Does EPA need the power it has to do its job
Illinois lawmakers created the Environmental Protection Agency the Pollution Control Board and the Institute for Environmental Quality in 1970 to ensure checks and balances in pollution control The EPA and the Pollution Control Board share authority with the Board making standards and the EPA enforcing regulations The article details how enforcement proceeds through public hearings and court review and notes the permit authority and citizen complaints as checks on agency power
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EPA
M. Paul Schmierbach
Marion
Illinois
Environmenal Protection Agency
Pollution Control Board
Institute For Environmental Quality
Ilinois
Environmental Protection Agency
Attorney General
Illinois Pollution Control Program
PCB Authority
State Pollution Control Board
Environmental Protection Act
Robert L. Butler
PCB
State Sanitary Water Board
Attorney General’s Office
Delphi
PCB - Epa
Pcb-Epa
Environment agency power questioned by local officials
The EPA and PCB power to enforce pollution controls is debated by two Marion officials. M Paul Sehmierbach, supervisor in Region 5 air pollution control, argues for the agency’s needed authority. Marion Mayor Robert L Butler, a Marion attorney, opposes the expanded power.
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Environmental Protection Agency
M. Paul Sehmierbach
Division of
Marion
Robert L. Butler
Pollution control and legislation in Illinois explained
Robert L Butler argues for realistic authority for the PCB and EPA while criticizing bureaucratic overreach. He notes the need for clear limits, proper funding, and better communication with local governments to avoid costly, ineffective regulations.
Vengeance hurts the people in Illinois EPA saga
Editorial attacks the Daley machine and Sen. Partee for blocking Mary Lee Leahy from leading the EPA. It argues Leahy, praised for balancing environment and economy, was punished by political vengeance, depriving Illinois of a capable public servant and compromising state policy. The piece urges honoring qualified appointments over vengeance.
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Mary Lee Leahy
Illinois Senate
Cinderella
Disneyland
Chicago
Richard Daley
Daniel Walker
The
Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
Daley
Cecil Partee
Leahy
Kenneth V. Buzbee
Carbondale
Dawn Clark Netsch
Harris Fawell
Naperville
John T. Knupper
Petersburg
Gene Johns
Marion
Sen. Partee
Illinois
Aays
Gov. Walker
State board proposal seeks unified yet dual council system
A Gov Ogilvie task force subcommittee urges a 17 member governor appointed state board to oversee both common and higher education. The plan creates two councils under the board, linking policy with a non political framework aimed at statewide coordination and careful study of education needs.
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State Board of Education
Illinois
Education Task Force
Richard Ogilvie
Ilinois Senate
Board of Higher Education
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Finois
Springfield
Board of Education
Ilinois
Higher Board
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
State Boards of Education
Ilinois General Assembly
Editorials and Opinion in The Southern Illinoisan
The Southern Illinoisan outlines its opinion content including Editorials Our Opinions reader letters and signed columns From Where I Sit In The Wind Byline and sports personal columns. It notes that opinions are not the newspaper's and that news analysis provides context separate from straight news.
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Southern Illinoisan
Joint Tenancy and Divorce: Equal Shares Presumed in Proceeds
When two or more people take title as joint tenants they are presumed to hold equal interests regardless of who paid for the purchase. Thus if the property is sold the joint tenant who contributed little or nothing is ordinarily entitled to an equal share of the proceeds, unless that person volunteers to take less.
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