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<br />....-.,-.....-----.....-....-.-...1 Mr. Nhon was not llnprCp.1fCd ' h b f II '
<br />r:"t'" . inatlf.\n, as -, ren- or -yc~rs lC "inr'--lhc. (a"x" on"'suliur in ro<;~il'
<br />lr,lVlrOni~~':ant: for .this la1ll!:'nL "This .~dl~,inis. . principal spon~;l)r of environ-I fu'~'ls.-J.rc extreme!v tough Ille:tt
<br />l ' tr~t1o~~~ I c.m assure ~ Oll.' he I nH':lllul k~isl:ltioll. Tile Admini!i-, f\)r industry tu sw.ino',":, and in-
<br />scud, lS not here to be,lt mdus- I tr.1tilJn lir(;:ue5 that his rcputation' dllstry. despite thJ~ ri.siIlg public
<br />try over. the he.od.," . I ]., O\'O,'])lo...,'n bCC,iUSC InllCh of I.
<br />I d I '- concern. still 11::15 S\.,~t ~1ll0jjg
<br />Th~ IIldustnallsts app au cc the I"r.isliltion bas I)[O\'CO inef-'
<br />] l"~ influcnti:ll lcgi~lators.
<br />and '.vcnl over to.l l;n'2lCOn ilt i fcctlvc. Mr. Muskie would a.o,re~ Ai1d so, where do liling.s s~alld ~
<br />the State Department s v.'cll-ap- I to the ineffective cl1arr>(: while ' ')
<br />d ,. F 'I' t.> at tile bcr,innin~ of the SCS';!G. n. I.
<br />pointc Ben}~nl1n .ran,. III room. contcn~]."g 11\"! (he Ic,,,,1slation
<br />II "'" . TIE~ Prrsid,:ont, after ~('nrbng
<br />ThC're they were addressed b. y \V,"' ,0.]1 th~:!! COll"',..re~;s would ac~ )
<br />d ,,~ '" - ~ lis packllgc to Con~r('ss, <!~';Surb 'j
<br />William D, Rucl;.clshau. s, a nllll- Ci!'pt at that time, But he has all '
<br />1 the le:lU2rS of intlustrv t l:].L le:
<br />istratol' of the Envlronm~ntil new b;Jtch of bilJ..i, either in the will not tnJ.kc indu;lry "the}
<br />Protection Ag~ncy, some of hopj1~r or in prcpiu.3.tion, de- sCiJper,oat" for lhis prol.Jlem, he..'(
<br />whos(> actions and speeches had sioned to ll1aKC' lite h3rder for cause industry i.'; "just as CI)I1- .!
<br />arouscll a,ppreilcl.lsion ~nct rc- p;lluters, and some of thcIll ~lrc d - ,
<br />tl d t I I cernc " CIS the m:m ill govc:! n. r
<br />sentmcnt In 1e H1 us ria COil - toll;;hcr <lnd much more costly I I I . tl
<br />munity. tvlr. Rucl->tlshaus' words than ji\lr. Nixon's. ll1cnt a )out lot lC C ean ,lIr, Ie!
<br />clean wa.ter and the quality of
<br />re-ruffled the featl1cf[' that Mr. NevcrthclC';s, 1\"1r. Nixon could life th,.t ''r'e b;.:lievc is th~ Alller-
<br />Wi\SHINGTO~.J _ CleJning up Nixon had <lttemptcd t~, sm~oth. rightly a~sert lilst week that his ic,m heritage."
<br />the environment poses immense, He ctllled for- a new en\'lron- progr"rn was "far-reaching," It And Mr. Ruckc!shaus ~,ays to
<br />alm05t intract::lblc, problcms- l11~lltal ethic" on the part of provio:lc.s, among other things, the industry leaders that he \'till
<br />technical, financial, legislative business and industry. "IndHs- for n:~ul[)tion uf toxic chemicals, "use all oth'2'l' rca...;cl1:lhlc meas-
<br />and J~o;d. En~ll attempting to tries and businessc.5," he said, a syste:1ll of pennits for occ:an- " . 1 ' ,
<br />'-' ures against po luters 1J(',or(!
<br />deal wlth these prohlems creates "tlmt musL opt;rate III the mar~et dumping, improved control<s on seeking comt action, hut that he
<br />pruL\{:m.<;, ilnd c:sj12ci;Jlly for a place or free choice know t at pesticidC:s, a beginning on noise will seek it if n(~l'C:;SClry, F P,A.,
<br />~:';r:'~lb!:c.:l.n Adminis!r~tic;l. they f1iUst c'hRn~e, they mu~.t rcgulation,.l.::x]Janr.lr;d uriJan ]larks, he says with a not-quite.dis<.l.rm-
<br />If t1](' President does whnt has adapt, they must accomn:oJalc '....ildcrnE:ss prcscn'ation and l1el-
<br />ins smile', "will make it <t:; e<lsy
<br />to be dOlle-tighten up p.ir and - -fo'cJiallr.cs -iil public attitudes Of tional park:;, contrQls on loul- as pos~ible for polluters to do
<br />water quality stnJlchuds and they will surely die," tion of PO',','C(' plants, aid to ri3ht and a whole lot harder to
<br />their cnforceil1cnt and direct thE' The' al'plause was polite but! states for prL'servation of "c:riti-
<br />I do wro\l~."
<br />head of the Environment,11 Pro- somethinu~ less than thunderous" crll" environmental arei'lS, rcgu. be 'n 1'n-
<br />All in all, it should "
<br />tcCtiOIl Agency and the Attorney' The upshot of all this, inev-' lation of the envirollmcntal con- teresting y~ar.
<br />General to tn]~e recalcitrants to itahly, was to raise questions sequences of strip amI tll!(l~r- . -E. \Y. KENWORTHY
<br />court-he wins the plaudits of aLout the firmness or Mr. Ni"(.1 grounn mining, preserv,ltion (Jf,
<br />const'f\'ationist~ and the grow- on's commitment. The allswer historic buildings thruLl~~h tux,
<br />ing body of citizells who, as the Inllst wait until the toughest: inc(:ntiv(;s and taxe~ on ledll ill
<br />Prcsidcllt said last j\1onday in his parts of his lrgislativc package I ga30line and sulfur in fossil,
<br />Environlllcnt~l Message', want a run into expected opP05ition in fuels, .
<br />"n.1tiond commitment to find Con6rcss and .he has to .tpp\y I Prepnrcd by Council
<br />solutions," On the other Iwnd, he pressure to s:w~ them, .. ~ This package W:lS prepared by
<br />aroll.-;!.::s tile rcsClltlllt:nt of in- That there WIll b~ OpposItIOn, the White H(Jus~ Council on En-
<br />dustrialists who arc worricd scC'mtd a foregone cOllclusiclIl vironl1lcatal Quality. Certainly
<br /><lbout costs al1d thC'ir comp!:'ti- last weel;: when GeOige H, 1\la- somethino had h:wpencd to a
<br />live position. If they fill the n<l ! hon of Texas, the powerful chair- : rresident who only a YC::<lr ago
<br />tion's air and waters with pol' man (If the J10IlS~ Appropriations was tempted to veto the N.l-
<br />lutants, they <'I1so fill the parly' CommittcC', s:lid that all money' tional Em-ironmenlal Policy Act
<br />. call1pnign coffC'rs, requests for C'llvirnnmental pro- ! thnt crt::<l.led the COllncil.
<br />How sharp thi~ dilcmmn. is for grams .....ould go to the r\gricul- Leaving aside thr. fact that ('n-
<br />President Nixon was dramatical- ture suhcommittee of the Ap-, virOllmcntal leeislution has bc~ I
<br />1)' illustrated last week. On Wed~ propri3.tions Committ('e. Tile suh- : C0111('. a matter of political ri~ I
<br />nesda)', J....1r. Nixon followed his comli1ittee chairman is J:lmie L. ,valry, th~' President's pad,age
<br />message with a package of J.l Whitten or !\li5sissippi, a con-: will get a critic,,1 C;...llllination ill
<br />bills and three recommendations ~el"\'ati\'e, who h<ls some repulCl- Congre:ss from cnvironll1cntal~
<br />fOf tax legislation, In the 300- tion for \\"antin~ to conserve ists Oil the left and COllsr;f\'a~
<br />pa~e pad:age .......L.l.C some: pretty ~';jiuiifc uut t;\'en more for ...,;ant; Li-..'c::-, but,i1 fi::ical and ideOlogical'l
<br />tough proposals. mg to con~er.'e the taxp:'l.yers on the nghL
<br />Th3.t same day, the National In. money, The program was a mi:-:cd bag:.
<br />duslri:tl J'lollur.Joll Control Coun- But whether or not !\Ir, Nixon EIl"/ironmcntalists wcr'~ not much!
<br />cil, <\ erOllp of G3 hea(ls of in- has truly got religion, he has' im[lrcssed with the pruposed'
<br />duslry spollsored by the Com. cc.rlainly got the Inrss<:lge, as he land use policy.-"it would I
<br />merce Department, met with the himself tacitly ac!mo\','led~cd amount to enacting an CSSD.Y,":
<br />President at the White House. when he told Congr~ss tll:lt the said one Republican st:lff mem~.
<br />The Cot:ncil, in C'vidcnt <l.ntici- mercury pollution, the smog ber, And some found bitter hu-
<br />patioll or the Irollbl~s embodied alNts, the oil spills :'lnd the se..... mol' in the Pr~sident's concern
<br />in the president's proposals, de- ernl billions vt.lted for local ('n- over the "steadily ri.:;ing noise
<br />livered to Mr. Nixon c.. report vironmental bond issue3 this past le':els" th<.Jt "c3n produce deaf-
<br />that coraplaino:-d of th~ Go\"(~rn- ycar left no doubt of the mount- ness and other adverse health
<br />1:IE'nt's over-zealous response to ing public concern. cfiects" while he asks for more.
<br />tl1(' "public concern" about the Public concern is what make's money for the supersonic trans-';
<br />environment. This respons-?, the polilical issues, and ,~he Prcsi- port who~e sideline noise, c-.'cn.l
<br />Council said, '\'<15 producillg en- dC'nl's awarcnrss that the en- its promoters agreC", cannot be:
<br />\'iron:-n'.:lltal stand;Jrd5 "inc(ll1\- vironment h3S heconle a political brou;;h.t wi~hi.n Ll1e F:ed.cr:t! !ev~:
<br />patible with the cconomic health. issu~ bas been sharpened by the ~I'i set for subsonic commercia!
<br />of our soci~ty." "ullachie'!able fact that Senalor Edmund S, Jets.
<br />with presently avail<lble tech- Mus!de of i\'liJine, at this poinl On tll~ olhe:r hi'l ncl , SfJme or:
<br />nolo~y" or "unattilinable at cco- the recognized front-runner for the proposals-restrictions of i
<br />nomieallv tolerable costs," the Democratic Presidential nom. oc{'<tn dUlllpinZ, pretesting of!
<br />. -. - -' toxic chemicals before Tnnrkct-.
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