Wednesday, May 1,1991
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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.
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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.
The collapse of the system
could leave injured workers de
pendent on their employers for
lost wages and meaical costs,
and leave employers open to
civil liability lawsuits from which
their insurance now protects
them.
Barnes said the immediate
Problem is a growing, $1.5 bil
lon deficit in the assigned risk
pool, which sells insurance to
employers who are unable to get
coverage on the open market,
(he pool then assesses all insur
ers a share of the cost based on
their share of the market for
Workers' comp insurance.
Insurers say the pool has de-
eloped this deficit because of
escalating costs in claims and the
State Board of Insurance's reluc-
unce to raise premiums high
enough.
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