Clean air act battles heat up anew in Congress
Washington reports the debate over the 1970 Clean Air Act and its 1982 87 deadlines. The National Commission on Air Quality says the act saves billions in health costs while polluters push for cost benefit analysis and flexible state deadlines amid acid rain concerns.
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Douglas Lowenstein
Cox
Washington
Columbus
Ohio
Northeast
Midwest
National Commission On Air Quality
NCAQ
Business Roundtable
Roundtable
Ralph Bailey
Conoco, Inc
Bailey
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
Edwin D. Dodd
Owens- Illinois, Inc
David Hawkins
Natural Resources Defense Council
Richard Ayres
New England
New York
Canada
Small farmer battles Texas Eastern over buried rock pile
On Bob Ury’s farm south of Jonesboro 300 tons of rock sit in a heap as the Texas Eastern Transmission Corp seeks to bury the rock and a trench housing two gas pipelines. Ury accuses the company of violations and threats while both sides run costly lawsuits. The dispute centers on easement boundaries, topsoil handling, and safety concerns amid a looming court resolution.
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H. B. Koplowitz
Bob Ury
Jonesboro
Ury
Texas Eastern Transmission Corp
Texas Eastern
Houston
Representa
Eight Union County families sue over pipeline damage
On July 15, 1980 eight Union County families filed a circuit court suit against Texas Eastern Transmission Co and R B Potashnick Construction Co. They allege explosives used during pipeline work damaged land and homes. Each seeks about 15000 to repair losses including cracked foundations wells ponds cisterns and barns. Sharon Menees recalls the Sept 18 1979 blast that shook her house and fears spring rains will worsen the damage.
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Ury
Texas Eastern
Union County
Circuit Court
Public Information Department
Texas Eastern Transmission Co
R.B. Potashnick Construction Co
Potashnik
Sharon Menees
William Ballard
Potashnick
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David Vs. Goliath
U.S
Texas
Cape Girardeau
Texas Fastern
Tive
Carbondale
U.S. District Court
Benton
Jerry Lower