18 -Lancaster Farming. Saturday. May 3.1969
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A View From The Governor's Office
By Gov. Raymond P. Shafer
Pennsylvania * fust in the
nation to cuMte a statewide
computet i/ed water pollution
monitoring nelwoik. first in the
nation to establish an automa
tic an monitonng nctwoik on
a statewide basis, first in the
nation in legislation for a com
prehensive solid waste manage
ment system
As pait of this Administra
tion’s 10-yeai “Project Envnon
ment,” these ti end-setting ac
complishments have placed the
Commonwealth m the forefront
of states which acknowledge
that protection of man’s en
vironment is an essential guar
dianship. moie than a refeiee
ing job
Deputy Secretaiy of Envnon
mental Protection Wesley E
Gilbertson of the Depaitment of
Health puts the pioblem this
way:
“Once we could inn away
fiom the pioblems that threat
ened life and the quality of liv
ing in places wheie people con
gregated Now theie is no place
to hide If we want our envuon
ment fit to live in. we must
fight for it ”
First in Computerized
Water Control
A federal grant of moie than
a quarter of a million dollars
was awarded to the Bureau of
Sanitary Engineering in Janu
ary to assist in developing a
comprehensive water quality
management infoimation sys
tem for the more than 50,000
miles of Pennsylvania water
ways
Designed to lighten enforce
ment of Pennsylvania’s model
Clean Sti earns Law, the state
wide water pollution monitor
ing network began with a com
plete quality inventory of all of
Pennsylvania’s streams to pin
point known sources of pollu
tion and piovide detailed infor
mation on existing and needed
waste tieatment facilities.
Hundieds of man-hours were
involved in taking individual
samples from waterways under
varying conditions This project
has now progressed to the point
where Pennsylvania has detail
ed mfoimation on water pollu
tion never before available.
When fully operational with
in the next two or three years,
a central computer bank will
stcre this and lelated infoima
tion and make it instantly avail
able to locate sources of sudden
slugs of pollution, to investigate
known polluters and to recoid
enfoi cement actions taken bv
the State Samtaiy Water Board
Automatic Air Monitoring
Majoi legislation designed to
make Pennsylvania the leading
State in the Union in controll
ing air pollution was passed in
July, 1968
This foi ward-looking legisla
tion resulted in an award in late
1968 of $699,222 in Federal
funds to Pennsylvania to esta
blish the first State-wide air
pollution monitoring netwoik
in the Nation
In addition, Pennsylvania is
one of only three States whose
present air conti ol progiam has
been awarded Federal funds for
continuation of its pioneering
cffoits.
Two experimental mobile
field stations arc already in
operation, one near Noi i istown,
Plymouth Township, Montgo
meiy County: another near
Chestei, Delaware County It is
expected the automatic network
will include at least 25 diffcient
sampling sites in the Stale
Within the next few months,
standards for the contiol of air
pollution in the recently de
signated “Federal Metiopolitan
Intel state Air Quality Control
Region” will be completed. This
region includes Bucks, Chester,
Delaware, Montgomery and
Philadelphia Counties in Penn
sylvania plus Burlington, Cam
den, Gloucester, Mercer and
Salem Counties in New Jersey
and New Castle County m Dela
ware.
Last month Federal hearings
wei e held on a plan to designate
the Western Pennsylvania
Counties of Allegheny, Arm
strong, Beaver, Butler, Lawren
ce, Washington and Westmore
land as a Fedeial an quality
control region
Since complete guidelines for
developing implementation
plans have not yet been issued
by the Fedeial Government,
Pennsylvania will continue en
forcing its own State regula
tions until all Federal require
ments aie determined.
First in Solid Waste
Management
On July 31, 1968, Governor
Shafer signed into law Pennsyl
vania’s pioneering Solid Waste
Management Act
Intent of the Act is to provide
urbanized areas of the Common
wealth with protection from
public health hazards emanat
ing from improper handling of
solid waste This Act also makes
Pennsylvania the first State .to
establish a cooperative effort
with local governments to de
velop a comprehensive, State
wide solid waste management
program
Basically, it provides for the
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Apply new Lasso either in granules or liquid and you’re done. Lasso needs
no soil incorporation; just Vs - % inches of ram will turn on Lasso’s excellent
grass control for your corn and soybeans.
WHAT MAKES PRE-EMERGENT LASSO THE SUPERIOR
CORN & SOYBEAN HERBICIDE? LOTS OF THINGS . . .
Crop safety. New Lasso has been tested and tested. The results were always
the same. No damage to feeder roots of corn and soybeans. Lasso doesn’t cut
yields it increases them.
Killing power. Lasso gives excellent control of grasses and some broadleaf
weeds
No carryover. When Lasso’s done working, it breaks down harmlessly in the
soil. So it can’t damage following crops, or ruin rotation plans
No incorporation necessary with Lasso, thus reducing the number of trips over
the field and soil compaction.
Minimum moisture is needed to put Lasso to work.
Lasso works well on a wide range of soil types.
That's why Lasso's best. Better get the best now at:
Lancaster Bene Fertilizer Co., Bnc.
Quarryville, Pa
786-7348
SAIL AWAY IN A SQUARE-RIGGED SHIP. IF ONLY IN YOUR
DUE VMS. Armchair sadois will be enthialled with this seaworthy
wall hanging. To set otT on in embroidciy adventure, you will need
a piete of orange buiLip and assoited shades of knitting worsted
and super fingenng jam A diagram with stitch and tiansfer in
stiactions is available flee of chage. Just send a self-addressed,
stamped emelope to the Needlework Editor of this newspaper along
witn your request for leaflet PE 4214
planning and regulation of all
types of solid waste matter in
cluding domestic, aguculturnl
and industrial wastes, their stoi
age, collection, transportation
processing and disposal
Pennsylvania’s program re
quires municipalities to submit
to the Department of Health
plans for solid waste manage
ment systems in their jurisdic
tions and authorizes grants to
municipalities to help them pre
pare plans for submission by
the end of 1970
Effective January 1,1970, per
mits will be required for the
disposal of solid wastes The Act
prohibits the construction, al
teration or operation of solid
waste disposal or processing
facilities without a permit from
the Pennsylvania Department
of Health A 22-member Solid
Waste Management Advisory
Committee is already working
on policy and formulating
guidelines
In 1966, Pennsylvania became
one of the first states to apply
for and receive a Federal grant
Pre-Emergent Corn & Soybean Herbicide
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to conduct a three-year study
on which to develop a State
wide solid waste management
plan The inventory of solid
waste storage, collection and
disposal practices of 2,559 muni
cipalities (100 percent) has
been completed, and an inven
tory of the practices of Penn
sylvania’s industrial and agri
cultural establishments is on
its way to completion
Pennsylvania was a member
of the National Task Force
Committee which developed
data inventory forms from solid
waste studies It was one of five
states which tested the forms
and was the first State to adopt
and use them. It was also the
first State to use the U, S. Pub
lic Health Service’s data pro
cessing facilities to compile in
formation from these forms.
In all three areas, Pennsyl
vania has again shown its deter
mination to move forward in
environmental protection. With
continued public support, I am
certain that it will.
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