Salt Lake Tribune | 2003-11-18 | Page 4

A4 Tuesday, November 18, 2003 ‘The Salt Lake Tribune UTAH/NATION Bennett says he is against ‘hotter’ waste York waste to get the samepolitical approvals — from the governor and the Legislature — that are necessary for other new disposal programs. underhanded way.” “That just seemed unfair to us,” added Burbidge. “I have children and grandchildren here, and | just don’t want to leave them a legacy of toxic wastein their back yards.” Under current law, the Energy Department waste would not require any state approvals The two self-proclaimed “or @ Continued from Al Congress. Bennett helped de velop that measure, but claims he was not aware of the specific provision that would reclassify the Ohio and New York waste to allow its disposal at Envirocare. Bennett's remarks came as the hot-waste issue was heating upin the Utah Capitol and on the streets. Salt Lake City residents Glo ria Hanson and Sue Burbidge spent Monday morning outside a post office and a grocery store asking passers-by to sign their petition opposing the waste provision in the spendingbill. “We are very against this,” said Hanson, like Burbidge a newcomer to petition politics. “We think it was done in an Schwarzenegger takes oath, issues his first orders @ Continued from Al increase that had been approved by the man hereplaced, Gray Davis. That wasthefirst of a series of rapid-fire actions meant to draw a clear contrast with a Davis administration renowned for its caution. Schwarzenegger issued proclamations to conveneatrio of special sessions of the Legislature aimedat overturning a new law that gives driver licenses to undocumented immigrants, cut ting workers’ compensation costs and capping state spending. In the sessions, which will begin today, Schwarzenegger hopes lawmakers will place two measures on the March ballot a constitutional amendment that would cap state spending and a bond issue to pay off the deficit accumulated during the last years of the Davis administration. Schwarzenegger also issued an order suspending 85 packages of regulations that the Davis dinary people” estimated more than nineofevery 10 individuals they approached signed their petition. That gave them 324 ad ditional names of opponents to send to Utah Republicans in Congress and to Walker. Neither expected their peti tions would accomplish their goal of defeating the bill when it comes to congressional votes this week. Said Burbidge: “It seems like it’s already done.” At the state Capitol, lawmak because the waste is slated to go in a section of Envirocare thatis under federal control. The state, however,is seeking that regulatory authority. Bennett said he was looking for a way to stop the Energy De- Bob Bennett The GOP senator says he is against moving “hotter” radioactive waste to Utah ers were preparing for a meeting today of the state’s hazardous and radioactive waste task force, whichlisted the New York and Ohio waste as an agendaitem. The legislative task force, halfway through a 21-month study of the state’s policies and Department of Environmental taxes on Utah’s waste industry, Quality to brief them on the congressionallegislation. Task force co-chairman Stephen Urquhart, R-St. George, has proposed legislation to re- invited officials from the Utah quire plansfor the Ohio and New administration had proposed in recent weeks, andhe calledfor a review of Davis’ handling ofall regulations. Schwarzenegger took the oath ofoffice at 11:20 a.m., his left hand on a 1911 family Bible held byhis wife, Maria Shriver. After taking the oath, Schwarzenegger quickly walked to his right and shook hands with Davis, who was standing on a section ofthe stage reservedfor Republican and Democratic legislative leaders and former governors Pete Wilson, George Deukmejian and Jerry Brown. California’s only other living former governor, President Reagan, suffers from Alzheimer’s disease and no longer makes public appearances. The new governor then walked to a lectern framed by flags and the California seal, wherehedelivered his speech, in which he cast himself as an avenging populist intent on restoring governmentto an alienated electorate and protecting “the dream that is California.” “This election was not about replacing one man or oneparty,” Schwarzenegger said, looking out over the audience and a multitiered media riser that accommodated hundredsof journalists from all over the world. “My administration is not about politics,“ he said. “It is about saving California.” Delivering the address in the familiar baritone that is a favorite of impressionists, Schwarzenegger, 56, struck an Furnace & Air Duct UGLY GROUT? » Powerful Truck Mounted Equipment cracked grout? Weclean,seal, repair, regrout and recolor grout. FREE ESTIMATES The Grout Doctor nomic benefits of not having a big waste industry are greater. “We want to be known as the state that had the Olympics, rather than the state that takes nuclear waste,” Bennett said. [e-mail] inclusive tone. He invoked Reagan, a GOP giant, but he also likened himself tq President Kennedy his wife’s uncle. “In the words of President Kennedy, I am an idealist without illusions,” he said. Later in the afternoon, Schwarzenegger struck a more partisan tone as he thanked campaign donors at a California Chamber of Commerce luncheon for 2,000 supporters, held at the Sacramento Convention Center. “Tf you thought the campaign was tough, and that we were in the trenches and wewerefighting then, there is much more to come,” Schwarzeneggersaid. healthy state e Continued from Al , the percentage of women who receive adequate prenatal care. In 1990, the state ranked 16th for prenatal care. The dramatic plunge concerns the Utah Department of Health and the Utah Chapter of the March of Dimes. The MarchofDimes plans to hold a newsconference todayat 10 am. in the second floor chapel at the University ofUtah Medical Center to bring attention to the problem. “Having a baby too early costs 60 times more than an uncomplicated birth,” said AmyReitsch,the director ofthe Utah chapter. “Today we are asking all Utahns to band together to address the crisis of premature birth in Utah.” Only 58.4 percent of women received adequate prenatal care in Utah based on birth certificate data, an increase of 0.8 percent from 2002. About 5,000 births 9.3 percent were preterm in Utah in 2001, lower than the national rate of 11.9 percent. However, there has been a huge jump in Utah’s premature birth rate over the past 10 years, to 37 the population lighting up. Utahns also have the lowest rates in the nation for cancer and heart disease deaths. A higher percentage of children here graduate from high school than in all but two otherstates, an indicator experts believe leads to a healthier lifestyle. When it comes to exercise, the Beehive State leads all but 10 states. However, the rate of occupational deaths is higher than 29 other states, with 5.9 deaths per 100,000 workers. Overall, health officials were pleased with theresults. “We tend to do quite well in these rankings,” said Scott Williams, the health department’s new executive director. “We’re a healthy state mainly because we havelarge popula- tions which practice healthy behavior when it comes to smoking and drinking alcohol. 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