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Show Wednesday. December 16, 1981, THE HERALD, Provo, Utah—Page3 EPA Deregulation Seen By Official At Geneva By PATRICK CHRISTIAN Herald Staff Writer Saying it was thefirst time he had ever visited a steel mill, an Enviromental Protection Agency policymaker toured Geneva Works Tuesday examining steelmaking and new air pollution control equipmentbeingin- ¥ Leen eeee eee area ee Milne tte ieeeliael Stalled, and claimed he was impressed. Joseph A. Cannon is acting associate admuinistrator of the EPA’s office of Policy and Resource Management, andtold the Herald he was touring the plant only to obtain background experience into the problems of steel mills. In a short interviewwith the Herald, Cannon said that under the Carter Administration and otber previous presidential leaderships, regulations were allowed to becomeso numerousthey strangled U.S, Industry, Buthe said the new Reagan administration has pledged to eliminate as manyunneeded regulations as possible at EPA, and simplify the administering of the rules that are maintained Whenasked howlongit will be before industries such as Geneva will see the results ofthis pledge, he said soon, but would not be Specific. JOSEPH CANNON to meet the existing standard after a new lower standard is developed, he said they might be hurting see how air and water standards might be reduced to give industries a break. He said “Regulatory reform is not merely window dressing for this administration. It is the third leg of the president's economic recovery program,” said Cannon that this can be done without adversely af- The policy maker claimed that Reagan's Meetings have been conducted recently to WIiHiiitiritett ey reform plan includes regulartoryrelief by using incentive-based alternatives to direct regulation and efforts tq reduce paperwork fecting the health of Americans. Cannonsaid that someofthe previousstandards were perhaps too high and not based on what hecalled, ‘good scientific data.” Geneva Works has already agreed to meet the existing air standard which will costit an estimated $78 million. When Cannon was asked what happens to companies who already have consent decrees with the EPA caused by needed regulations. There are some regulations he said that cost more to administer than the moneythey were meant to save. These, he said, are just someof the types of regulations that have to be cut out U.S. Steel’s environmentengineer, left, shows EPA policymaker Geneva’s improved coke ovens. Orem Council Adopts Unchanged Sign Law Man Waiting Gun Threat Hearing By DAWN TRACY to changesin the old sign ordinance said after Tuesday's meeting thatheis satisfied with the new law. Herald Staff Writer i After months of work, much controversy and jamOne changein the new ordinanceis that 80 percent packed public hearings, the Orem city council quietly of a business window space maybeused forsignsinpassed a new sign ordinance Tuesdaynightthat dif- stead of the old requirement of 20 percent. fers little from the existing one. The new ordinanceallowsfree standing signs but, “I’m disappointed,” said Verl Morgan after the those signs must now be placed in a 25-square foot council vote. “We spent a year anda half working on landscapedarea. Billboard requirements remainessentially the same. ‘a newsign ordinance for nothing.” Morganwasappointed by the council as chairman Councilman Richard Jackson proposed limitingbilof the sign committee that had recommended eliminating most free standing signs and billboards Iboards along State Street to the present number of in the city. He waslater assigned to a new sign com- 12, but the motion was defeated. The new ordinance mittee madeupof three members from the old com- allows billboards to be placed every 1,000 feet along State Street, which theoretically could increase the mittee and three businessmen. Au Jerry Washburn, who headed business opposition numberofbillboards to 26. Five Charged With Mail Box Bombing Homeowners: Are Your ay, 2! mor i fro ee Loan ity | th a ae rvice'S. om aor Cons! a $5,000 da han Soa We'll len rvice’ umer S' i meowne’ a_ ity purpose: you Sane worthwhile for valet NEW ali tor Out Rales catete Federal Savina dary ot City and Loan ASSO“ avon suena ah 200. 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Sheeran said the incident occurred in Indian juvenilesin connection with a recent mail-box bombing in Indian Hills that broke a window of one home Hills on Dec. 3rd, when a lead pipe bombwasplaced and heavily damaged the doorof an adjacent home. in the mailbox of a home. After the explosion, shrapnel broke the window of According to Provo Det. Martin Sheeran, the youths, one female and three males, have been refer- the home, and fragments flew across the street and Ted to juvenile authorities, while the adult, John P. damaged the front door of another residence. 01d Wes! Haven Florida: Alamonie Spings Boca Ralon FI Myers Holywood Jacksonwile Melbourne mam Pompano Beach St Persp, 3 ‘9 An Orem man who police contend threatened them at gunpoint has been released on his own recognizance and is awaiting a pre-trial conference Jan. 11. According to Orem Police Lt. 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