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February 11, 1983
PA chief denies political motive
Gorsuch embroiled in new fight
United Press International
|_ WASHINGTON — Already
ifacing a contempt of Congress
Icitation, the, chief of the En
vironmental Protection Agency
|s locked in a new confrontation
ftvith Congress over attempts by
a House subcommittee to inter-
fyiew more than 30 agency em
ployees.
If Rep. John Dingell, D-Mich.,
chairman of the House Energy
and Commerce Committee, said
he would ask the panel today to
issue subpoenas to the EPA em
ployees, charging Ann Gorsuch
and her general counsel were
impeding his subcommittee in
vestigation.
At a news conference
Wednesday, Gorsuch said she
was trying to protect the em
ployees’ rights in demanding
last week a lawyer and a Republi
can staff member be present
during interviews by subcom
mittee investigators. She also in
sisted transcripts of the inter
views be made available.
Dingell said he “cannot and
will not accept” those conditions
which he felt would provide a
“chilling” effect on the investiga
tion by inhibiting witnesses.
He said the panel would glad
ly allow the employees to have
their own lawyers present, but
objects to EPA having people in
the room “to monitor the be
havior of our witnesses.”
Dingell’s subcommittee is in
vestigating allegations that elec
tion politics influenced the re
lease of federal Superfund
money to clean up toxic waste
sites last fall and that Rita Lavel-
le, a top EPA official fired Mon
day, may have had a conflict of
interest in her involvement in
one case.
“It’s pretty clear the adminis
tration is deliberately stonewall
ing this committee and other
committees on this matter,”
Dingell said. “We’ve normally
been able to get information
without going through all of this
tomfoolery.”
Dingell said the interviews
with employees were necessi
tated by Gorsuch’s refusal, on
orders from President Reagan,
to turn over EPA enforcement
files on toxic waste cases to
another subcommittee, for
which she was voted in contempt
of Congress and faces possible
prosecution. Dingell’s panel has
sought similar files.
At a news conference
Wednesday, Gorsuch rejected
charges from anonymous agen
cy sources that politics have in
fluenced the release of Super
fund money for toxic waste
cleanups.
“Political considerations have
never driven any decision under
Superfund to my knowledge,
nor will they in the future,” she
said.
Dingell said his House sub
committee is investigating alle
gations that “political judgments
were made” in connection with a
waste site near Los Angeles, the
Stringfellow Acid Pits.
“We have no evidence of a
pattern,” Dingell said.
The allegations of political
manipulations in EPA’s hand
ling of the Stringfellow site stem
from the delay of a $6.1 million
cleanup grant.
Other congressional sources
said EPA employees have com
plained to the House committee
that agency officials placed sev
eral dump sites on an “election
track” last fall.
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X-cars called back
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United Press International
DETROIT — Genera 1 M o tors
orp. is recalling almost a
lourth of its first generation of
front-wheel drive X-cars be
cause faulty rear-wheel brakes
4in lock and cause the cars to
spin out of control.
I GM said Wednesday that the
|ecall of240,000 Chevrolet Cita
tion, Pontiac Phoenix, Buick
Skylark and Oldsmobile Omega
models was its response to an
“initial determination” by the
National Highway Transporta
tion Safety Administration that
the cars had defective brakes.
1 The recall marks the 12th
i time the X-car models have been
Ifecalled by GM to fix a variety of
|,|roblerns. GM refused to com
ment on how much the latest re-
jcall will cost the company.
rkdevictIH “We are taking this action to
Dn the end uncertainty in the minds of
-tsacroslour customers as opposed to a
nshesd lengthy controversy on the sub
's that ject,” said GM spokesman
ivithcliiiHarold Jackson.
-cethedf' In mid-January, it was dis-
generatElaosed NHTSA was investigat-
:ity. |ing reports the rear brakes on
<lany"t some of the front-wheel drive
J'pedf autos can lock, causing the vehi-
_ vs, sek kies to spin out of control,
d airy* The agency later said it had
determined the cars were defec-
-ecenth tive.
attldj
Confftt Letters will be sent to owners
of 208,000 autos with manual
transmissions, plus owners of
32,000 early production models
with automatic transmissions.
[’ The recalled autos are all the
. . u manual transmission x-cars built
Irin^Jb' ' n t ^ e ^980 model year.
- < n()iie® na fi ectec i by the recall are an
'JnyfjJhdditional 818,000 cars with
automatic transmissions.
E The X-cars were GM’s initial
entry into the front-wheel drive
market. Critics say they were
rushed onto the market in an
effort to compete with the
Japanese before the technology
had been perfected.
H Although popular at intro
duction, the cars have been pla
gued by problems.
■ About 47,000 1980 X-cars
.Were recalled two years ago for
repairs of the faulty brakes. Last
year, GM recalled thousands of
the cars to fix a problem that
could lead to f uel leakage.
The automaker also said
some manual transmissions
were faulty and leaking frontax-
le seals could cause leakage of
transmission fuel.
Two weeks ago, GM con
firmed NHTSA had asked it ab
out complaints that power steer
ing on 1980 and 1981 versions
of the cat's does not work when
the engine is cold or the car mov
ing very slow.
Consumer safety advocates
have recommended drivers car
ry sandbags or other heavy items
in the cars’ trunks to keep) the
back of the car stable until the
brakes can be fixed.
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