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AIR ihttha NEWS .N *1 N Quit Polluting A SBH Orders PIi Of Armour and Process May Replace Car Smog Device A method of controlling car exhaust fumes that may elimi• nate the need for smog devices was described to the State Motor Vehicle Pollution Con• trol Board in Los Angeles yes- terday. Richard D. Kopa, o he UCLA Engineering Sch e• scribed the method a he board's meeting at the new State Building. The board has not y proved any smog contr vices for car exhausts. Armour and Co. has 3 P• rPL..~-o1 ~ 0z g~ h4,~ONttr3t* 4 N lg titgt OQ01 ON f NOl1MQMft V 111h 193n9 Ob0J31,71 0 AS REPORTED IN TH 0 0 to eliminate •what the State of Health says is air-po being caused by the coml Bartow plant, or it will f to Support I second injunction suit. Ti filed mou Gas Pact ~ argt to d 25 i W Griswold Listed ~ A prot In This Issue: f or FPC Hearing l I cont alte: elirr ride cont fron stab offic Ti ita com corr lem mal ami pho: te I ' ,r's imc isir nC no sess aws & Legi slation..........1 ontrol .......................... 5 Motor Vehicles ...............••8 Studies .......................... 10 du stry .. . . 13 ... . . og chief Smith Gris- w~ yesterday had instruc- ti from county supervisors to a p p e a r in Washington b the Federal Power Con:- m n in support of the Gulf P c Pipeline Co. applica- ti o build a 1,400-mile gac line between Texas and Los A e s isors have strong- ly p d the project for th a um use of natural gas as an air pollution curb. The g ould provid to 90 pe nt of th 0 for the m electric g at- ing plants of the Depar mer.t of Water and Power y~.,lhe I Southern California Edi~oE over a 20-year period, u a $770 million contract wl he city. Griswold will be assisted by . . . . ..... ....... an assistant county counsel, Pasadena Star News June 8,1963 Hea Ith ...........................16 Peop le ........................... 18 See Laws & Legislation Page 2 Kopa said ex iimenta con- ducted w nl en oxidea, ~n e aging e n g ow that the method may rep ace any such devices. He explained th tube re• introduces a smal ount of ' exhaust fumes bac the car• - buretor, and studies show this r s per cent of the nit- r a and 50 per cent ~ ~ o~ on ring wear, plus reducing carbon monoxide and ~ t uel octane requirement. ~ TV are also less deposits in ., t ombustion chamber, he a c ed. The process, he said, does not noticeably lessen power and actually improves the Pasadena Star News June 6, 1963 ~ee Motor Vehicles Page 8 ~ ~ a L 1S113" ENTBtY • TWElY ;.~ OR TITX 0031045 ' Smo~ Boss

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AIR 44w NEWS Jacksonville, Fla. Times Union June 12, 1963 Quit Polluting Air, SBH Orders Plant Of Armour and Co. Armour and Co. has 30 days to eliminate what the State Board of Health says is air-pollution being caused by the company's Bartow plant, or it will face a second injunctton suit. The health board last month filed proceedings against Ar-, mour's Fort Meade plant and argument on an Armour motion to dismiss has been set for June 25 in Circuit Court at Lakeland. A notice to make immediate process changes and to install control devices or to submit an alternative plan to control and eliminate the discharge of fiuo- rides into the air at Bartow was contained in a letter yesterday from Dr.' Wilson T. Sowder, state health officer, to Armour officials. The notice said the 30-dgY lim- it was fixed because of previous complaints and conferences with company officials on the prob- lem. Armour at its Bartow plant makes triple superphosphate, atnmonium phosphate and phos- phoric acid. Passaic, N.J. Herald-News May 29, 1963 Ordinance on Air Pollution Coming CLIFTON - The Board of H*alth expects to complete its preparatian of an air pollution ordinance next month. Board memben discussed the me`sure with Frank A. Carlet, a6lstant city counsel, at a con- ference meeting last night. Car- iat told them the ordinance wotlld be completed in a few vieeks• and ready for submission to the City Council. Tbe board also discussed pol- Iution of P e a r 1 Brook in the Montclair Heights section. A check of the area showed that ution Of the stream is caused Little Falls, not in C1iPton. AUGUST, 1963 Relotiny to: LAWS & LEGISLATION Reno, Nev. Evening Gazette May 13, 1963 Passed by Council Smog Ordinance Given Approval The Reao City Camcil by unani mous vote this morniaQ a an antiatnoQ ordinance, a move culm:nalinQ more thau four years of st+dy and discussion. In earlier proposed versions of the oadinance there wae a"grand- father clause" induded which wouid have allowed exdstina ssnw ooahlbutois to caartinue present Practices• However, the ordinance win- ring council apQroval today did nat include any "~a:dfa clause." QO21IDflBNDB,D After passage of the ordinance, the~ Mayor Bud B®lcer eommdyded oaxtcil for its work, saying eontrol ordinance was in the best Interests of the entire city. He said the • public may now realise that "possibiy this abnin- istration did accomplish a few things for Rmo ... and can now be assured It wnn't have any staog problem in the future." The ordinance calls for estab liaMnent of an air pollution con- trol director and assistant, sets definite standards and penalties for per.oos not folloNVhg the rega- latioas and calls for permits when inata>iing fuel burAing equipnsent. Incinerator buming is also con- troIIed by the new ordinance, which limiti burning of this type to a speotfied multiple dh.mber indnmtor. Hoavever, this portion of ihe doesn't apply to private ~~ or apartments with no more than four units. H" ..rrAmn Asst. City A.tty. Rick Breit- .viesee latw exoialad *at the ordinance did have "teeth in it and I'm convinced it will work." He said the ordinance was drawn up after many meetings with indlviduals eoncerned, and that altiwmfi the new law would be enforced tt» city would eo- oQerate ®ith the people who must confOrm to the new ordinance. "We're g+oft to be reasonable in applyias the law," Breitwieser said, "and as long as those can- cerned are doing something to ~ ly wdth the law we'll be sat- He Quessed it would prabably take about 18 months before all indushy in the city is converted to embmi to the ordinance, "but when tbat h.ppa~s you won't see any more large clouds of black snidoe pouring aver RMo." QOOD 08iZ Joa CSeary, ths city air pollu- tion omtrol direotcc, says he teds ~tlhe ordinance is a good cae that' guaraubeed to saaJoe Rma more MIi tles. Our g'oal ~ , of other m , to maJc. Raw eamplebely Iree iraen rmos, and I think +Ne're = ww." Cleary says he's oansdted with >&er air. polhXiaa distaicts and Ithey ike o~ they wish tl~ey had one Cleary also seid he was fir ornned this morning by an atbor xy for the Reno Prea 8&idt do., Am W. Mit 8t., tfiat the c~mpit~+ would be moving w~hida tfie city inttts. ' Fie dkiy't say just when t6ey'd 3e mwin;; ' Cleary ,dd, '1ut bqr ara movinr. Many peopie ia AIR In The NEWS tme city considered tme conVW, so near the residentlel area, a nutsance, and it was one of the wast inChakries whee it came to „ air pdbdw Redwood City, Calif. Tribune May 28. 1963 Metal Dealer Gets Smog Law Penalty Nick Circosta, 67-year-old San Francisco scrap metal dealer, is the second man to receive a jail sentence for smog violations since creation of the Bay Area Air Pol- lution Control District. Circosta was given a five-day jail term,.plus =1,300 fine, by San Francisco Superior Judge Joseph Karea6 last Thursday. As an a1• ternative, he may spend 1o days in jail and pay;800 fine. "If we don't sent this man to jail for his wilful and flagrant and continued flaunting of the law and the district's regulations, we might as well close up ahop;: commented the judge. Circosta was f o u a d guilty of vieiating the district's regulation agafM open burning, and of re- ftuipg to obey a comt injunction. He was accused of bioe counts of opea burning during the.. past three yeara. PAGE 1 ~- - - TITX 0031047

i Oil Paint & Drug Rep. New York, N. Y. June 3, 1963 Pollution: Move to Beef Up Program Backed' by House Panel and Udall Congressional advocates of a beefed-up program of federal control over pol- lution-both air and water-marked up two Important advances In their cam- paign last week. The health and safety subcommittee approved and sent to the full committee a slightly modified version of the Roberts air pollution control bill with recommendations that it be reported to the house for passage. The leg- islators also heard Secretary of the Interior bp Stewart Udall, accompanied by the direc- tions before the federal government steps tors of the Bureau of Mines and Geological in. Survey, join in the call for action now on In this connection, the bill now provides "new and creative techniques of water that where pollution discharge in one management" to cope with mounting po1- state is endangering the health of persons lution and mis-use of water supplies. in other states and the discharging state The bill-HR 6518-approved by the fails to correct the situation, the Secretary house committee differs from the original of Health, Education Welfare may ask Roberts bill in only two important re- the Attorney General to bring suit. spects: However, he may sue the offending • Authorized appropriations for sup- state "only after it has been certified by porting state air pollution control pro- the governors of the other stateg.that they grams was reduced to a four-year match- made a good-faith effort to enter into a ing program totaling $20 million. compact with the offending state to secure • States were given a little more lati- abateme+nt of the pollution but were un- tude to correct interstate pollution condi- able to do so." Winter-Haven, Fla. News-C hief May 9, 1963 Matlox Submits Pollution Bill TALLAHASSEE (Special)-Rep. The proposed change also pro- Ray Mattox of Polk County intro- vides that if the commission asks duced an air pollution measure de- for an injunction and it is grant- signed to atrebgthen the existing ed, the commission would not be law in the Florida legislature yes- required to post a bond. terday. The proposed legislation repre- sents the thinking of several groups, and would give the air pollution control commission au- thority to move. quicker whenn vio- lations are detected. Several of the changes provid- ed in the bill are: to provide for the creation of an advisory asso- ciation In each air pollution con- trol district to assist the commis- sion; to limit the period of con- ference and conciliation between the state board and those the board has cause to believe are in violation of the law to a period not to exceed 60 days; to provide that where violations are found after a hearing by the board, the' boar* shall fix a reasonable time "not to exceed 60 days" dur- ing which such perwn shall be required to take measures to prb- vent such violation; to require the control commission to take legal action if the persons found to be in violation fail to take measures to correct the situation. The pre- sent law states only that the com- mission may take action. the word "may" Is changed to "shall". Toledo, O. Blade June 13, 1963 Pasadena, Calif. Star-News June 8, 1963 Smog Boss to Support Gas Pact Griswold Listed f or FPC Hearing Smog chief Smith Gria- wold yesterday had instruc- tions from county supervisors to a p p e a r in Washington before the Federal Power Cotn- mission in support of the Gulf Pacific Pipeline Co. applica- tion ta build a 1,400-mile gas line between Texas and Los Angeles. The supervisors have strong- ly supported the project for the maximum use of natural gas as an air pollution curb. The gas would provide 80 to 90 per cent of the fuel for the steam electric generat• ing plants of the Department of Water and Power of the Southern California Edison Co. over a 20-year period, under a $770 million contract with the city. Griswold will be assisted by an assistant county •counsel, doctors, experts In meteorology and chemistry. A date for the FPC hearing has not been announced. Pollution Bill Advances House Group OK's Lucas County Plan Rla1e Qolss6se Daress COLUMBUS, June 13-Legis- lation to permit Lucas County to enter into an agreement with Toledo for air and water pollution controlsd moved closer to fulfillment yesterday. The bill, which cleared the 6enate 31 to 0, May 29, was approved by the House Health Committee after -1ess than 10 minutes consideration. Sen. Frazier Reams, Jr., a co-sponsoer of the bill, and Robert Konwin, Toledo chief counsel, urged its passage at the committee hearing. They were supported by representa- tives of the Ohio Municipai League and the County Com- missioners Association of Ohio. Under existing law, munici- palities and counties individual- ly may establish air and water pollution control pro- grams and municipalities may contract with counties for ser- vices. A county, however, can- not contract with a municipal- ity to provide services to the county. Because Toledo already has a pollutiolr~control agency and city and county officials hgve sought a united program, a bill permitting such a plan was in- troduced. A House vote on the measure could occur late next week. PAGE 2' AIR In The NEWS .= AUGUST, 1963 TITX 0031048

. i!./ong isiaaNe aqifol•-. Star-Journat June 13, 1963 Outlook Dim for Air Bill By CHARLES SCHAEFFER (Star-Jourozal Bureau) WASHINGTON- Prospects are dimming for creation this year of the ,kind of federal power Pres- ident Kennedy says is need- ed to combat the growing menace of interstate ak.Lo) lution. A House Commerce sub•. comtnittee has quietly re- shaped the administration's legislation, so that the House is likely to pass only to water.ed-+' down version.~ T h e Senate may balk and waituntil' next year to': push through something tougher. Presi- dent Kennedy $CHAEFFER' asked Congress for a new law• authorizing f e d e r a 1 health officials to help set- els cases of interstate air pollution. * * • UNDER IT, they could encourage two states' to cooperate in a conference to remedy a bad pollution sit- uation. Failing this, health officials would turn the case ' over to the attorney gen- eral. Water pollution offici- als now'!fliSR'`dfmilar power to take interstate conflicts to court. However, the House sub- committee handling the leg- islation has tentatively sub- stituted language that would permit governors to create voluntary interstate com- pacts on air pollution and invite federal assistance. Without a clearer defini- tion of fbderal authority, problems could drag on for years, some government health authorities believe. The full commerce commit- tee, which must still act osr the bill, may do some more Fe.writing. Ths pending ver- AUGUS7`, 1963 sion provides $5 million a year for five years in grants to states which seek techni- cal aid instead of proposed funds escalating up to $10 million a year. .. . . SENATOR Abraham Rib- icoff (D: Conn.), author of the Senate bill providing federal enforcement, says he' doubts Congress will enact an acceptable law this year. He is, however, prepared to, fight for his version, which has numerous key Senate co-sponsors. A national "Let's Clear the Air" conference last winter, spotlighting dangers of air pollution, set the stage for the administration's re- quest for federal enforce- ment powers. In a private talk with Welfare Secretary Anthony Celebrezze, Presi- dent Kennedy said he be- lieved a bill was ncassary. Nevertheless, it is but one of a score of controversial measures facing a session al- ready past the halfway mark. It will probably oc- cupy a backburner until lawmakers dispose of other political hot potatoes, in- cluding the sizzling issue of civil rights. Chicago, Illinois News June 25, 1963 U. S. Sounds Air Pollution Alert Here An air pollution alert w unded at noon Tuesday fo hicago and a six-state ar y the U.S. Public Heal rvice. James V. Fitzpatrick, ci irector of air pollution con ol, said the alert was due eather conditions which hav revented pollutants from es aping into the area's uppe tmosphere for 36 hours. The last such alert in Chi ago was Nov. 2:, 1962, wh he sulhur dioai e content ' e Loop built up to a poia igher than in London durin hat city's "killer smog." Albuquerque, N. M. Journal May 22, 1963 NewAirPollmon Ordinance Gets Final Reading After worrying about the possibility of repeat violators escaping penalties, the Coun- ty Commission Monday night gave final reading to its air pollution control ordinance. The regulations, basically the same as those now in ef- fect in the city, will become effective June 17, the county manager's office said. According to the ordinance as drafted, a person or firm shall be liable for a fine or jail imprisonment If he or it continues to violate the ordi- nance after being told to stop. May Ask Hearing A person aggrieved by an order issued under the ordi- nance may' request a hearing within 10 days before t h e -Board of Appeals. It not sat- isfied by the appeals board ruling, he may carry his pro- test to the County Commission within five days. His recourse from the commission decision is to the courts. If no request Is made for a hearing or if the County Com mission affirms the order and the person continues to vio- late the ordinance, he shall be liable to the penalties. The commissioners wonder- ed if a person could violate the ordinance, stop before the appeal got through the com- mission and then start up all over again without being pen- alized. Intent of Law Chairman Vance Mauney said he thought the intent of the ordinance was to give violators an opportunity to change their operations before being penalized. Mauney repeated his posi- tion that the appeals should not go to the County Commis- sion. "I see no reason for smoke control to be a political foot. ball,'• he said. The chairman feels the appeaL board, a group of technical p e o p 1 e, should make the decision, with recourse from their ruling di rectly to the courts: AIR In The NEWS Amendments Noted Two amendments w e r e made in the ordinance. At Commissioner Harry Kinney's request, the qualification for membership on the air pollu- tion controls board was chang- ed from "an engineer register- ed in the state of New Mexico to. "a professional engineer.," Mfist engineers practidng in: the state are not segisteredd here, he said. The ordinance also w a a amended to provide an excep- tion for fruit growers using smudge spots in the spring. Couat, Agricultural Agent C. A. G r.•i m e s requested this change, Asst. Dist. Atty. Wil- liam J. Bingham reported. Washington, D.C- post: Times Herald• May 26, 1963 HEW Is Hit ForDelayon New Center House Committee Withholds Funds For Health Facility By Elsie Carper staff R.eport.r Congress which has been haggling over the location of the new Environmental Health Center yesterday ac- cused the executive branch of "inexcusable procrasti- nation, indecision and con- fusion" in -not having se- lected a site. The criticism of officials of the Department of Health, Ed- ucation and Welfare wps in a report approved by the House Appropriations Commtttee aa companying the bill , setting appropriations for the Depart- ment.. The Center would deal with problems such as the effects of air and water pollution, ra&ation and chenltcals on human beinlga. PAGE 3 TITX 0031049

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CANPOP also said Con Ed does not have enough ex- perience or knowledge to operate a nuclear plant and that such a structure would pollute the air with radioactive, materials. Tomorrow's hearing, before the Council's General Wel- fare Committee, is being held on legislation designed to block the Con Ed plan. Council MaJority Eric J. Treulich, who lives in Queens, introduced the legislation May 14. Yesterday he said the hearing is "aimed at exploring all the implications and effects of the proposed construction of the atomic reactor generating plant " Pasadena, California Star News April 16, 1963 Fuel Oil Ban in Effect Step Taken to Combat Smog Restrictions on the use o Los Agelnes Basin went into effect yesterday for the next seven months under Air-Pollu- tion Control District regula- tions. Until Nov. 15, major fuel users are required to burn natural gas• In compliance with the regulation that lessens pollution from fuel oil burn- Ing during the most extensive smog period of the year. The substitution of natural gas results in important reduc- tions in the amount of sulfur compounds, particles and other contaminants in the atmos- 'Qhere, the APCD said. Lakeland, Florida Ledger May 14, 1963 Two Deformed Pol k Cows Shown At Tallahassee Air Pollution Hearing TALLAHASSEE - Two Polk on o - were uc County cows, deformed and. un- able to bear offspring, were dis- played at an air pollution con- trol hearing here late yesterday as examples of what lack of effective pollution control meas- ures has done to Polk's cattle industry. After viewing the animals, taken to Tallahassee from a Willow Oak pasture by Donald McLean of Bartow, president of the Polk County Cattleman's As- sociation, and Eugene Griffin, also of Bartow, a well known Polk County rancher, the com- mittee approved a propose~i bill to tighten air pollution con- trols. Also displayed were bushel baskets of bleached and deform- ed cattle bones, said to 'be the results of the state's ineffective battle against air pollution. Quicker Action Sought On hand for the unusual show were senators, representatives and state agriculture officials. I Provisions to tighten pollution officer, has asked for extens'ion of the natural gas rule as quickly as additional supplies of gas become available to the Los Angeles area. A contract recently awarded by the Los Angeles city De- partment of Water and Power provides for additional natural gas but requires approval by federal agencies before new pipe line facilities may be ~built, the APCD said. State Rep. Ray Mattox, Winter Haven. In brief, the amendments to the present biIl would give the Florida Air Pollution Control Commission authority to move quicker when violations are de- tected: It would also change the word- tng in the commission code giv- ing It mandatory authority to take action, replacing the pres- ent "permissive" authority. It would also require the State Board of Health to turn over air pollution bases to the com- mission if the violations could not be stopped by persuasive means. County Interests Present A companion 1loilution bill, in•. troduced by State Sen. Scott: Kelly, Lakeland, was passed out of the Senate Public Health Committee this morning. ' It conforms to the House bill. The legislation introduced by Rep. Mattox got unanimous committee support. So did the Senate bill. A number of county agricul- tural and citrus interests were represented at the hearing, in- cluding Herman Steele, assistant general manager of Florida Cit- rus Mutual, and representatives of the Polk County Farm Bu reau. The air pollution c o n t r o l measure moves into the legisla- tive spotlight on the heels of a suit filed last week by the board of health against Armour Co.'s triple-superphosphate phosphate plant in Fort Meade. r AIR in the NEWS 1 ~ P. 0. Box 132 e /A Hewlett, N.Y. ~ fuel oil by power plants, re~ Smith Griswold, Los Angeles fineries and Industry in ah County air pollution control ~ my for Air th ~ Plws2. ~e .n enter r.r my su subscse Two r~peienwo for Years in ~h. ~ ~ ~ ~ ` D One Year @ Plea 0 D we nr. rs @ a2o S]0. ~ .a $1ne 51 ~ I ,emittance Enclosed D Please Send Bill 0 R I I PAGE 4 AIR In The NEWS i AUGUST 1963 TITX 0031050

AIR UkW NEWS Berkeley, Calif. Gazette June 6, 1963 The 56-year-old firm, which oc-, six-room house. Rees Fights The Smog For most people clean air is a' matter of comfort, health and pleasure. For local government officials it is, through the Air Pol- lution Control District, a matter of law. For industry it is an ex- pense. But for the Rees Blow Pipe Manufacturing Co. of Berkeley it is a matter of business. Allentown, Pa. Allentown Morning Call July 12, 1963 Firm Lists Dust Control Allocation Coplay Cement Manufacturin Co. announced yesterday that =t00,000 has been appropriated for the. first phase of installing new dust control equipment at its Co lay plant. Company directors approved i stallation of a new glass bag col lection system for all kiins. Paul A. Lentz, vice president- operations, said the initial project will be placing the equipaent Kiln b, reprmenting about QO per cent of the plant capacity. When the results of the opec tion of the first phase are aa- sesaed, the company platu to in- stall dust controls on the remain- ittg two kiltu. Lents said contracts for the con- struction and installation of the first phaae will be awarded soon. He said construction should start in fall. Tite action will be a :tep ward fulfillfig a company pledse of April 19e4 that high-eliiciency AUGUST 1963 cupies a large fabricating planti at 2929 Fifth St., is California's leading supplier of smog control equipment. Its ingenious bag-type mechanical air traps filter out eye and lung irritants that are re- leased to the atmosphere in the processing of an infinite array of products-from asbestos to zinc. For the fabricator troubled with a minor air pollutant problem, Rees has a filtering device not much larger than a telephone booth. For the giant industrial complex that would otherwise spew clouds of eye-smarting irri- tants Into the air, it has .pollution control equipment larger than a Wilkes-Barre, Pa. Record May 11, 1963 Relating to: CONTROL The R.eea firm was founded in' 1907, just a year after . the great earthquake and fire, by . Claude Ftees, a Berkeley resident. Orig- inally located in San Francisco, it later moved here, and until 1960 was headed by the late Russell Rees, the founder's son. At the helm today is I1oyd D. Rees, an- other son, who attended Berkeley schools and the University .of Cal- ifornia. The company is now a multi- plant operation with branches in Eureka, Los Angeles and Mem- phis, Tenn. As in earlier days, it continues to fabricate those huge cone-shaped wood-burners that are Plan Slated to End Fire A Dauphin County Court iudgerowner yesterday apprnved a three-step plaa for extinguishing fire , in the 7,OOp,OSp-ton culm bank at Ashley. Judge Carl B. Sbelley, who acted as arbitrator in the case. said Glen Alden Coal Companv has agreed to make.available at Its expense the output of silt or sludaw from its Huber Breaker. Penttsupre,me C o a 1 Company, dust control equiptnent will be cotttpkted In the aprittg of 1964. 1'hat announcement was made at a meeting of Coplay twidenta who bad pressed a campaipt against ••exceseiw dud" In the eattmu- aity. then tend~t~install the b~est~ at de we feel the community wants the best" of the bank, will pump the sludge to the bank and also will remove non-burning materia from the pile. Pennsupreme and the State will name experts to confer on a plan to control re- maining burning culm. The bank has been the sub- ject of litigation in Dauphin County Court since last year which the State •Departmentt of Health labeled it a h e a 1 t h hazard. familiar to motorists traveling ths lumber country of the Northwest and in the deep South. All the plants also engage in the manu facture of air handling and blovw pipe equipment. Huge fabricating machinery for shearing, roiling, fortnhtg, brak- ing, punching and welding both ferrous and non-ferrous metals up to a half-inch thick are used by the Rees firm in its Berkeley plant. And because this heavy equipment is also required by other metal industries, the cotn- pany frequently contracts the manufacturing of products for neighboring concerns in the Bay Area. Residents of the area sur- rounding the bank have for sevM- eral years been attempting to )taye something done about the huge pile which has been burn- ing about 21 years. Several teams of experts irom the State ,Air.Pollution Commis- sion surveyed, tne ptre last yee.r. ~1'hese surveys resulted in sub- pevuent litigation in Dauphin County Court. Since that time, the eompeny has been conducting engineering studies and extensive pLnning for the projact. Lettts explained that it involves "a multitude of tech- nical a:paets." Le~hiih V+I>ey ~Pollntio~Con- trol, has been kept iataem.d of the planning wos'lt. and its pr+ot* twr. AIR In The NEWS r We will be glad to send sample copies of AIR In The NEWSto interest- ed persons. Send us their names and addgesses. TITX 0031051 PAGE 5

ohnstown, Pa. New York, N. Y, ribune-Democrat Sunday Times ay 21, 1963 June 16, 1963 Court Asked to CONTROLS URGED ON AIR P0LLI1T1(lN J T M Halt Bird Coal Cleaning Plant Action Taken By Stonycreek Township Board EBENSBURG - Stonycreek Township has asked Cambria County Court to restrain Bird Coal Co. from operating its new $2 million coal-cleaning plant at Riverside In alleged violation of a zoning ordinance and as a"pub• lic nuisance." The suit, filed by Attorney Rog- er Hager, township solicitor, is the outgrowth of a meeting May 8 between the township commis- sioners and representatives of the Air Pollution Cleanup Committee, a Ferndale-Riverside group. Say OnHn.nce Violated According to the complaint, the defendant's Bird No. 3 cleaning plant violates a zoning ordinance by the emission of "dust, smoke, gas, vibration and noise," alleged- ly transmitted to adjacent areas zoned for residential purposes. Referring to the plan as a "pub- lic nuisance," the township con- tends that the alleged air pollu- tion and noise are injurious xo the health and property of town- ship residents, particularly those in the Riverside area. The complaint states that Bird has refused to correct the situa- tion and that it has rejected a township proposal for conducting air pollution stack tests at the plant. Under PrevWons According to *e plaintiff, the township granted the company a permit to build the cleaning plant on Jan. 23, 1982, under pro- visions of the zoning ordinance. This ordinance prohibits, among other things, uses which may be noxious or offensive by reason of odor, dust, smoke, gas, vibration or noise. On Feb. 19, 188Z, the complaint continues, the township suspended the permit until such time as PAGE 6 Bird could show that its proposen plant would not create a dust problem. Permit Reinstated The permit later was reinstated after the defendant said its plant would conform with the zoning ordinance, it is alleged. Bird Coal specifically stated that the dust collecting system would meet the Allegheny County Code and that the plant isr de- signed to insure against dust pol- lution, according to the complaint. The company will have time to file an answer before a hearing is held. Elizabeth, N.J. Journal May 14, 1963 Woman Curbs Air Pollution A Bayway resident concerned about air pollution yesterday took steps which resulted In correction of a pollution problem, according to police. Mrs. Merton Garey of 661 Am- boy Ave. called Police Headquar- ters to complain about a snow- like substance descending on the neighborhood. She not only gave a verbal description but also col- lected a bagful of the material and turned it over to Radio P,a- trolmen Francis Seery and Thomas Lepkosky. Police likened it to cotton candy. With Information given by Mra. Garey, police went to the Rocke- feller St. plant of Relchhold Chemicals where they said they found the substance emanating from a stack. After a conference with Foster Franks, a plant engineer, the trouble was traced to a blocked vent and the condition was recti- fied, according to the two patrol- men. Mr. Franks was quoted as say. ing the substance is known as pthalio anlq'drlde• Health Expert Sees Need for Quality Standards By DAMON STETSON Speciat to The New York Tlmes DETROIT, June 15-A Public Health Service official empha- sized here the need for develop- iag air quality standards as a tool for controlling the pollution of the air. Vernon G. MacKenzie, chiefl of the division of air pollution of the Public Health Service, made It clear that he did not favor arbitrary or capriciou development of standards. He', said reasoned Judgments must be made on the basis of "thel considerable but necessarily in• complete information which ia already available." Mr. McKenzie's remarks werel made during the recent 58th' annual meeting of the Air Pol-I lution Contro], Association. The fact, hQ, said, that tech- nical nical and scientific knowledgej about air contaminants and their effects is less than perfect should not be used as an excuse for inaction and procrastination.1 Mr. MacKenzie said that the' Public Health Service had an urgent interest in pollutants de- rived from combustion-wheth- er er in furnaces, in engines or in industrial processes-because of their demonstrated ability to produce cancers In experimental animals. "Although insufficient evi- dence is available for conclusive proof," he said, "They [the pollutants] must be presumed to be capable of producing the same effects in man. Apparent- ly, these substances, are capable of penetrating the cell's nucleus and altering its reproductive properties." Mr. Mackenzie the only completely "safe" level was tero. He acknowledged this was ~npossible of attainment. How- ever, he suggested, it may well be necessary to establish some formal mechanism to exercise judgment on "benefits" versus "risks" to develop maximum allowable concentrations, as is A large area of the Fords sw tion of Woodbridge Tmmahip was covered with the snow like sub- stance Sunday when a defect .rs- sulted In a procesa at a Fords :>raskal. plant, AIR In The NEWS TITX 0031052 Your Comment On Any Item In This Issue Will Be Welcomed By the Editor . AUGUST 196: being done in the field of radia- tion exposure. Dr. Eric J. Cassell, a clinical instructor at Cornell University Medical College in New York, told the meeting that, under sertain meteorological condi- tions, air pollution might in- crease too such a degree as to Cause severe illness and even death. He explained that urban air contained substances that could dause irritation of the mucous- membrane, increased resistance in breathing for man and exper- imental animals, and even ex- perimental cancers. Dr. Cassell hoted that the ef- f`ects demonstrated under experi- mental conditions required a- mounts of the pollutant that were almost never found in the air. However, he said, there is some evidence that increased levels of some common pollu- tants in the air represents - hazard to individuals whose is restricted. "I believe," he said, "that communitq air pollution has an adverse affect on human health and that our failure to show the nature of the effect shouli force us to re-examine the basic conceptsthat underline research in this kind of public health problem." Dr. Sheldon Murphy of Har• vard University, a former Publi4 Health Service official, reportec that a laboratory study demon• strated, that brief exposure t automobile exhaust fumes t smog altered the respirator, functions and physical activit of experimental animals. In his experiments,' Dr. Mur phy said, guinea pigs wearirl face masks were exposed to ex. haust fumes two to three time the strength of those in existin polluted areas. He avoided drawing any con. clusions about the possibility o corresponding effects on humat~ beings. He did suggest, how, ever, the need for experiment, and investigation regarding th effects of smog and exhaus iumes o nhumans.

Portland,Ore. Oregonian May 29, 1963 Oregon Spends Millions For Control Of Pollution Pollution control is big busi ness in Oregon, Harold F. Wendel, chairman of the Ore- gon State Sanitary Authority,i told the Portland Rotary Club Tuesday. More than $80 million has. been spent on public abate- ment projects since 1946, with another $18 million to be spent this Year. To bring all 'facili- ties m•the state up to an ac- ceptable level will require an- other $55 million in public proj- ects, Wendel estimated. In addition, at least $10 mil- lion has been spent by private industry to control air pollu- tion alone. Another j~40' mil- lion to $50 million is required to bring air conditions to an acceptable level, Wendel esti- mated. The amount spent by industry on water pollution control is unknown, he added. In 24 years of water pollu- tion control, while Oregon's population has increased about 750,000, 200 works for domes- tic sewage treatment have been built, reducing water pol- lution by about 72 per cent. Of the million city dwellers in Oregon 97.2 per cent are serv- ed by sewers and' 96.2 by sew- age treatment plants. Untreated sewage from only 37,000 people is now reaching the waters of the state and a good share of this will be treat- ed soon, Wendel reported. About 800,000 Oregonians re- side outside cities and towns, mostly in fringe areas of Port- land, Eugene - Springfield, Sa- lem, arid Medford. To solve the sewage problem from 236,- 000 in the Portland area, 49,- 000 in Eugene - Springfield; 34,000 in Salem, and 19,000 in the Medford area will take time, Wendel said. Nine communities still re- fuse to vote bonds to solve their sewage problems. Wend- el said a law such as Wash- ington's to peimit issuance of revenue bonds without a ref- erendum would solve the prob- lem. Some 25 states now have such a law, "but we were ad- vised not to agitate for this before this session," he said. Legal action was taken against nine. industries and six communities which brought compliance in three cases, while three• others brought fines and convictions. W h i I e the water pollution picture is AUGUST 1963 generally good, "don't swim yet in the Willamette," Wend- el warned. "There are still. some outfalls discharging raw sewage." Much remains to be done in controlling both water and air pollution, Wendel w a r n e d; among them: 120 new or im- proved public s e w a g e treat- ment plants; further reduc- tion in waste loadings from five pulp and paper mills; new sewer systems in 62 communi- ties; sewage treatment facili- ties for 300 houseboats and sev- eral thousand pleasure boats; disposal facilities or treatment for commercial shipping ves- sels_ in the harbors of the state. No state answer has been found to pollution by boats, Wendel added. Wendel gives credit for• sat- isfactory progress to cooper- ation within the commission, an able staff, and the fact that "there has never been any political pressure brought to bear to influence the commis- sion. . ." Ridgewood, N.Y. Times June 30, 1963 Launch ProqrUun Against City's Polluted Air Because evidence linking pol- luted air to chronic disabling res- piratory diseases is mounting, the Queensboro Tuberculosis and Health Association has decided to launch a concerted community- wide program against dirty air. After hearing reports on the many new statistical and labora- tory stuides on the acute and long-term effects of air poliution, the TB Association's governing body, at their semi-annual meet- ing in the health organization's Jamaica headquarters, decided to intensify program activities In air pollution control which were be- gun in.1987. "Activities will start with a close look at Queens' own prob- lems and what's being done about them," said M. J. Plishner, the Association's Executive Director. "Then we will start a public in- formation program to arouse sup- port for better control methods and inform the Individual citizen on what he can personally do." AIR In The NEWS Saratoga Springs, N.Y. Saratogian June 11, 1963 n A' fT ~ vWt~i dlba dy b~° ~o~eC o ae~a of a 4~t~ ~ C.h° e~ saour Atr !o . te t th~taslo a~ , °~d, ~' 1'ollu~o° e ~ y rk Q 47e Co to8a~ed aZ bttbl ~' a/re 'SprtO~ a r ~ ua~, R~ ee~~t Sara. e ' tft~J °ne 0.0 ~~~11~.a ~ ! ~ oai ZS °e Ib , c a~te aa~lcial re~eeta: tio~ "2,b }a atfen~j0eu~ yOlua ° yo8ra44, cOOrfiitt ce, rga~ra . ~Fe ~ 8tates, °!s si~,,, wiu be°~ a~ t T ctioA for °cour f~ ot ~ e~'ed to eae Ar° c1e+~ atr ~ p ! u ~akiA ~'ama g 'S{.te p°Itult °ca1 fnu re ~ry D~~~nl °pbtr°~°~es t~ ed ~ Aedocia~ RedAtrT~e coaftitts to f es ~ co~~~ a ° d~t- of ~~l6 ~e~ ~ local !a by~e ~eew°~~ee~a ~ !he ' s, ~0da N ted Aaa a°d Yorr I°d aA°~ur R s4te ~4i ed Co lioa aadat°ry' D 2'ube~ the kfm $eu ~° p.4~.~ ~o~ D ~ ` bt. S4te Brooklyn, N.Y. Eagle May 9, 1963 TITX 0031053 Heating System Overhaul Can Reduce Smoke, Soot "Buildin` owners and opera- tors should realize the impor- tance of overhauling the heating system equipment in Spring at the end of the heatingsesson,"Com- missioner Arthur J. Benline of the Department of Air Polln• iion Control announced tdday. f'mspection of, heating ap- paratus this 8pring will permit adequate time to check.for de- tects or repairs which would cause unnecessary air pollution and annoyance, when the plant Is placed in operation again In the Fall. Also checking the safety valves and all automatic firtn; devices will preclude any boiler accident when the syatbm goes back in service aRain." w PAGE 7 i

AIR UkW NEWS New York, N.Y. Sun. Journal American June 23, 1963 RE'latinq to: MOTOR VEHICLES AUTOMOTIVE NEWS: N.Y. Smog Law Effective June 30 Fiat's New 1500 Spyder Includes Anti-Smog Device By PAUL MASSON Automobile Editor All new automobiles, domes• tic or- foreiatt, manufactured or assembled for sale in N. Y. State, beginning June 30 will be required by law to provide some form of anti=smOg equip- ment. As air pollution 'becomes. an increasingly serious problem in most metropolitan areas, state and city officials throughout the country are taking active steps to reduce the causes of smog. Automobile fumes, from the engine as well as the ex- haust, are considered to be among the most flagrant smog producers. To cut down on ear-oaused air eontaminant., tws types of egubsuemR have bees tatre- Automotive News Detroit, Mich. May 2Q,1963 PAGE 8 duced by various of the auto- mobile manufaeturers here and abroad. One is the catalytic- type muffler, employing special chemicais to absorb exhaust emissiona There are about ten of this kind on the market at present. The second employs an after- burner technique, and twenty different devices of this type have been submitted for ap= proval by N. Y. State's Air Pol- lution Control Board. One example of such a device is that developed by Fiat, the Italian manufacturer, and fac- tory installed on all cars .cur- rently imported into the U. 8. Flat's anti-smog system is effective because of its in- geniously simple design which eliminates cranlccw fumes by piping them into the engine to be burned with the gasoline. A tough, non-collapsible hose connects the crankcase air out- let with the carburetor air in- take. The smog-cauainQ gasses• are therefore burned In the cylinders together with vapor- ized gasoline. This after-burner technique Is alse said to contribute to the efficiency of ths enjine and most manufaetarers are malt- ing intensive tests to determine the e:tent of this improvement. In California, where the smog problem is probably the most oppressive In the nation, anti-fume devices were required for all new cars on April 28 and used cars must have amok control crankcase devices In- stalled by Jan. 1, 1sid<. N. Y. IlYlport Dei#1lf1 importer or manufacturer to in- Get Blowby Advic BUFB'ALO.-The New York Sta Auto Dealers Assn, has remind all dealers selling n e w impo cars to check with their distributor, sure,that their foreign models made after June 30, 1968, are equipped with approved blowby devices. A law passed in 1982 amending Section $75 of the Vehicle and Traf- fic Law Includes the following par- agraph: AIR In The NEWS Pasadena, Calif. Star News June 6, 1963 Process May Replace Car Smog Device A method of contxollin` exhaust fumes that ntay e11ad nate the need for smog device was described to the 3tat~ Motor Vehicle Pollution Con trol Board In Los Angeles yes terday. Richard D. Kopa, of -' UCLA Engineering School, . scribed the. method at ` board's meeting at the ner State Building. The board has not yet =, proved any smog control ' vicei for car exhausts. Kopa said expei'hnents con ducted at UCLA with nitroges qxides, among the most dam aging elements in smog, show that the mettiod •may replap any such- devices. He explained that a tube - Introduces a small amount exhaust fumes back to the c" buretor, and studies show thh reduces 80 per cent of the nitil roQen oxides and 50 per - of the piston ring wear, plus reducing carbon monoxide - - the fuel octane requirement There are also less deposits ' the combustion chamber, ` claimed. The process, he said, ' not noticeably lessen power and actually Improves . operation of the engine. Tite board took Kopa's port under submission " study by its stafL "29-a. Every motor vehicle regis tered in this state and manufaa tured or assembled after June - 1963, shall be e q u i p p e d with crankcase ventilating system, of type approved by the Air PolIutim Control Board of the state, for ti purpose of reducing the emissioi of pollutants." AUGUST. TITX 0031054 -