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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1972
Page
5
Charleston receives first half 1972 revenue sharing funds totaling 1,019,063 from the U S Treasury via a Treasury check. Finance Director Jerry Thompson notes another million plus will arrive in January for the second half.
An interim committee heard that a bill governing construction and inspection of coal waste impoundments would be ready for review next month. The panel, formed after the Buffalo Creek disaster, seeks controls on impoundments over one foot high and new regulation authority for the Department of Natural Resources.
Justice of the Peace George Warner said on Monday a preliminary hearing for Jack Gooch of Kilby Street was postponed until an attorney is appointed. Gooch, a truck driver for Newspaper Agency Corp., is charged with unlawful possession of firearms and related counts including brandishing and destruction of property on a nine mile land.
The state Supreme Court weighs two Public Service Commission orders involving Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Co. surcharges to recover relocation costs for urban renewal projects in Huntington and Wheeling. Appeals by the cities and urban renewal authorities were denied, sustaining charges to cover excess relocation costs.
The article describes Morton seeking a plan for a resources agency tied to urban renewal projects in Huntington and notes a possible surchange authorization contingent on a ruling against C&P in a suit. It covers PSC proceedings, potential cost sharing among C&P customers, and a presidential order shaping environmental and natural resources management.
U S District Judge Dennis R Knapp allowed Union Carbide Corp to plead no contest to a violation of the Federal Refuse Act and imposed the minimum $500 fine as two employees discharged 8 300 gallons of Ethylhexanaldehyde into the Kanawha River while loading a barge at the Institute plant on August 7 The same firm and workers faced a 46 000 gallon spill in January and were fined previously Although the government objected the plea stood and the two employees were later fired A maximum $2 500 can be levied under the act also noted in the report
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