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October 15, 1982
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Rezoning ordinance fails;
area remains residential
by Patrice Koranek
Battalion Reporter
An ordinance that would
have rezoned a residential
area on the corner of Univer
sity Drive and Fed Mart Drive
to include a commercial dis
trict failed at Thursday's Col
lege Station City Council
meeting.
A motion to reject the ordi
nance was made but no
second followed. Since no
other motion was made, the
ordinance failed.
The council approved bids
on a demolition project for
the old city maintenance yard
and the final site plan for Vil
las of Chimney Hill.
The council authorized
City Attorney Lowell Denton
to handle legal claims of less
than S250 made against the
city. The authorization stem
med from a $95 damages
claim filed against the city
when a policeman lost control
of his vehicle and damaged a
mailbox.
A re-zoning ordinance for
nine acres of land west of the
intersection ,of Holleman
Drive and Wellborn Road was
deferred by the council until a
later meeting.
College Station City Plan
ner A1 Mayo presented new
proposals for Plan 2000, an
outline of the city’s growth
and development. The plan’s
designers encourage the de
velopment of a limited mass
transit system for the city, the
establishment of a master
drainage plan and the limiting
of access points for major
commercial developments, he
said.
Acid rain potential exists
by Brigette Crossland
Battalion Reporter
Concern with acid rain fun
arisen in several parts of the Un
ited States, but it’s not a signifi
cant problem in Texas — yet.
The potential for a problem
does exist in Texas and is in
creasing.
The burning of coal in powei
plants increases the amount ol
sulfur in the air, which is the
major cause of acid rain. Also,
the influx of people into Texas
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number of automobiles — a
secondary cause of acid rain.
“While the potential for a
problem is increasing, we don’t
know if there is a problem,” said
Thomas Porter, member of the
Texas Air Control Board. “We
know we have acid rain In some
parts of the state, but there have
not been any bad effects re
ported.”
The Texas Air Control Board
set up a network in 1979 to
monitor acid rainfall. Stations
are located in Odessa, Tyler,
Beaumont and Fort Worth.
Rainfall at these stations has
been detected to have a pH —
the measure of the acidity of a
solution — as low as 4.2. The
normal pH for rain is about 5.6.
The lower the pH, the higher
the aciditv. These lower pH’s
were found in the east Texas
area.
“Although we know that
there is acid rain in east Texas
now, we don’t know how long it
has been there,” Porter said. “It
may be an increasing trend, and
it may be the norm. Our re
search is so new that it is hard to
say.”
In the northeastern section of
the United States, acid rain has
caused some lakes to become so
acidic that fish and wildlife are
dying, but there have been no
documented effects of acid rain
in Texas.
“One reason acid rain could
not be as big a problem in Texas
is because we do not have a sus
tained snow pack,” he said. “In
the northeastern areas, the acid
accumulates in the snow and
melts in the spring, causing a
high concentration of acid.
“Also, from the center of
Texas to the west, the soils are
calcareous (composed of cal
cium carbonate, calcium or
limestone) and have a high buf
fering capacity. It neutralizes
acid precipitation.”
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