European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 2, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 4 the stars and stripes thursday March 2,1989 . Partially bans incoming waste Pinewood. . A South Carolina wednes Day banned hazardous waste shipments from 32 stat Sand puerto Rico hat have not begun creating their own dump. As a truck comes from an area that s banned we re going to turn the truck Back and. If at Al possible escort it Back to the state line said Bill Culler of the slate depart ment of health and environmental control. The ban applied to a commercial Landfill operated Here by Cox sen ices. It is one of Only two Commer Cial hazardous waste landfills in the Southeast. Most Landfill customers had been notified of the ban. But the department wednesday increased the number of inspectors monitoring the Landfill from three to 10 to watch for unexpected loads from banned slates. Culler said. It will have a tremendous Impact on our business Cox vice president Roger Davis said. We just in Init s a Good business decision not to Challenge the ban announced tuesday affects such heavy Landfill users As Honda and North Carolina. It results from gov. Carroll Campbell s Jan. Is executive order that South Carolina would prohibit be ginning March i the disposal of waste from any Sta Elhat refused to dispose of the waste itself. We Hope our actions will encourage other Stales to move toward developing their own hazardous waste management programs said Hartsill Truesdale head of the state health department s hazardous waste division a was both the failure of others tales to aggressively address their Basic disposal problems and the grow ing imbalance in waste disposal that prompted Gover nor Campbell to Issue this executive massive Gox Landfill on the Shore of Lake mar Ion annually accepts 135.000 tons of hazardous waste such As solvents acids and other chemical garbage. About 70 percent comes from out of state. The Oiher hazardous waste Landfill in the Southeast is in Emelle Ala. The governor s spokesman. Tucker Eskew said he believed Campbell s message to other states would come across if it s not Good enough for you. It s no Good enough for Campbell hits said any stale would have 10 re move disposal prohibitions before the ban could be lifted. North Carolina responded to the ban Wilh the Intro Duclion of a Bill tuesday that Renews that state search for a hazardous waste treatment Plant but the Bill fails to specify when a site would be chosen. South Carolina state sen. Phil la Vanlis a longtime Landfill opponent said other Stales should have work ing disposal Sites before being allowed to Send South Carolina in if waste anybody thai promises us Ihal with a Little Revi Sion Ofa Law their stale is soon going to be handling its own hazardous waste is simply telling us the Cheek is in the mail la Van us said. The banned slates shipped about 45 percent of the waste handled by the dump in 1987, according to the Liesl figures available. In addition to puerto Rico Florida and North Carolina the following slates arc by the ban Alaska Arizona California Colorado. Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Louisiana Maine Mississippi Missouri Nebraska new Hampshire new Mexico North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Dakota Tennessee Utah Vermont Washington. West Virginia Wisconsin and Wyoming. Armed truce up i nov Vor Eicr and slate guv my Stead h the wrist of Fred a Cults left As he. Mario Ciao my reach n tie in an Arm wrestling contest. After the annul clash Cuomo made a speech in a Ralh crier Tofeld Frlj people in Albany. Inouye plans in Oyabe bus Ness trip to 6 nations Washington Al most of Inouye s colleagues on a Senate panel have spurned his invitation to join him on. A Sis nation tour despite his Promise that the Las payer paid trip will mix pleasure with business. Inouye a Hawaii Democrat and the new chairman of he Senate appropriations committee s defense subcommittee has invited 17 panel members to accompany him to the Middle East and Europe for an on the scene evaluation of the changes which Are occurring in several areas of significance to our nation s defense but Inouye s letter of invitation also notes other attractions in West Germany Italy Egypt Spain Israel and Turkey. I also make a sacral Effort to allow Lime for visits to museum Art galleries and religious and historical Sites in the capitals and the Countryside of i Csc countries Inouye wrote. Citing protocol demands lie suggested that the senators bring along their spouses on what i know will be a most enjoyable and productive trip far from being a congressional Jun Ket this trip Wilt Alee us 10 areas which 1 believe we need to visit to understand the dimensions of the problems con fronting . National Security and to meet the responsibilities we face As. Members of the subcommittee on de sense he said. The associated press obtained a cop of the idler which proposes the trip for the Senate s easter vacation during thelast two weeks of March Only one senator a Democrat has signed up. And three senators Are undecided according to an informal headcount. At least 13 subcommittee Mem Bers said they had no plans logo most citing prior commitments and More pressing business at Home. The itinerary Calls for three nights i Munich three in Rome two in Istanbul three in Cairo three in Jerusalem and Orti in i irid. The route was designed to allow Mem Bers to see fracture ones of the geopolitical world said fou pc whose subcommittee oversees spending for the defens department and the Cia. The congressional party will Fly on an air Force ice to ensure that we accomplish the objectives of Cir trip and la Adda measure of Security Inouye said. The . Government picks up nil sex lenses for members of Congress. They receive per Dieni at the Samc rate As . Diplomats abroad. For example the daily rate is is 63 in Munich and 198 in Cairo. A state department official said arrangements such As the exact dates Are not cd firm. Film leads to voiding of Texas murder conviction Austin. Texas a a state appeals court wednes Day set aside
