Bird hazard study for landfill costs soar over $167000
At Onondaga County's landfill, a $167000 Bird Hazard Mitigation and Site Land Use Plan blends practical scare tactics with expensive consulting. FAA approval labeled it a model for nationwide use, detailing balloons, reflectors, explosives, poisons, shotgun scare methods, and wire screens to keep birds from planes.
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Onondaga County
Resource Recovery Agency
Federal Aviation Administration
van Buren
FAA
Andrew J. Radin
New York
William F. Cosulich Associates
California
Camillus
Agriculture Department
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Bids Shipped in Truck Purchases by Onondaga Agency
The Onondaga County Resource Recovery Agency bought eight new ash trailers for 434000 without bids this year to standardize equipment. It auctioned off most of its 3.4 year old tractor-trailer fleet for 59 cents on the dollar in June. Earlier the agency spent 46 million to buy the fleet to haul trash to a Pennsylvania landfill, spurning the two low bidders. The U.S. Attorney subpoenaed records of the sales amid curiosity. In 1994 the agency chair resigned over conflict of interest. Officials say they saved millions.
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Onondaga County Resource Recovery Agency
Pennsylvania
U.S. Attorney's Office
Engineering firm overcharges Onondaga agency after typo
The Williams Cosulich Associates engineering firm billed Onondaga County Resource Recovery Agency for time spent preparing and answering questions about bills. Last year a Cosulich engineer billed for fixing a typographical error. The agency hired another consultant to review charges in search of savings, but no single savings could be pinpointed yet. Each bill now costs about $100 more due to consultant fees.
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Williams. Cosulich Associates Engineering
Onondaga County Resource Recovery Agency
Cosulich
Soul pry Maureen Holohan of Chicago Twisters
Maureen Holohan of the Chicago Twisters features in a local sports or team item. The brief notes her involvement with the Twisters and hints at a notable moment or event connected to the team.
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Soul Pry
Maureen Holohan
Chicago Twisters
French commandos seize Greenpeace ship Rainbow Warrior II
French commandos boarded the Rainbow Warrior II off Mururoa Atoll near New Zealand and removed about two dozen crew members. The raid, described by Greenpeace officials, involved smashing windows and entering cabins as France planned nuclear testing in the South Pacific.
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Greenpeace
South Pacific
France
Mururoa Atoll
Secret Service
Auckland
New Zealand
Paris
White House backs base closings with job safeguards
White House aides urge President Clinton to approve military base closure plans after assurances that California and Texas jobs can be saved. The Base Realignment and Closure Commission, led by Alan Dixon, proposed preserving Rome Laboratory in Oneida County while shifting thousands of California and Texas jobs to the private sector to aid re election calculations.
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Clinton
California
Texas
White House
Commission
Alan Dixon
D-Ill
Defense
John White
Rome Laboratory
Oneida County
Burma frees Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi
Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi was released from house arrest days before her six year detention would end. The National League for Democracy leader, aged 50, had been detained since July 20, 1989 after challenging the military following a deadly crackdown on protests.
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Aung San Suu Kyi
Suu Kyi
National League For Democracy
Junta
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