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t Monday, April 6, 1992 The Battalion Page 3 iday, Aprils Sewage-dump locale angers residents New York company to use W. Texas land for waste site BEL PASO (AP) — Ranchers and environmentalists are blasting a New York company's proposal to dump 324,000 tons of treated sewage sludge on West Texas :h run-off elecSr:;i anch land each y ear n vote in themw Documents released by Merco irst election J°' n t Venture show the company run-off electic-i® interestecl in bu y in 8 a 108,000- acre tract of the Mile High Ranch near Sierra Blanca, 90 miles east of El Paso. ;lopment(RHAlB h' 8 anotber indicator of the border becoming a national dumping ground," said Linda Lynch, leader of Alert Citizens for Environmental Safety, a Hudspeth County group fighting a planned low-level radioactive waste dump near Sierra Blanca. "I don't hear about this kind of thing going on along the Canadi an border." But a company representative 5son amp said the project would be moni tored by Texas Tech University scientists and is expected to in crease land productivity. "It'll involve about 10 railroad cars of sludge a week," said Susan Potts, the Texas spokeswoman for Merco Joint Venture. "We want to work closely with the community on this; we want to make this a good project." Environmental Protection Agency officials in Dallas con firmed Friday that company offi cials have asked about permits for the project. "It's a relatively new technolo gy, and that unknown element causes public fear," said Roger Meacham, an EPA spokesman. "But we support it, if it's done properly." The semi-liquid municipal waste would be treated to remove pathogens, chemicals and most heavy metals before being trans ported from New York. At the ranch, the sludge would be spread over the ground. "This has been going on for years on farms in the Midwest, but never on rangelands before — that's what's exciting," said Ron Sosebee, a Texas Tech range and wildlife management expert who would oversee a $1.5 million re search grant funded by Merco Joint Venture. "This will be 'clean sludge,'" Sosebee said. "It'll be comparable in quality to store-bought organic manure." He said some heavy metals, mainly copper and cadmium, would be present in small amounts. Sierra Blanca rancher Sam Dodge said he and others do not like the idea. "I've been ranching here since 1966 and turned a profit every year without the help of any hu man waste," said Dodge, whose property borders the Mile High Ranch. "If this stuff is so good, they can keep it in New York." Dodge said fecal matter in the sludge could infect his cattle's eyes. He also said groundwater could become contaminated. tommittee celebrates successful fund-raiser Continued from Page 1 rs/' Newbury said. Representatives from the Big Event Com- liittee went around to the sites to make sure o 5 j (Lwerything was running smoothly and to see if (> rling C Ev was needed, Newbury said. ter, andfroinM radio, another sponsor of the Big Event, was on hand and broadcasted live from several of the work sites. "KKYS went around to different sites and talked to people throughout the day, and they helped out at the 'after Big Event party' at Fud- druckers," Newbury said. Russell said the party at Fuddruckers pro vided the opportunity for everyone to come to gether at the end of a successful day. "It was kind of nice to sit back and relax and to talk about the day with everyone," she said. "The committee members said the groups were having a really good time." The Big Event Committee began planning for this project last September. "The committee really did a great job," Newbury said.' "I think we were a different committee after Saturday was over. It was neat to see everything come together and all of our hard work pay off." Russell said that, overall, the Big Event was a "big" success. "Everything went really well," she said. "Considering the magnitude of the project, it was really smooth. Many people said that this was the best Big Event they had ever seen." Elections ignite Iranian attack, spokesman says he school yeai health and si? lildren to won nied attacking the Iranian villages. I Ali Reza Jafarazadeh, a Muja- hedeen spokesman in Baghdad, id. "Seventy-lJsaid: "The real reason for today's ike every iy eyes off oh tors ridetheli ;Nicosia. in disciplirt Continued from Page 1 attack was the tremendous politi cal crisis facing the Tehran regime vith a kid wki inside Iran over the parliamentary problems." tricts, parent: elections." He spoke by telephone with The Associated Press in watch theik ' Phantom jets i School Disk ’ installed vii school buses' same purpos ion dimirW ■ iver tan Over- has: ice in behavior Iraq said eight U.S.-built F-4 >ware a little ollowingtk ; things the! nth," Over amerashaa e freedomt ffic witho: f ? students! have tore ngr "heavily pounded" the Iranian base and that Iraqi troops shot down one warplane and captured the two crewmen. The rebels said 12 F-4s attacked in five waves and claimed they shot down the jet. The official Iraqi News Agency said President Saddam Hussein met with his military commanders after the attack. It did not give de tails of the discussions. Baghdad Radio said Iraq's For eign Ministry sent a letter of protest to U.N. Secretary General Boutros Boutros-Ghali. His prede cessor, Javier Perez de Cuellar, an gered the Iraqis last year by blam ing Iraq for the Iran-Iraq war. 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