Waxman blasts administration clean air draft as dangerous
Rep Henry Waxman condemns the proposed clean air amendments as a blueprint for ending the Clean Air Act. He warns millions would endure dirty air while urging President Reagan to drop the plan. Waxman outlines the draft’s steps including repealing the non attainment program and easing federal and state pollution controls.
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Henry Waxman
Dcalif
Waxman
Congress
House
Senate
West Virginia Faces Acid Rain Charge Fight
West Virginia Attorney General Chauncey Browning says the state is targeted by New York and Pennsylvania in acid rain claims before the EPA. hearings in Washington could spark up to 25 years of interstate litigation, with Browning urging a regional data approach and EPA mediation beyond stack by stack actions.
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Charleston
W.va
Chauncey Browning
West Virginia
Browning
New York
Pennsylvania
Federal Environmental Protection Agency
Washington, D.C
EPA
Dennis Abrams
Ronald Shipley
Washington
Shipley
Crackdown Nets $1 Million in Premium Delinquency
AP reports a crackdown on businesses delinquent in paying premiums to the Workmen's Compensation Fund has collected nearly 1 million in just over a month. Commissioner Gretchen Lewis notes 20 firms still owe 1.8 million and seek more time, mainly coal companies blamed on the 72 day United Mine Workers strike. Registered letters went to 206 firms in April. 65 accepted but did not respond.
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Charleston
W.va
Gretchen Lewis
Mercer Circuit Court Dismisses Capias for Lowell Quesenberry
Mercer County Circuit Court Judge William O. Bivens Jr. dismissed a capias for Lowell Quesenberry after the defendant reported he was unaware of an indictment for involuntary manslaughter. He is ordered to return to court on October 1.
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Princeton
Lowell Quesenberry
Mercer County
William O. Bivens Jr
Copter Crashes In Ceredo West Virginia
John Wylie, 30, owner of several Burger King franchises, was piloting a leased Hughes 269B when it stalled and overrevved near a Ceredo street. He was treated for minor lacerations after the helicopter struck a utility pole and landed upright near a trailer park, about 100 feet above ground.
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Ceredo
W.va
John Wylie
West Virginia
Wylie
Huntington
Burger King
Cincinnati
Ohio
Ceredo Bank
Utilities Seek Refund Of West Virginia Electric Tax
West Virginia faces a suit in Kanawha County Cir cuit Court as eight state utilities challenge a 58.4 million electric tax collected since 1978. They argue the tax interferes with interstate commerce by taxing power generated in state before being sent out. Tax Commissioner Herschel Rose defends the tax as proper and not a tax on out of state power, noting the case echoes a recent Supreme Court ruling against Louisiana.
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Charleston
W.va
West Virginia
Kanawha County
Herschel Rose
Rose
U.S. Supreme Court
Louisiana
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