10--The Daily Collegian Friday, Feb. 7, 1986 DER holds local public hearing Hazardous waste proposal gets favorable response By ALEXANDER SOAST Collegian Science Writer A draft of the Pennsylvania haz ardous waste facilities plan was met with favorable public reaction, said the state Department of Envi ronmental Resources manager of hazardous waste planning. "We've had a really good reac tion (to the plan)," Bridget Hof man said at a formal public hearing held yesterday by the En vironmental Quality Board at the Holiday Inn Penn State, 1450. S. Atherton St. "I think overall everyone sup ports the plan as if as nothing else a first effort to scope out the problem and define some options (for handling the waste)," she said. Hazardous waste is anything classified as flammable, overly ignitable, reactive, corrosive or toxic such as sludges and acidic and toxic wastes, Hofman said. Radioactive material does not fall under the definition of hazard ous waste, she said. Daniel Spadoni, community rela tions coordinator for the DER, said the draft states the need for waste disposal facilities and suggests methods of disposal. After getting public reaction, the EQB must decide whether to ap prove the plan, Spadoni said. Hofman said the draft also as sessed the amount and types of waste in the state. UNIVERSITY CONCERT COMMITTEE and the • PAUL ROBESON CULTURAL CENTER in Celebration of Black History Month An Evening With . . JOHN AMOS and NOEL POINTER "A Unique Musical Dramatic Experience" 8:00 p.m. Schwab Auditorium $7.00 Tickets at Eisenhower Auditorium Box Office and at the door. Pennsylvania generates 5 million metric tons of hazardous waste, the fourth highest amount in the na tion, she said. One common public concern was to "do more, follow up with more stringent regulations," Hofman said. David Hess, deputy director sec retary of the Office of Policy for the Department of Environmental Re sources, said that another common concern was updating the plan, making information more current when necessary. Paula Ford, chairman of the conservation committee of the Ju niata Valley Audubon Society, sub mitted testimony at the hearing saying she had reservations about the plan. "We're glad the state is planning to do something about hazardous waste," she said later in an inter view, but added the planning is only short-term. The report does not recommend doing research because it would be a long-term investment and not worth the money, Ford said. The state should accept long-term re search as a reality. The technical assistance pro gram (TAP) outlined in the draft is good but vague, she said. Technical assistants are not obligated to re port any noncompliance by a waste generator. The role of the DER as regulator and TAP as assistance should be clearly defined. The assistants are presents not out to get the generators, she added. The state should also promote more on-site handling of the wastes by those who generate it. Those with a record of good handling of waste should be encouraged to ac cept outside waste for a fee, she said. `I think overall everyone supports the plan as if as nothing else a first effort.' Bridget Hofman, DER manager of hazardous waste planning The final plan should also devote more time to agricultural and household wastes in addition to industrial wastes, Ford said. Following the hearing, Judith Johnsrud, the director of the Envi ronmental Coalition on Nuclear Power, said she is concerned that no incentives exist to cut the amount of hazardous waste gener ated. 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JEFFREY COCO Collegian Staff Writer U.S. Rep. William F. Clinger introduced legislation last week prohibiting the federal govern ment from borrowing Social Secu rity funds in order to meet its own financial obligations. "We should not be trying to balance the budget on the backs of the elderly, and my bill would see to it that that never happens," Clinger, R-Pa., said. Clinger said the government last year drained money from the So cial Security trust fund to sustain operations while Congress debat- ed on raising the debt ceiling. The funds were used to provide the federal government with needed operational capital as Con gress decided what increase in the national debt would be required in order to complete its obligations for the fiscal year. The bill establishes the Social We've mai it easier Security fund as a private trust that would be headed by a trustee appointed by the president, said Ellen Siageman, a spokeswoman for the U.S. Treasury Department. Responsibility for the fund is currently held by the Secretary of the Treasury, Siageman said, add ing that the trustee would have the authority to invest Social Security funds in private bonds as a way of creating additional revenues. "Our senior citizens deserve nothing less than the assurance they will always be able to cash their benefit checks," Clinger said. The congressman said his bill would ensure that money is al ways available to pay Social Secu rity benefits, adding that "the nation's debts were not caused by Social Security, and I can see no reason why Social Security should be used to bail the government out of its fiscal mess." AT&T Bell Laboratories AT&T Information Systems AT&T Engineering Research Center Sandia National Laboratories Now, when you want to interview with a major force in America's research and development community you only have to sign up once. 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The village is designed to accommodate the increasing se nior citizen population in Centre Country. The board of directors of the Health Systems Agency in Lewisburg will vote next month on the proposal be fore passing it on to the state Depart ment of Health. Calvin Zimmerman, a member of the Clover Highland Association, the organization sponsoring the retire ment village, said the village will take five years to complete and open the spring of 1988 if plans are fi nalized. Paul Schroeder, an administrator at the United Methodist Home, a non profit organization which will be ma- D evelopment We want to talk to. . . Ms or PhD degree students in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engi neering, Systems Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Oper ations Research, Applied or Engineering Mechanics, Physics, and Material Chem istry, as well as MBAs with a BS or MS in Engineering. BS/MS candidates must be U.S. cit izens or permanent residents. Citizenship is required for employment at Sandia National Laboratories. Our facilities are • located . . . in: New Jersey, Illinois, California, Colorado, Georgia, Indiana, Massachusetts, New Mexico, Ohio and Pennsylvania. naging this village, said that by 1990 the population of senior citizens in the Centre County region is expected to grow from 8,542 to 10,877 a 27.3 percent increase. In 1980, 7.6 percent of the popula tion of Centre County was over 65. But it is projected that by 1990, 8.8 percent of Centre County's total population will be senior citizens, he said. This increase can be partially at tributed to University faculty mem bers who came into the county during the 1960's and are now ready to retire, Schroeder said. Many of these faculty members have parents in their 80s who wish to retire where their chil dren are. "This is a double-wammy," he said. Zimmerman said according to the Rand McNally study done last year, State College is ranked as the 12th most desirable place to retire in the country. "There are three types of senior AFA AFA AFA AFA are AFA Are Are Are Are Are "GREEK BOWLERS CLASSIC, Firmenara Lanes Sunday, Feb. 9 11:00 a.m. AFA ArA Art ArA AFA AFA AFA ALA are AFA AFA AT&T Research & The Daily Collegian Friday, Feb. 7; 1986--11 AFAis 2nd Annual Help Us "Strike Out" Juvenile Diabetes ~:':1`::::~j ....'JiS ~5.,...,i... We will be on campus... February 13 & 14 For information or an appointment call Ron Snare at (614) 860-3456 (After February 11, reach Mr. Snare at The Nittany Lion Inn). An equal opportunity employer AT&T The right choice. first review citizens," Schroeder said, "the go-go, the slow-go, and the no-go." The go-gos are those who are about age 65 to 75 and are relatively socially and physically active. At the other end of the spectrum are the no-gop who are for the most part bed-ridden. The slow-go are those in between. The apartment complex in the re tirement village will basically house the go-go and the slow-go, he said. Transportation to town, the malls, and to doctors will be provided by a bus service, Zimmerman said. "This retirement village is not a place you come to die," said Schroe der,"it's a place you come to life." He said many activities will be provided for the senior citizens, such as musical programs and political discussions. Because retired Univer sity faculty members will probably comprise a large portion of the resi dents, there should be a variety of interest groups started, Schroeder said. L> > >
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