEDIA NEXT bromides andchlotrideo from oil wells merit plant) and all we need is ti-ihalomethanea is, at best, only a
- . “ FLV um mu ? l \ FLAP‘ FW 1 Dee- W039» We“ and Em“ COW (tribalomethenes) created by a rich company and KOGA-
" ,’ \, {W’ V W l ties. mwl Aren’t there any real lawmakers
.' .- .3 W, \9 fl fl“, ' g , ChaianoydCressthlnksthisis leftmtthere?
a \ i . I! . , . .. , . In December .181, the Kentucky 01] the most an” environmental pro- snowshowthewetu' mks whom
, . s 1” . x ,r t l x "D and G?! “Whman‘m'mém blem that the oil industry has dealt jurisdiction over whom!
_ ____3 \‘I. .5 ‘v i“, r 9“,, Committee Md ”Hr entire nud- with “m m Envirorunentel Corn- © 1”, Jdm Fritz
. , , , _ W __I I, A g g _ _ : ,4, A year meetlne to the finhllotnelhene mince (of xocm was formed five
. , ' d -— 4% i l ’ la _ . ‘ ‘Q a problun became, . . . of n the ya" “Q Hi! report mm sum John Fr“; (3 a graduate Mn! in
, also ' l l Jeff; 4, ...l serial“ 0‘ the 9'0““ - - -- 3°— that: .. there is little dmbt the Toxicology and a producer of
.m- 1’5 » t ‘n ‘ l .. "" cor-dine to a W filed by Lloyd 3- millet“! activity will eventinlly ex- Telecable'e "Science Newellne. ”
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