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The College Station City
Council is seeking a site for
lacement of a PCB storage
uilding to meet U.S. Environ-
nental Protection Agency stor-
regulations for contamin
ated materials.
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Ce i 3 . t0 see l c an alternative site for the
re they ate ' stora g e building after hearing
arguments from residents near
adioon?Yt! the proposed site.
Residents of the Winwood
in “Guadalc ^Subdivision, near the currently
lliam Bench 1 proposed site on Switch Station
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Area resident Floyd M. Byers
aid he has seen the effects of
CB, a toxic chemical com-
ound, on the food chain.
“PCB’s are potential prob
lems and we should not look at
them lightly,” he said. “Present
end up figlili? ense would say you don’t put
oeople overt these .. things in residential
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be used for slaughter or milking.
Wayne Dunlap, another Win-
wood Subdivision resident, said
the PCB’s have a general half-
life of 1000 years, meaning that
land will remain contaminated
that long.
“Maybe a tornado comes
through and bumps some of
those things around, what hap
pens then?” he said.
Mayor Gary Halter said that
because of the precautions
taken, an accident of that sort
would be very unlikely to cause
leakage.
Director of Capital Improve
ments Elrey Ash said that a stor
age facility must be built.
“If the building is not built, we
could be fined,” he said.
City Electrical Superinten
dent Joe Guidry said the build
ing will store contaminated
capacitors and transformers re
moved by the electrical depart
ment for a minimum of one year
while waiting to be shipped to
Deer Park to be incinerated.
Guidry said 20 contaminated
capacitors will have to be re
moved from city utility poles by
the 1985 EPA deadline. He said
it is not known how many trans
formers are contaminated, but
they won’t be replaced unless
they start leaking.
Guidry said it the cost to re
place each capacitor will be ab
out $300.
The contaminated capacitors
and transformers will be sealed
in barrels which must be pro
tected from water which could
cause rust.
The EPA requires that the
building must be secure, out of
the flood plain and checked dai
ly by city employees.
Electrical technician Gary
Lang said the best possible place
for the building would be at the
site on Switch Station Road be
cause it is out of the flood plain
and visited daily.
Lang said that after the PCB’s
are removed, the building could
be used to store valuable mate
rials such as copper wire and
transformer oil or converted
into a control room.
In other Council business the
Council approved:
•A comprehensive Energy
Management Program for use
by city departments.
•An ordinance setting curfew
hours for city parks between 1
a.m. and 5 a.m.
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Help is close as a button
Lifeline aiding community
by Brigette Crossland
Battalion Reporter
Until May of this year, Lee
Perry, 90, could not safely live
alone. Now, thanks to a new
program called Lifeline, she can
be in touch with St. Joseph Hos
pital at the touch of a button.
Lifeline is an emergency re
sponse system that supplies im
mediate help to users. A button
is worn on the user’s wrist or
around his neck. In the case of
an emergency, the user can
press the button and the hospital
will send one of four responders
who have a key to the home of
the users.
Lifeline was begun at St.
Joseph two months ago, and
now has three subscribers.
Laura Olsen, associate dire
ctor of nursing at St. Joseph,
thinks that the Lifeline program
is a success.
“We are just beginning to get
the information about Lifeline
to the public, but we have a high
level of interest in the commun
ity,” Olsen said.
The initial cost of a Lifeline
unit is $495, and is donated by
organizations or individuals. In
addition to the cost of the unit,
there also is an installation fee
from the phone company and a
$10 monthly subscription fee.
Perry, the first subscriber to
Lifeline, feels that it is a worth
while expense.
“It is better, if a person is of
sound mind and can take care of
themselves, to let them stay in
their own home,” she said. “I’m
90 years old and I live alone,
drive my own car, take care of all
my business and dine out twice a
day starting with breakfast at
6:30 a.m.”
Lifeline was initially designed
to allow elderly people to live
independent lives, but it is not
limited to that.
“We have one young mal
who is signing up for Lifelir
because he is having his jav
wired shut,” Olsen said.
The Lifeline program also i
useful when babies are diaj'
nosed as having Sudden Infai
Death Syndrome. In the evet
of an attack the parents wouf
not have to halt assistance to tl
infant to make a phone call t
the hospital.
“We hope that people neve
have accidents,” Olsen saic
“The purpose of Lifeline is t!
assure people that if they d
have an accident and are alom
help is available.”
Resources seminar here
by Brigette Crossland
Battalion Reporter
The Second Annual Confer
ence on Human Resources De
velopment in business and in
dustry will be held Thursday at
Texas A&M.
The one day conference will
begin at 9:30 a.m. with a general
session, during which Andrew
Lupton of the Academy for
Educational Development will
discuss the cost effectiveness of
training programs.
At the same session, Stanley
Horner of the Semi-Conductor
group, Texas Instruments, Dal
las, will speak on the characteris
tics of organizations and their
impact on human resources de
velopment.
The luncheon session will fe
ature a presentation by William
H. Mobley, dean of the Texas
A&M College of Business Admi
nistration, on thinking strategic
ally about human resources de
velopment.
Following the three addres
ses, a panel of experts will give
its reaction. Members of the
panel are Dorothy E. Phillips,
human resources representative
for Westinghouse Electric Cor
poration, College Station; Tom
Raine, marketing representative
for Zinger Miller, Houston; and
Tom Urban, associate professor
of management Texas A&M
College of Business Administra
tion.
Participants then will have an
opportunity to interact w'ith the
speakers in small group sessions.
These sessions will focus on the
general topics discussed by the
speakers.
Registrations need to be re
ceived before noon Wednesday
to guarantee luncheon reserva
tions. The conference is open L
all students, faculty, and stal
with an $11 fee for the lur
cheon. Participants who do nc
wish to attend the luncheon ca!
attend all other activities free o'
charge. For further information
contact the Department of In
dustrial Education.
B-CS Chamber
meets tomorrow
staff photo by Brenda Davidson
a Lifeline subscriber, in touch
instantly with St. Joseph’s Hospital.
Brazos County water planning
will be discussed at a Bryan-
College Station Chamber of
Commerce luncheon meeting
Wednesday.
Discussion panel members
will be Dr. Jack Runkels, head of
Water Resources Institute of
Texas A&M University; Ed
McDow, an engineer with
Riewe/Wichmeyer Engineers;
Carson Hoge, general manager
of Brazos River Authority in
Waco; and Denver Mills, gener
al manager of District Corps of
Engineers in Ft. Worth.
The luncheon, which is open
to the public, will be held at the
Aggieland Inn at 11:45 a.m.
Cost is $6.50 per person.
Other Chamber business also
will be discussed.
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