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Show ICECAPIDES The Daily Utah tt (( MONDAY, NOVEMBER J28, 1988 By Michael Allsop Chronicle staff writer The site for the University of Utah's new $1 million hazardousradioactive facility is about waste-packagi- ng 200 yards northeast of the baseball field near the mouth of Red Butte Canyon, a consultant decided Tuesday. William Loos, director of government relations for m 11 :J U Tt : i i i field site" from a list of three other sites located throughout the campus. Construction of the facility should start early next year. Loos explained the ball field site was approved because it is out of the way but at the same time it is near the U. laboratories and facilities that generate the majority of the hazardous waste. Citizens thwarted an earlier plan to build the packaging facility near 700 South and Guardsman Way when they complained of the possible drop in their property values and the dangers involved in an accident. "The community thought (the packaging facility) was going to be a toxic-wast- e dump," Mark Beck of U. 1 Campus Planning said. But the concerned citizens chief uses radio to defend U. ASUU By Christian Aggeler ' Chronicle staff writer p - VOL. 98, NO. 49 UNIVERSITY OF UTAH 5fe off yn jrad Doa Vrsi waste ffa5 S have since become educated in the safety involved with the functions of the packaging facility, he noted. Steve Taggart, U. Safety Services manager, said the . facility will have the latest in safety a temporary storage center for and wilhbe technology hazardous and radioactive waste until it is transported to authorized disposal sites. Some of the laboratories ana medical facilities that generate the 60,000 pounds of hazardous waste per year include the University Hospital, medical school and chemistry department, Taggart said. II Why be vertical? seepage iu I ofty i seDe"dI thing you would have in your basement or garage," Beck added. Keith Schiager, director of U. Radiological Health, said laboratories using radioactive material will also use the new facility to package their radioactive trash, which includes liquid, paper, syringes, gloves and even 8,000-square-fo- ot ted carcasses of animals that have been tainted with radioactive nuclides during laboratory tests. The level of radioactivity in the waste, however, is extremely low, Schiager said, and most of the waste won't even be radioactive, but for safety reasons will be After collecting the hazardous waste, employees of packaged at the facility anyway. the U. faculty will surround the vials of waste in highly Both the Safety Services and Radiological Health absorbant material and then package them in durable offices currently package hazardous waste in inadedrums, Taggart explained. The drums will quate and unsafe buildings, Taggart said. In fact, then be stored at the facility until transported to the Radiological Health uses an old Fort Douglas butcher disposal sites where, they will be crushed, pulverized shop as its packaging facility. "It is not designed for ana incinerated, he continued. what we are using it for," Schiager noted. -; cur-Most of the wastes packaged at Safety Service's The new facility will be equipped with safety fea- -' rent facility? however, are common household chemi- hires to prevent a fire or spill. If a fire occurs, however, cals which include; used motor oil, Draino, acids, ; there will .be only minimal danger to human lives, ammonia, paint thinners and pesticides, Taggart said. Schiager said. "A lot of the stuff we will ship out is the same kind of 3 :v r see facility' on page four 55-gall- on ; ' . : ; ju- -r - , "s " . ....., , x -- T v v ' , 4 ' , ' ., v . w " ASUU President Mike Kalv took to the AM radio air waves Wednesday afternoon to defend his school host and. political against the attacks of talk-sho- , I- w - - :: activist Mills Crenshaw. works who used his at 630 AM, Crenshaw, x initiative forum prior to daily talk show as a pro-tathe Nov. 8 election. In the wake of the initiatives' defeat, Crenshaw appears to have set his sights on the University of Utah, which he has frequently described as an "ivory tower" that misuses state tax dollars. On Tuesday Crenshaw used his show to attack a satirical column written by Chronicle managing editor Andrew Hunt. Wednesday brought an attack on a Chronicle news story about the Utah Board of Regents. "Do you want your tax dollars used to support this garbage?" Crenshaw asked his listeners. ; Although no Chronicle staff member responded during the show, Editor in Chief Darren Hawkins made a personal call to Crenshaw explaining the newspaper is supported solely by advertising revenue and student fees. " Kaly, however, grabbed the opportunity to defend the U. and called in to the radio show's talk line. Lrensnaw was critical oi Kaiy ana oiner sruaenis ior campaigning against the tax initiatives, saying "you (Kaly) were reacting in your own selfish After accusing Kaly of not caring about the state, the host then pointed to an elderly Utah woman who was being evicted from her home after being "ripped off", by nigh property taxes used "to subsidize your (Kaly's) education." "I feel like the level of this conversation has hit a bottom. You don't even know me. Why don't you come up and get to know me?" Kaly responded. Crenshaw then asked the student leader how he would feel about university students signing a contract that would force them to work a minimum of four years in Utah after graduation to justify the money spent on their education by taxpayers. "It (the contract) sounds a bit fascist to me," Kaly said. "What one single event turned the vast majority of Utah voters against the tax initiatives?" Crenshaw asked. , "They became educated," Kaly answered. Crenshaw, however, would not accept this answer, saying "Back to School Night" was the pivotal event that turned Utah voters against the initiatives. Parents were d fed propaganda" by educators, he claimed. Kaly said Crenshaw was "discrediting the people of Utah with such an idea. "I have faith in people and . faith in democracy," he said. One listener called in to ask Kaly about the free" :! shuttle buses ASUU provided to transport students to j v. rarir1 fnr ortti-tainitiative Drotests. funds to support such abus, Kaly was By using student see "Kaly" on page four K, : S self-interes-t." talk-sho- w "one-side- ; , Y Students who enjoy Utah's outdoor scene can take a more active role in protecting the wilderness by contacting protectionist groups like the Utah Wilderness Association. UtiaiED By giroyps IfigllTiSioir Scott Stone Chronicle ASUU reporter For University of Utah students who would rather spend their afternoons and weekends in the canyons or back country, there are a wide range of opportunities to have a say in the protection and enhancement of Utah's wilderness. Some of the groups responsible for the protection of wilderness in Utah which invite student participation are the Southern Utah Vilderness Alliance, Uinta Mountain Club, Friends. of the Earth, Defenders of; Wildlife, Sierra Club, American Hiking Society and Utah Wilderness Association. ; These groups and organizations fight for the wilderness increased designation and protection of pristine, undeveloped wilderness areas and the wildlife these areas contain for the enjoyment of future generations. But what exactly is wilderness? . The" Utah Wilderness Act defines wilderness as " . an area where the earth and its community are untram-mele- d by man, where man himself is a visitor retaining primeval character and influence, without permanent improvements or human habitation. ..." The definition goes on to say wilderness should generally appear to be affected by thp forces of nature with ... the imprint of man substantially unnoticeable. Wilderness may also contain ecological, geological or see "wilderness" on page three Non-prof- it Org; U.S. Postage Paid Permit No. 1529 Salt Lake City, UT |
