European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 19, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes monday. January 19,1987 Epa toxin control limited study says Washington a the Environ mental Protection Agency a decade after Congress directed in to control hazardous h Alc has made Only limited Progress in protecting people from dangerous Chemi cals a new congressional study says. Epa cannot say what portion of the universe of hazardous wastes in has identified and brought under regulation or even if it is regulating the worst wastes in terms of potential Impact on human health and the environment he study said. Epa docs not know whether it is con trolling 90 percent or existing hazardous wastes or 0 percent according to the general accounting office the investigative Wing of Congress. At present the disposal of dangerous wastes such As certain pesticides and known carcinogens like dioxins is no being regulated by Epa the Gao said in a report released saturday by rep. James Florio d-n.j., chairman of a House Energy and Commerce subcommittee with jurisdiction Over Epa. The report quoted the Epa As saying it seems reasonable to conclude thai significant quantities of potentially hazardous wastes arc not yet captured under Federal  the Epa docs not know How Man industries it must study or How Long twill take to review All potentially Hazar Dous waste from them the Gao said. Epa reports that there arc More than60,000 chemicals manufactured or used today creating an even greater number of distinct waste streams for potential Hazar Dous listing review the report said. The Gao noted that in response to in Basic 1976 toxics control Law. The Epa in 1980 established handling and disposal regulations for Boul 450 substances that were generally agreed to be hazardous. A the same time the Epa set up four Broad characteristics such As  corrosive Ness that would subject a waste substance to regulation under he1976 Law since that Lime Epa has added no new characteristics and has listed Only five additional specific wastes Ibe report said. Those characteristics thai Epa have developed arc incomplete and specific waste listings have not filled the  the Gao said thai because of data collection problems the Epa has yet to produce the Bic Sial reports required by Congress to show the Type and amounts of hazardous wastes being generated in the United Stales. In 1984 amendments to the Basic Law Congress required the Epa to study 19 specific substances for possible Regula Tion but the Gao said it could take two More years before the Epa regulate those it finds to be hazardous. The 1984 amendments also required the Epa to study five High volume Industrial wastes such As those from mining and Coal burning. Gao said that at the current Pace these studies won t be completed until 1990. The Law allows exemption from regu lation to waste handlers who can Demon Strate that their processes Render listed wastes non hazardous. The Gao said thai a limited spot Check by Epa turned up problems with this system. Epa found that the exemption petitions did not accurately describe actual conditions and at times found what it considered to be serious misrepresentation the report said. The Cao quoted the Epa As citing Lack of resources and competing Priori ties among others As reasons for in limited Progress in identifying hazardous wastes and coming mandated Itu Tei Gao believes however that a contributing Factor is the Lack of an Overall management plan directing the efforts with specific milestones resources an responsibilities the report said. The Gao said the Epa i now implementing major changes in ill Hazar Dous waste control efforts. The report said it is too soon to Tell whether they would be successful. Florio said the report confirms what Many of us have Long feared. Through mis management Lack of planning and Lack of resources the Epa has spent the last Lix years actively ignoring congressional requirements to Contra hazardous wastes. The Gao study suggests thai untold amounts of toxic wastes May be contrib uting to the nation s problems with grou Redwater contamination and Long term environmental damage primarily because the Epa Hai failed to do what Congress has  or. Spode among demonstrators arrested during Trident ii protest Cape canaveral Fla. Up or. Benjamin Spock was arrested saturday after the b3-year-old baby doctor climbed a Fence at the Cape canaveral air Force station As port of a protest against the suicidal Trident missile. More than 4,000 anti nuclear protesters participated in the Stop the countdown demonstration Al the main Gate leading into the air Force station sheriffs deputies said. Dozens of the protesters were arrested for climbing Over the barbed wire topped Security fences along with some who waded around the fences in the banana River deputies said Spock and his wife Mary Morgan were among the first demonstrators arrested just West of the main  octogenarian was assisted Over the 10-foot-nigh Fence which was draped with rugs to protect protester from barbed wire. He and his wife then were Ted to an identification building where other protesters were waiting to reprocessed by sheriffs deputies. The demonstration Culini or. Benjamin Spock up Phula  a week of civil disobedience and trespassing at the military Complex that was staged in a futile attempt to Block the first test flight of and enl ii missile thursday. The launch was a Success. A handful of counter demonstrators advocating Strong nuclear defense also were on hand for saturday s demonstration Yelling More nukes less kooks and other slogans but the confrontation was peaceful. The peace activists led by Spock the paediatrician who wrote the baby and child care Book and later became an anti War activist assembled at a Public Campground Early saturday and at about 2 p. M. Marched the 3 a Miles to the air Force station chanting slogans and singing wailing for the crowd at the main Gate to the air Force station which is on state land were Brevard county sheriffs deputies wearing Gas mask packs and carrying Yard Long night Sticks Cape canaveral Means something special to the american people and by holding the rally Here i immediately Speaks of something very important Spock said in an interview before the March to the air Force  m not Here primarily for the Trident i but its successful test launch thursday reminds us the Pentagon and defense department arc actively developing More and More dangerous weapons Spock said. It insanity suicidal to be doing what the administration is  the Slop the countdown protest in Florida began last week in a bid to delay the Fine lest flight of the powerful new submarine launched Trident ii ballistic missile. Officials said 58 people were arrested for tres passing before saturday s formal demonstration began. The missile was successfully launched thursday. Facility s fund cutoff affirmed Washington a a supreme court Justice filing a Federal Mil in Columbus to Block the tray saturday refused to Block the government from cutting off $4.9 million in medicaid finds to a Home for the mentally retarded in Ohio. Justice Anton in Scalia rejected an emergency re quest by he Gruler foundation to Force a Continua Tion of funds for the foundation s Home in new Pitts Burgh Ohio. The foundation sought continued funding pending further court action in the Case. Medicaid funding car the Home was to end sunday because Federal officials said there is a threat to Resi dents health and safely. The Cost of running the Home is $ 1s .000 a Day. Meanwhile the Ohio Legal rights service said it is Filin suit Transfer of 223 residents of the Home for the mentally retarded. Legal services lawyers said the scheduled closing of the Home on Jan. 23 does nol Permil enough time for state officials to evaluate each resident of the Home properly for placement elsewhere. The suit seeks More time for the evaluations and to Check the Quality of Homes that would receive the residents of the new Pittsburgh facility. G ruler officials said residents must move by Jan 23 or pay private rates of s90 a Day because of the cutoff in led ural funds. The Gruler foundation is a subsidiary of american healthcare management inc. Of Dallas. Stateside another height record Likely for great Salt Lake Salt Lake City a the swollen great Salt Lake Hai risen nearly 2 inches in As Many weeks putting the briny Inland sea Well on its Way to setting another record this Spring the National weather service said. Bill Alder chief meteorologist Jaid government hydrologists measured the Luce s level it 4,211.33 feet above sea level up 0.1s of a foot from Jan. I. Since the so Misc Long 30-mile-wide take began its annual Rise on sept. 15, it has gone up almost 8 inches and is Only half a foot below i High set on june 3,1986, he said so we re More than Likely to exceed that historic High we set last june Alder said. The Peak this year is expected to be Between 4,212.25 and 4,212.75 feet above sea level or 5to 11 inches higher than Hist year s record. Woman who refused Aid after car Accident Dies Meridian miss. Up a 58-year-Oldwoman who refused medical assistance after an Accident saturday died of internal bleeding Dur ing the cab ride Home authorities said. Meridian police detective Cecil Currie said Flor ence Brewer of the Bailey Community died of apparent injuries suffered in a 1 15 . Rear end collision. Brewer was one of three passenger in a car driven by Randall whip 34, Currie said. Whip was charged saturday with manslaughter for Brewer s death and was transferred to the Lauderdale county jail. Conner Marl c. Cobler said Brewer had been Given emergency care by ambulance personnel at the scene of the Accident and was tied to a backboard for transport to a Hospital when the refused care Cobler quoted Brewer As laying whoa Waita minute. I Ain t going to a Damn Hospital s. American killer bees could reach . By 89 College station Texas up killer bees could invade South Texas and devastate the local Honey Industry by 1989 unless funding is approved to slow their migration through Mexico scientists have warned. The nearest confirmed Colony is about 50 Miles from the Southern mexican Border now in Guatemala John Thomas an entomologist with Texas am University said. The aggressive Strain of insects descend eats of 26 african Queen bees that escaped from Captivity in Brazil in 1957 and mated with local bees Goi in name from reports of humans Fri Ltd in massive Sling attacks in Brazil. The killer bees also have reportedly at tacked livestock during their migration