Iowa House debates hazardous waste bill with steep penalties
The Energy Committee backed a plan allowing fines up to 25000 dollars per day for noncompliance. The proposal assigns DEQ oversight for regulation of treatment storage and disposal, requires a waste tracking system, and contemplates multiple future treatment sites in Iowa.
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Iowa House of Representatives
Iowa
Energy Committee
Iowa House
House
Federal Environmental Protection Agency
Iowa Department of Environmental Quality
Douglas Ritsema
Orange City
Solid Waste Disposal Commission of the
DEQ
Cooper Evans
R-Grundy Center
Mississippi flooding closes restaurant boat in St Louis
Rising waters of the Mississippi River block gangplanks to the Robert E. Lee restaurant boat in downtown St. Louis forcing suspension of business until the river drops. The Corps says the river will crest today. Farther upriver Iowa towns face flash flood watches from heavy storms.
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St. Louis
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Iowa
National Weather Service
Senators push for rules on prisoner furlough program
Eight Iowa senators demand rules for the Fort Madison Penitentiary furlough plan. The Social Services Department contends the program for inmates is not subject to the administrative rules act, while Sen. Lowell Jenkins argues department filing is required. The agency may file rules if law mandates, otherwise it will continue the program.
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Des Moines
State Department of Social Services
Fort Madison Penitentiary
Lowell Jenkins
Montrose
Administrative Rules Review Committee
Harry Woods
Social Services Department
Attorney General's Office
Woods
Iowa House approves abuse victim protection bill
The Iowa House with 88 2 votes passes a measure to standardize responses to domestic abuse complaints. It creates uniform procedures and mandatory jail sentences for contempt of restraining orders and protects officers from civil or criminal liability when enforcing orders in good faith.
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Des Moines
Iowa House of Representatives
Douglas Ritsema
Orange City
House
Iowa
Laverne Schroeder
McClelland
Richard Welden
Iowa Falls
Ritsema
Gallagher warns pumps may shortchange Iowa motorists
Sen James Gallagher says some Des Moines area gas pumps may be misadjusted to deliver less than a full gallon. He cites figures to back his claim and urges restoring a defeated bill that would empower the Department of Agriculture to regulate weighmasters and ensure accurate measures. He argues the measure would allow schools of instruction for oil company service men and steps to remove responsible pump attendants if gauges are found off.
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Des Moines
Iowa
James Gallagher
D-Jesup
Gallagher
Senate
Department of Agriculture
O’brien
Driver charged in fatal bicycle crash in Story City
Ames UP I reports Gary Foster 31 Gowrie was charged with driving under the influence after his car struck 19 year old cyclist Michael Lake of Story City, killing him. Foster said he did not see the rider due to headlights from an approaching vehicle.
Calm demeanor cited in Iowa murder case
Oskaloosa police testified that John Franklin Jr. appeared calm the night of the slayings of his father John Franklin Sr. and stepmother Michelle Franklin in Eddyville. The 16 year old was charged with first degree murder after being detained as a runaway January 3 1978.
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UPI
Oskaloosa
John Franklin Jr
Eddyville
John Franklin Sr
Michelle Franklin
Lawrence Vanarkel
Franklin
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