S A3o—Lancaster FarmtnCr Saturday, IwianriL I9Bi~ Agri-business §eminar panelists spoke from various viewpoints on agriculture’s responsibility to the environment. From left are district con servationist Riggs Harwell, state Department of York ag-business seminar BY JOYCE BUPP Staff Correspondent YORK To appreciative applause and a standing ovation, James Beattie, Dean of Penn State’s College of Agriculture, bid a retirement farewell to farmers and agribusiness representatives at the York Agri-business Seminar on Jan. 22 at Avalong Farms Restaurant Sponsor of the 18th annual seminar, and of the honor to Dean Beattie, was the York Area Chamber of Com merce. Over 100 participants turned out for the popular meeting, which focused this •,ear on “Agriculture and our Environment. ’ ’ The Chamber presented Beattie with a beautifully framed color print of majestic Mt Nittany, patron mountain” or sorts to the University and the, community of State College. The Ag College head has been working in the agriculture field for over 40 years. In thanking the Chamber, Beattie reconfirmed his long-time commitment to the farming community, adding that “agriculture is the most noble profession on earth. Nothing can happen until the needs of food, shelter and clothing are provided for.” Following up the presentation to Dean Beattie was keynote speaker Clif ford Jones, secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Resources. Jones bluntly told seminar participants that anything to do with the environment is costly. He warned that the popular slogan of “more or less” from government agencies means in reality that the public can expect “less for less”. An 18 percent cut in the DER budget, which bke other state allotments is being decreased annually in relation to inflation, is leaving Jones short of manpower to enforce the i nvironmenlal demands of fie general public. Looking realistically at lose budget cuts and the -ngomg energy crisis, Jones insists that allowances must be made for leeway in en vironmental compliance. Many of the strict regulations and the public outcnes are responsible for other environmental worries now emerging. honors Beattie York Area Chamber of Commerce honored James Beattie, right, the retiring dean of the College of Agriculture at Penn State University, with a framed colored print of Mt. Nittany. Extension agent John Smith made the presentation. “Because of Three Mile Island, we’ve made a choice m this country,” he said. “That choice is coal. There are no new nuclear plants scheduled for construction.” With increasing usage of coal, the Secretary added, comes another set of pollution problems Higher stacks, built to stop coal smoke from smoggmg the air at ground level, instead release the contaminants much higher into the at mosphere. There, the minute particles join with moisture to fall as acid ram. Coal burning is predominant in the West and high concentrations also center in the industrialized Ohio River Valley. Most states to the west of Penn sylvania operate under lower pollution standards, while the Keystone state has some of the strictest regulations. But the prevailing westerly wmds carry industrial high altitude coal contaminants to the entire Northeast, where acid ram is shaping up as a major environmental battle cry. Coal has other pollution side effects. Sulfur and fly ash are both residues of coal burning and classified as industrial or hazardous wastes. Hazardous wastes are an especially tender subject with many of the York County farmers, since some of them are involved in battling a proposcu in dustrial-hazardous chemical -- tx *, I <*** 3 * t r - , Agriculture's pesticide inspector Don Lott, Tom Williams, a dairyman from Dauphin County and moderator John Smith, York County extension agent. 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