European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 25, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes monday november 25, 1985 Kate left them powerless about 200 people line up for ice in Tallahassee Fin. Most of the City s Homes and businesses had a loss of Power be cause of the visit of Hurricane Kate. The storm slammed the Florida Panhandle with 100-Mph winds tearing Down Power lines and causing extensive damage be fore losing strength. Islanders divided Over Way to lower Deer population Block Island . Up Post card perfect this tiny resort Island off the new England coastline is up in arms Over one of its former assets. Deer once imported to add Charm to the Island have proliferated into a local Hazard threatening the landscape augmenting Dis ease and dividing residents Over what to do about them. State game officials estimate that be tween 300 and 550 Deer survive on a dwindling Supply of shrubbery on the Island. With no natural predators Deer growth has gone unchecked and has created a 157 per cent increase since 1983 in reported cases of Lyme disease an arthritic illness passed to humans by ticks that live on Deer and other animals. Residents Are divided in their approach to the problem Between the do nothing and do something Camps. One option is to let the problem resolve itself naturally through Winter starvation. Another pro posed option is to open the Island to limited Hunting. Defenders of animals inc., a state Ani Mal advocacy group has successfully argued for a temporary restraining order bar ring the shooting of Deer on the Island. The department of environmental manage ment was to Mark 12 Deer for a study of Lyme disease. The animal rights group contended that the method for the killing using lights at night to Daze the Deer for More accurate aim would be inhumane and illegal. A Superior court judge is expected to de Cid this week whether to extend or lift the order. The do nothing group which would prefer to keep things uncomplicated by let Ting the Deer go their natural Way have obtained supporting signatures from 107 of the Island s 620 year round residents. The other Camp collected 85 signatures. 40% of Epa air pollution checks called inadequate Washington a the Environ mental Protection Agency s air pollution monitoring program conducted inadequate inspections about 40 percent of the time in 1984, a new congressional study says. The charges were made in a general accounting office report released by House Energy and Commerce committee chair Man John Dingell d-mich., who urged Epa administrator Lee Thomas to re evaluate Epa s entire inspection  _ Gao the investigative Wing of Congress said that in the fiscal year ending sept. 30, 1985, state and local inspectors checked 95 percent of the 29,886 factories and build Ings assigned to them under terms of the clean air act. But the Gao report said that in 43 per cent of the cases the inspections carried out under Epa guidelines were not performed often enough or in sufficient depth to ensure that a facility was complying with the Law s emission standards. The report said that even under updated inspection guidance issued by Epa since fiscal 1984, we estimated that about 39 percent of the inspections were invade  Gao said the record was even worse for possible air pollution sources that were the direst responsibility of Epa s own inspectors. Epa inspected Only 339 of the 2,017 sources 27 percent it should have citing several reasons including Lack of staff the report said. Asked for comment on the findings Epa spokesman Chris Rice said we be just received the report. We can t comment until we be had a Chance to study  Gao said it was assisted in evaluating the air pollution inspection program by pe1 associates inc., a consulting firm that helped set up the program and which Fol Lowed evaluation procedures similar to those employed by Epa. The four inspection Levels used by Epa Are a visual emissions Check a visual Check plus a review of a facility s records a de tailed engineering analysis and an analysis of emissions coming from a vent or stack. Gao said that of 105 facilities in 18 Virginia counties Pei identified 84 that required a detailed engineering analysis but received Only a state evaluation of visible bestsellers emissions or a records Check. When detailed engineering analyses were performed at 36 of these facilities 12 were found to be violating anti pollution Stan Dards and another 10 had operation and maintenance problems that led to violations according to the report. Other Gao findings included 5,916 facilities were not inspected often enough. 969 were inspected too frequently including seven visits to one without any potential process or control  half of the state and local agencies responding to the Gao Survey said their inspectors spent 30 percent or less of their time actually checking the facilities As compiled by the new York time. Fiction 1the Mammoth Hunters by Jan m. Auto 2lake Wobegon Days by Garrson Keillor 3texas by James a. Much Toner secrets by Danl tit smis Contact by Carl Sagan a Galapagos by Kurt von Nogul 7lucky by Jackla con i the secrets of Harry Bright by Josaph Wambaugh 9the accidental tourist by Anna Tolar 10world s fair by . Doctorow nonfiction a Elvis and me by or Ligula Beau Tau part Nav will Sandra Harmon 2yeager an autobiography by Chuck Yeagar and lao Janos 3dancing in the Light by shiny Macl Lanfor House by Tracy Kuddar , we Charles Kuralt m a jul is and Diana by Ralph g. 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