Lompoc Utility Services Faces Possible Criminal Complaint
The Water Quality Control Board seeks a criminal complaint against Lompoc Utility Services Corp for failing to provide technical operation data and for monitoring and reporting errors. The board notes on site deficiencies and a 24 cent tax hike may be involved, with Deputy District Attorney Tom Haney reviewing the merits.
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Water Quality Control Board
Lompoc
Mission Hills
Lompoc Utility Services Corp
Kenneth R. Jones
Dep. Dist. Atty
Tom Haney
Haney
James Smitherman
Valinda
Lompoc Utility Services
McLaughlin and Rucker Roads
Purisima Canyon
la Purisima Mission
Water Board Tackles 10 Month Effort For Groundwater Plan
The California water board cites Jones noting repeated failures to provide required technical reports under section 13267. It details requested evaluations on groundwater impact, discharge containment during rainfall and outages, and alternate actions if degradation occurs. A report on pond flood protection and prevention of untreated wastewater bypass to the Santa Ynez River is demanded with a due date long past. The board notes dates staff attempted compliance, with Mr Smitherman promising a report on April 8 but none received. the letter is dated April 27.
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Golf ball satellite Lageos to be launched from Vandenberg
NASA announced the Lageos laser geodynamics satellite, an aluminum sphere with 426 cube corner prisms, will be launched from Vandenberg on a Delta rocket to study Earth's rotation and tectonic plate movement. The project costs about 8.5 million dollars and aims for a 50 year useful life.
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Four more primaries loom for Carter and Ford
United Press International reports Carter gains endorsements in Indiana and Georgia while Ford tours Indiana and Alabama after a Texas loss. Reagan attacks revenue sharing and Goldwater backs Ford, as polls show Carter leading Ford in key states. Brown and Udall enter larger debates in Cleveland and California.
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Kissinger Seeks Africa Policy Pace Amid Safari Break
Secretary of State Henry Kissinger rests from drafting a new Africa policy and global economic planning with a two hour safari in Masai Mara Kenya. He views wildlife herds and a lion kill before resuming talks with six African leaders and UNCTAD delegates in Nairobi.
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Labor strikes disrupt transport and services nationwide
Across the United States labor disputes halt Continental Trailways buses in nine Southern states and UPS deliveries in thirteen Midwest states. Rubber workers strike against the Big Four tiremakers. San Francisco municipal workers’ walkout nears stalemate with a June ballot decision.
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City Board of Supervisors
Kopp
Ford vows to rebound after Texas loss in Indiana
President Ford, smarting from a Texas drubbing, predicts a comeback in Indiana and aims to clinch the GOP nomination by Kansas City in August. He concedes possible losses in Alabama and Georgia primaries while boosting Indiana effort and dismissing Reagan as rash on the Panama Canal. Weather notes show mostly fair, 60s, with small craft advisory.
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