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Show pA administrator wants iiore bsang ?or bucks' Bv Holene C. Monberg i( . Calling herself a for the environment in fn Administration, En-protection En-protection Aeency (EPA) riZo: Anne M. Gorsuch said ;; Itration wants "more en-ijSng en-ijSng for our buck." ' llalions which have been for-S for-S the agency since its jncep- Jlate 196's are bemg llxked at k standpoint of streamlining, Ma grllP of reg'onal Press on June 8. d there is widespread concern (i country like that recently Southern Colorado and the oil !' untry-Western Colorado and ,Cntah-that clean air and clean Rations will either stifle fur-omicgrowU. fur-omicgrowU. or prevent a new yje-tar sands industry from get-,1 get-,1 the ground. ."..oalsand objectives continue to ''ouality of our environment, but to achieve them with more effi-Uults effi-Uults and within budget con-jluch con-jluch of this will come about 'Jatory reform," Mrs. Gorsuch ? study of government regulars regula-rs task force headed by Vice int George Bush found "over the regulations deemed unduly me by the task force were A to EPA Programs, she observ-4e observ-4e plans to make a very thoro f of the agency "regs" with the 'keeping those designed to main-ie main-ie agency goals while clearing lie underbrush, she said, n might say they don't see the y dor the trees," she said of a large i number of EPA regulations now in ef-She ef-She is particularly critical of the -nftrfiCST-Wh,?h'ta system, the new EPA administrator While she said that the Reagan Ad ministration had cut the operatint budget for EPA by only two Kent and she cited that figure as prooTof the Admmistration's dedication to a quauty environment, she also revealed some Administratwnfoot-dragging. Dr. John Hernandez of New Mexico is on board as her deputy, but she has no assistant administrators or regional administrators, ad-ministrators, and there may be some reorganization of EPA before these jobs are nailed down. She said she hoped they would be on board soon, but she didn't know when. She is going to run "an open shop " and will talk to spokesman for enviorn-mental enviorn-mental and other groups, but amendments amend-ments to the Clean Air Act are No. 1 on her agenda. However, she isn't sure that she can meet the June 30 deadline set by Congress for the Administration to send its recommendations to Congress. Con-gress. Differences within the Administration Ad-ministration on them? she was asked. None yet, she insisted. "There's general agreement we should meet our goals of environmental quality in a more straightforward manner by simplifying the procedures," she said She said there is "need for reform in the sewage treatment grant" program, wnicn has cost more in the last five years than all of the other major federal water programs put together, aorr 'ni to Sen. Pete Domenici, R. w w. it has already cost upward of $120 billion by year 2000, Mrs. Gorsuch said. Reform will mean that states which have not committed their funds won't 86 u u this year- and il will mean with the grants cut back, that the high priority will go to "the older, urban areas in the East rather than in the newer areas in the South and West We can't be parochial about this. We have to look at the areas of greatest need within budget constraints," she told the regional press, all representing Western papers. She also said EPA would be looking at the problems of setting separate Standards Stan-dards for autos and trucks operating at high altitudes. The National Commission Commis-sion on Air Quality headed by Sen. Gary Hart, D-Colo., urged that the standards for suspended particulates, ozone and carbon monoxide for motor vehicles be reviewed to consider a separate standard stan-dard for cars used at high altitude. She said she thought it was "kind of fun" that she was regarded as a patsy for her close friend, Interior Secretary James G. Watt. The former Colorado state legislator and corporate attorney, who has a reputation for being somewhat of a steel woman, said, "I graduated from law school at 21 and , even since I have been a creampuff." She added a footnote that she was kidding, kid-ding, of course. . : . - :-'" - - , - - -'WAvji f . . . .-- ; '' ". . ' $ 'I'--- .. ...... I i ' . .. x , x : -'Vw'"' VERNAL CITY crews bail out trench at Vernal Avenue and Main Street to replace some faulty pipe which exploded last February. The delay in replacing the pipe was to secure a permit from the state to dig up Main Street. |