* WASHINGTON, D.C. - The requirement that fertilizer producers pay a $6O-million tax as part of the Ad “ENERGY-PAK” *WHAT IS AN "ENERGY-PAK" OXYGEN CONTROLLED FEED STORAGE SYSTEM? The “Energy-Pak” “Oxygen Controlled" Storage System includes a solid, steel reinforced concrete wall with a tough epoxy coating on the inside wall and a cone shaped concrete roof All access openings to the Silage Storage area are round and fitted with air-tight gaskets These round openings are easily clamped tight These features help to control and limit the amount of oxygen that comes in contact with the feed In operating an “Energy-Pak", prime importance is placed on closing the silo after each filling and feeding operation Proper use of this system significantly reduces the oxygen content in the silo and results in a more ideal condition for maintaining the quality of the feed put into it Detach and mail to; WEAVER STAR SILO, CO. RD4 Myerstown, PA 17067 SISUJQiS of PA. ALLEGHENY STAR Jackson Center, Pa 16133 412-662-2883 NORTHERN STAR Watsontown, Pa 17777 717-649-5151 WEAVER STAR Myerstown, Pa 17067 717-866-5708 I AM INTERESTED IN STORAGE FOR Corn silage Haylage Silo unloaders Conveyors High moisture corn Feed-mixer wagon Manure Gumte repairs (High strength concrete sprayed on surfaces) □ Please have salesman call Name Address City County Fertilizer blenders balk at superfund tax ministration’s “superfund” legislation is as logical as including the ‘Tinker Toy or widget industries”, ac- IS OXYGEN CONTROLLED FEED EASY Feed transit wagon Feeders .State. ’hone cording to a fertilizer in dustry spokesman here Wednesday before the House Subcommittee on Tran sportation and Commerce. Ed Wheeler, president, The Fertilizer Institute, said that Environmental Protection Agency proposals to tax the entire chemical industry unjustly penalize the fertilizer segment. “No abandoned waste sites have been found to contain fertilizer products or waste,” he said, yet the annual “superfund” tax on fertilizer plants would be at least $6O million, and could reach $lOO million per year, one-fourth the total $4OO - chemical industry contribution. EPA proposals would set a tax or fee on chemical producers for use in paying either the cost of cleaning-up inactive disposal sites, or of accidental hazardous chemical spills. In addition to the inequity of taxation of fertilizer production, such assessment Engineered lor Convenience And Dependability would reflect in higher food costs for U.S. consumers, he said, as well as many of the world’s “poorest of the poor” who rely on American agricultural exports. Wheeler posed a myriad of questions to the sub committee, noting, for in stance, that EPA has produced little factual evidence on number and content of abandoned chemical sites. First, he pointed out, “EPA rushed to the media”, and state there could be up to 50,000 such “orphan” sites. Ater the Institute requested a list of such sites, under the Freedom of Information Act, EPA identified only 151. “Not a single site con tamed any products or wastes produced by the fertilizer industry,” Wheeler said. “Never was so much proposed to be extracted from so many to be blithely thrown at an evasive target by so few”, Wheeler said, m Little Dav BOTTOM UNLOADING SYSTEM MODEL Lancaster Farming, Saturday, October 20,1979 referring to the proposed $4OO million fund. “We believe there is a problem...but we have no more idea as to its extent than do the members of this subcommittee, let alone the EPA,” he added and urged them to conduct a thorough analysis of the root problem as the first order of business, then to determine probable costs, as well as how states might participate. Conservation group elects new officers HARRISBURG-Robert Jones of Bath, Northampton County, was elected president of the Penn sylvania Association of Conservation District Directors. The elections were held at the Jomt Annual Conference of the State Conservation Commission and the Pennsylvania Association of Conservation r k* I C£s-.V -■ ►. >f J A* »‘> c “We believe both state and federal funds should be used to remove offending chemicals from waste sites,” rather than penalize persons or corporations for situations which they did not create, he said. In essence, he em phasized, the innocent are being punished for the faults of others with few facts to support such action. Districts, held in Green sburg on October 1-3. Jones served as the group’s vice president last year. He follows William Lange, Clarks Summit, as president. George Wolfe, Lebanon County, is the new first vice president. Alex Smith, Greensburg, Westmoreland County, completed his term as secretary and was elected second vice president. New Association secretary is Richard Morgan, Nor thumberland County. He follows Roby Grose, Punxsutawney, Indiana County, in that position. Wendell Pepson, Union town, Fayette County, once again will serve as treasurer. Amos Funk, Millersville, Lancaster County, was re elected as Pennsylvania’s council representative to the National Association of Conservation Districts. GARBER OIL CO. Fuel Chief HEATING OIL t OIL HEATING EQUIPMENT AIR CONDITIONING MOUNT JOY, PA Ph 653-1821 TRAILER LOAD SALE “SPECIAL DISCOUNTS" ON BLACK PLASTIC SILAGE COVERS SILO CAPS Pit, Bunker, Trench Silos ZIMMERMAN’S ANIMAL HEALTH SUPPLY R4LITITZ, PA 17543 Phone 717-733-4466 Closed All Day Wednesday 121
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