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Wednesday, May 1,1991 The Battalion Pages Dallas may ban incinerator permits DALLAS (AP) — A proposal opposing incinerator permits could make Dallas the first city in the nation to ban hazardous waste incinerators. A city environmental commis sion on Monday unanimously approved a regulation which would oppose all hazardous waste incinerator permits sought in Dallas through the Texas Wa ter Commission. Although state permits legally could be obtained, the city would refuse to issue zoning permits, effectively banning such incinerators from city lim its. There are not any hazardous City's enviromental commission approves regulation against hazardous waste facility waste incinerators in Dallas, al though last year a company sought to build one. The council refused and had the environ mental commission look into the issue. The resulting proposal by the city's Environmental Health Ad visory Commission is part of a package of recommendations for regulating all types of commer cial incinerators. The City Plan Commission will consider the proposal May 16, and the City Council will hear it June 26. "The city of Dallas is clearly stating that it is not interested in having a hazardous waste incin erator, and that it will be a costly and laborious process to locate one here," said Elizabeth Todd, a member of the commission. Anna Albers, a citizen on the task force that drafted the propo sal, said the recommendation was only a first step. She said re strictions for other incinerators, such as those for medical and municipal waste, are too lenient. Environmentalists who say the incinerators emit deadly tox ins called the recommendation a victory 7 , but industry officials criticized it as shortsighted and unnecessary. "There is no better, more tightly controlled emitter than a permitted incinerator," said Richard Fortuna, executive di rector of the Washington-based Hazardous Waste Trade Coun cil. Fortuna said he had not heard of any other city attempting to ban hazardous waste incinera tors. Some cities have failed in trying to prohibit other kinds of hazardous waste facilities. C&C Crawfish Farm Live, purged, farm raised crawfish Call and order now for Graduation Weekend! Opbi £ CL Congratulations J.I. s! 0 A<S> Love! Americans able to peek at shuttle CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Americans who rarely set to see a space shuttle over head will be able to view Discov ery as it passes over much of the United States on a "Star Wars" research mission. The shuttle's orbital path usually does not take it north of Texas or Florida. But Discovery's rare 57-degree inclination — the angle of a ship's orbit to the equator — sends it as far north as the Aleutian Islands and Newfoundland. The high incli nation was required for mission observations. Discovery will resemble a tiny, swiftly moving star and be visi ble to the naked eye. The high inclination also pro vides a treat for Discovery's seven astronauts. They will pass over three-quarters of the world's land mass during the flight, giving them daylight views of seldom seen parts of the ^ planet. Discovery will fly over Austin Thursday at 6:08 a.m., one min ute, 15 degrees above the south- southwest horizon to 41 degrees above the south-sqqfheast nori- ion;and Friday at a.m., two minutes, 17 degrees above the southwest horizon to 72 degrees above the north-northwest hori zon. The shuttle will fly over Hous ton Thursday at 6:08 a.m., two minutes, 15 degrees above the- south-southwest horizon to 82 degrees above the south-south- | east horizon. Officials say workers' comp nears point of collapse AUSTIN (AP) — The state workers' compensation system is on the verge of collapse be cause of escalating costs, and some major insurers are pulling out of Texas, officials said. The system of providing bene fits for workers injured on the job has deteriorated "to the point that the entire private in surance market could collapse unless corrective actions are taken in the near future," Insur ance Commissioner Phil Barnes said Monday. Testifying before the Legis lative Oversight Committee on j Workers' Compensation, Barnes called for deregulation of rates and a new state fund that would take over from insurers the re sponsibility of providing cover age to employers who otherwise cannot find a company willing to sell them a policy. 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