EPA
WASHINGTON, D.C. -
According to Lancaster
County Congressman Bob
Walker, the U.S, En
vironmental Protection
Agency (EPA) indicated to
him that action will soon be
initiated precluding the use
of prime farmland for the
purposes of solid waste
disposal.
Walker, who is the
Ranking Minority Member
on the House Environment
and Atmosphere Sub
committee, was informed of
the pending action in
testimony by top EPA of
ficials who were responding
to his questioning on a
related matter.
“I have stated many times
that farmland is one of our
most precious natural
resources and that we must
begin now to initiate
programs and policies that
mil adequately preserve it.
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“This pending EPA action
is cause to be optimistic that
prime agricultural land will
no longer be available for us
as municipal landfills,”
Walker said.
Seventeen months ago
during the controversy
surrounding the possible use
of the Lancaster County,
Pennsylvania farm of John .
Barley as a municipal
landfill, Walker requested
that EPA undertake a study
to determine alternatives to
using -prime farmland for
this purpose.
“Recently I received the
results of that study from
EPA and after reviewing it
felt that it had not been
properly executed,” Walker
said.
Yesterday when EPA
Assistant Administrator Dr.
Steven Gage came before
Walker’s subsommittee for.
oversight hearings he was
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questioned about the scope
and substance of the study.
“Under my questioning,
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satisfactory results of the
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“However, he then in
dicated that EPA is taking
the issue of farmland
preservation quite seriously
and that within a month
details of a program
precluding the use of prime
farmland for solid waste
disposal will be com
municated to the sub
committee,” Walker said.
He also noted that during
yesterday’s testimony EPA
officials pledged full
cooperation in working with
him on this issue. He said
they acknowledged that the
need to develop solid waste
disposal alternatives is
particularly pressing in the
more densely populated
areas of the nation such as
the northeast. ,
“I intend to’insure that
EPA moves properly
and expeditiously in this
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Lancaster Farming, Saturday, September 30,1970
area because I firmly
believe that our nation’s
future is directly related to
the maintenance of our
current food growing
canacity.
Pennsylvania egg
production up
HARRISBURG - Penn- was 2129 compared with 1975
sylvania egg production in August 1977,
during August 1978 totaled
273 million, according to the
Pennsylvania Crop
Reporting Service. The
August production was 12
per cent above the 244
million eggs produced in
August 1977. The August
average of 12.8 million
layers was four per cent
higher than in August 1977.
Egg production per 100
layers during August 1978
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core of styrofoam insulation, the finest heat and cold barrier we
know of for this purpose
C A sheet of 3/16" exterior grade plywood is laminated to the
styrofoam core for extra strength and rigidity
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“We must act now so
‘Barley Farm situations’
remain isolated incidents
and do not become com
monplace occurrences,”
Walker concluded.
The nation’s laying flocks
produced 5.5 billion eggs
during August, three per
cent more than last year.
The number of layers during
August averaged 272.4
million, compared with 270.6
million a year earlier. Egg
production per 100 layers
during the month was 2011
compared with 1978 a year
ago.
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