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Show if iiiiMldV. Octubt-- i 12. THK HKHAL.l). 1H78 I'nnu. I'tah-Pa- ge 53 Environmental Law Changes, Potential Revolt Cited From Page 50 act have been extended from an original 1975 to 1980 for hydrocarbons and 1981 for carbon monoxide Auto makers reluctantly have met irv 85 (Continued terim standards, cutting carbon monoxide emissions 82 percent, hydrocarbons 86 percent and nitrogen oxides 51 percent at a cost in control equipment of about $400 per car since 1968. They question whether the next to a 96 percent reduction of step carbon monoxide and hydrocarbons and a 76 percent reduction of nitrogen oxides is worth the added 0 it would cost. There are two main water laws, the Clean Water Act of 1972 and the Safe Drinking Water Act of 1974. Slowly but surely, the EPA is using the Clean Water Act to make America's waters safe for fishing and swimming by 1983 and to halt all discharges of pollutants into navigable waters by 1985. Private industry is outshining the nation's cities in complying with those goals, despite an $18 billion federal grant program to the cities, the EPA says. It says only 30 percent of 13,000 municipal sewage treatment plants met a interim deadline, while - mid-197- $350-40- 7 Cleanup Work - The sylvan WASHINGTON (UFI) creek that inspired the modern enthat efforts vironmental philosophy to protect the water, air and earth all stands today as a monuare related ment to America's cleanup achievements. Rock Creek was a pristine stream flowing through a park in Washington when Gifford Pinchot, riding horseback near it at the turn of the century, realized the environment should be viewed as a whole. But by the early 1970s, the creek had become too polluted for wading or swimming. The National Park Service posted signs on its banks warning people to keep out of the water. Today the creek flows clean and evidence of the progress clear again that has been made in the eight years since Earth Day, when the nation adopted Pinchot's philosophy and set out to clean up its air and water (Related stories on pages 50 and 51.) OPEN WEEKDAYS 9:30-6:3- 000 major industries did Like the F.PA. the CEQ is trying to streamline its operations At the same time it has gained a more militant voice in the form ot Carter appointee Llus Speth. who has challenged the administration s commitment to solar adequate One of the CEQ s key reforms, proposed in June, would limit to a maximum pages of plain English the length of impact statements that in the past often have filled volumes The 1983 goal may be hard to meet because so much water pollution comes from runoff from agricultural or urban land, says the CEQ But it reports major improvement in 50 bodies of water including the Ohio River, the Houston Ship Channel, Pearl Harbor, the Detroit River and the Savannah River. Costle says the program offering cities federal funds for 75 percent of the cost of building new sewage treatment plants is an example of how the EPA is shifting responsibility to the states. "i (recently! delegated the management of the construction grants program in Illinois to the state of Illinois," he says. "We will now go in on a selective audit basis only, instead of reviewing and approving detailed plans for every project. We're going to be doing that with a number of states this The Safe Drinking Water Act was passed in response to a 1970 study that found city water supplies threatened by chemical contamination. One of the suspected culprits is chlorine, put in water 70 years ago to kill bacteria, which can turn into chloroform that in large amounts produces cancer in - SATURDAYS power plants until nuclear problems are solved, passed strict air and water pollution hws and created a commission to control coastal development But last year Dow Chemical dropped plans for a big styrene plant near San Francisco, saying it could not meet air standards Amid predictions other industries would be lost, the legislature softened environmental requirements for a proposed liquefied natural gas terminal on the coast Evelle Younger, the state attorney general and Gov Jerry Brown's 1978 Republican opponent, charged the California Energy Commission was waste If the EPA and other agencies are the enforcers, it has been the Congress that gave them their weapons. Battles over new laws have lasted for years, produced major compromises by both sides and. in the view of many led to the defeat of lawmakers who voted against the environment ' There is now a good, hard bloc of about 75 members of Congress who are very dedicated conservationists or conservation-mindevoters." says Brent Blackwelder of the private Environmental Policy Center. The "Mr. Clean" of the Senate long year." 0 California has long been several steps ahead of federal requirements. .Now. some say. it is showing the first signs of a potential environmental backlash The state has the nation's toughest auto pollution laws It has banned 150-30- 0 been Sen. Edmund Muskie. who heads the Environmental and Public Works pollution subcommittee. Another key environmental leader is Sen. Henry Jackson, author of the National Environmental Protection Act. In the House, environmentalists say much of their best support comes from chairman Rep. Morris Udall, of the Interior Committee. Others with "It's hard cheese for environmentalists at the statehouse these days, though ... those who would measure us for a coffin should not waste good sawtimber. In appropriate focus, the situation means we are on the defensive and must carefully guard for the next few years those gains made in better times." high ratings include Reps. John Paul Rogers, Seiberling, and four John Murphy, n r ;)tva "If t I mittee. Another key enviroDroen- tal leader is Sen. Henry Jackson, author of the left, National Environmental Protec- tion Act. (I'PI Telephotos) 259 999 s1469 2 HP 20 Cal. receiver (IndusL Quality) 5 HP 74 All 60 Gal. receiver HP 10 Ci receiver parts mterchangable . on our Depend Air Compressors with - S fttl SYNTHETIC LIBRtCANT Supply with purchase of any Depand Air Compressor with this ad (5 gal. max.) Forget Something? George Brown, Phillip Burton, Robert Leggett and Leo Ryan. States have largely followed the federal lead. Many states now require their own environmental impact statements, and in the past year have focused on mining, air and water quality and waste disposal. ts X THE 'MR. CLEAN' of the Senate long has been Sen. Edmund Muskie, right, D Maine, who heads the Environmental and Public Works Pollution subcom- - anti-nucle- has California Democrats v and said his office will no longer aid the commission in atomic power matters. "California politics has not yet seen the last of the Dow affair," said John Zierold. a Sierra Club's representative in Sacramento. "Ill winds continued to blow and elected weathercocks to spin. d laboratory animals. Every city water supply examined in a 1975 study contained small amounts of chloroform. Last year the EPA launched history's first major campaign to rid drinking water of chloroform and other potentially hazardous organic chemicals, including a requirement for the use of activated charcoal filters. Water companies are fighting the program, which could cost $831 million or more boosting annual home water bills as much as $23 by EPA estimates or $100 according to industry figures. Industry officials decry the program as a series of needless, costly "perhaps" measures applied againct a "maybe" threat. The EPA wields similar clout under other laws such as the Ocean Dumping Act, being used to halt sewage sludge dumping in the Atlantic by New York and Philadelphia, and the Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act, used to limit DDT spraying and to ban Mirex as a weapon against the fire ant. 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