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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1979
Number of realtors increases
Almost everyone in Texas knows
someone who is licensed to sell real
estate, and that trend is not likely to
change soon, says Dr. Arthur L.
Wright, research economist with
Texas A&M University’s Texas Real
Estate Research Center.
In 1955 there was one real estate
salesperson for every 1,106 Texans.
Today it is one salesperson for every
172 citizens. That’s about seven
times what it was 24 years ago.
“While the numbers have been
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climbing rapidly since the mid-
1970s, it is expected a moderating
effect will be experienced in the next
five years as rising educational re
quirements are implemented,”
Wright said.
“By 1985, there will be a single
license to sell real estate in Texas. In
order to apply for licensure, appli
cants will be required to have 60
academic credit hours of instruction,
the equivalent of 20 different col
lege-level courses.”
Wright made his predictions and
reported his findings in a recent
TRERC publication that examines
the geographical distribution and
concentration of salespersons and
brokers in the state.
Statewide, the average number of
brokers rose 3 percent in 1979.
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By LAURA CORTEZ
Battalion Reporter
Radioactive and chemical waste
disposal is not a problem confined to
industry -— it affects universities as
well, and Texas A&M University is
no exception.
Although the volume of the waste
materials generated by the universi
ty is not as great as that generated in
industrial use, it is still a significant
amount and could cause problems if
not handled properly.
Until this past June, much of the
harmful chemical waste was dis
posed of at the university-owned
landfill near Easterwood airport.
And until August 1978, the radioac
tive waste was buried there as well.
But stiffer state regulations caused
the Physical Plant, which handles
disposal of chemical waste, and the
Radiological Safety Office, which
handles the disposal of radioactive
waste, to put an end to the practice
and find other means of disposal.
Richard H. Stiteler, university
safety and health officer, is in charge
of chemical waste disposal for the
university. He said the Physical
Plant has been developing proce
dures for disposing of these wastes in
accordance with federal regulations
for about the past six months. He
said it will still be a while before
these procedures “work their way up
the chain of command” and receive
official university approval.
Stiteler said the new procedures
include the employment of RAD
Services, a private contractor which
picks up the waste materials from
harmful chemical waste and takes it
to a dump site in Alabama, and the
use of an incinerator at the College of
Veterinary Medicine as a means of
disposal.
RAD Services has been employed
by the Physical Plant since October.
It picks up the waste from a holding
area (the university’s waste water
treatment plant), packages it and
takes it to Alabama.
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Stiteler said the cost of this service
is approximately $100 for every 55
gallon drum picked up. RAD Ser
vices has picked up chemical waste
materials from Texas A&M only one
time so far, and Stiteler said that
although he has not yet seen the bill,
he would imagine that is is about
$1,000.
Until this past June, much of the
harmful chemical waste was dis
posed of at the university-owned
landfill near Easterwood air
port. And until August 1978, the
radioactive waste was buried
there as well.
The Physical Plant is currently
paying for the service and offers it to
all of the departments which gener
ate chemical waste (chemistry, biol
ogy, wildlife and fisheries, plant sci
ence, poultry science and civil en
gineering to name a few) free of
charge, at least for the time being.
But many departments do not take
advantage of the service and dispose
of much of their own chemical waste
by dumping it down the drain, as
they have done in the past, Stiteler
said.
“We are available to all depart
ments to pick up their waste, and
we re suggesting that they do take
advantage of this.
“Most of the departments use us,
but not as frequently as they should.
We know that a great portion of the
waste is still being disposed of down
the sewer, and we can only assume
that the proper procedures are being
taken to neutralize the chemicals be
fore hand.”
He said that when the new proce
dures are officially approved, the
Physical Plant will “push” the use of
its services to a greater degree.
Another means of disposing of
chemical waste is the incinerator at
the College of Veterinary Medicine,
which Stiteler said should be avail
able for use for this purpose about
Jan. 1.
He said this method is usually the
best way of disposing of the waste,
and added that the Physical Plant
hopes to be able to dispose of 40-50
percent of it this way.
But prior to this past June, the
University utilized two methods of
al sites by the Physical Plant or by
the departments.
The Physical Plant quit disposing
of the waste at the landfill, which had
been in operation since 1932, when
state regulations concerning harmful
chemical waste dumping became
more stringent.
“We felt that due to the restric
tions which were coming down, it
would be best to discontinue using it
for chemical disposal,” he said.
He said one of the requirements
that the Physical Plant recently
learned of that a permit would be
needed in order to continue dump
ing chemicals or even garbage
(which is also dumped at the land
fill), Stiteler said.
He also said that the Physical
Plant did apply for a permit to dump
garbage at the landfill, hut did not
apply for one for chemical waste.
second includes organic scintillator
fluid (used for low level counting and
as tracers in chemical reactions and
in animal bodies) and the third in
volves animal cadavers.
Neff said that a little more than a
year ago, the Radiological Safety
Stiteler said that the Physical
Plant did apply for a permit to
dump garbage at the hind-fill, but
did not apply for one for chemic
al waste, since it was decided
that the site would no longer be
used for this purpose.
ing regulation problems.
Neff said these sites are ora®
ally closed down for two ortli
weeks at a time.
“There just aren’t any relii
sources in the country to dispa
low level waste,” Neff said.
For the time being, Todd
search and Technical Division
tinues to pick up the radioart
waste materials generated by If
A&M. But Neff said thatheiii
that if the problems with clos
down dump sites continues,
company may refuse to confe
doing so.
But many departments do not
take advantage of the service and
dispose of much of their own che
mical waste by dumping it down
the drain, as they have done in
the past, said Richard H. Stitel
er, University safety and health
officer said.
since it was decided that the site
would no longer be used for this pur
pose.
Stiteler said that to his knowlege,
and to that of others he had checked
with at the Physical Plant, the uni
versity has never had a permit to
operate the landfill.
L.B. Griffith, Texas Department
of Health, technical and regulation
enforcement, said the university
landfill was legally in operation as a
“grandfather site.”
“They didn’t have the piece of
paper but we knew they were there
and we inspected them,” Griffith
said.
The situation with the disposal of
radioactive waste materials is similar
to that of chemical waste.
Dr. Richard D. Neff, university
radiological safety officer and profes
sor of nuclear engineering, said that
there are approximately 150-200 labs
on campus which use radiation for
various types of research.
Office stopped burying the low level
radioactive waste at the landfill near
Easterwood Airport, where it had
been disposing of it for at least the
past 20 years, because the state re
quired that it be regulated in order
to continue the practice.
It had never been regulated be
fore because the amounts of radioac
tive waste disposed of at the site
were so low, that the Texas Depart
ment of Health did not think it was
necessary, Neff said.
But among the new regualtions
are that have been imposed are that
the area of the landfill where the
radioactive wastes are buried be
fenced off and that an environmental
study of the area be done.
Rather than comply with the new
regulations at this time, Neff said the
Office of Radiological Safety Office
hired Todd Research and Technical
Division to pick up the waste mate
rials and take them to one of the
three dump sites in the country
which accept the type of low level
In some spots the radioactive
materials are buried 12 feet
deep, and Dr. RichardNeff, Uni
versity radiological softy officer,
said that the quantities in each
spot are so small that they pre
sent no danger.
The radioactive waste generated
disposal (in addition to Yhemfcal ’by Texas A&M can be put in three
waste materials being dumpecTdbwn categories', he said.
the drain), Stiteler said. It was either The first category includes paper,
taken to the university landfill or glass and gloves which are used in
occasionally taken to outside dispos- research involving radiation. The
radioactive waste generated by the
university.
He said the cost of this service
ranges from $90 to $150 depending
upon the type of waste materials con
tained in the 55-gallon drums.
But he said there is a problem with
this because the three dump sites
where the waste can be taken (they
are located in South Carolina, Neva
da and Washington) are experienc-
Representatives ofTixld Rese
and Technical Division refiiwi
make any comments.
Both Stiteler and Neff said lb
a possiblity that they will
and comply with the state rep
tions in the future, and resume!
use of the University landfii
dumping harmful chemical
radioactive waste materials.
Although the landfill is not
rently in use for dispsal ofthist
harmful chemicals and n
waste materials from many yean
main buried there.
ostiteler said that there i
potential hazards due totheclei
als dumped there.
“You’ve got to look atitinai
versity and not in an industryato
phere. There are small quantile
many different chemicals
opposed to industries whichdii
of huge amounts offeterchemkz
he said.
Neff said that the radioa;
waste is buried in various
about a 50-acre area at the lani
and these area are not marked)
“There’s no way of knowing*!
all of those spots are,” Neffsai:
In some spots the radioafl
materials are buried 12 feet di
and Neff said that the quantity
each spot are so small that they;
sent no danger.
When asked if a person iftl
would be any harm to a person
happened upon one of thes
’where the radioactive waste
buried, Neff said.
“The likelihood of a persong
out there, and the likelihoodof;
ing one of these spots in a 50-8
area arc pretty slim.”
Neff added, “It would not!
good idea, hut thre’s no he
hazard.”
“It’s just not a good ideate
around with radioactivity.”
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