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Show .. ·.,, . Salt Lake Voter, June 1971, p. 1 - WRITE! LETTER !t!.!.§. _WEEKEND Time for Action - from·our national program Water pollution control legislation resulting from the Public Works Committee hearings. ii;;- N°e'; : I• want td '. persuad~ ' the House aJ?.d ·Senate Public Works Cammi ttee to report out new and strengthened federal water pollution control legislation without delay! We Write f • Senator Jennings Randolph, Chairman Senate Public Works Committee or Representative John A. Blatnik, Chairman House Committee on Public Works ,~ The League has ~upported federal, ' ).egislation for air and water projects. The state standards ~:foi.-- federal aid .have: not been substantial. Money is what we need. According to Ruth,: Clusen, National E. Q. Chairman for , the League, we believe in state matching funds, but if the. federal government doesn't increase funding to $;~ billionri or as Senator Muskie proposed, $2. 5 billion per year for 5 years, the program throughout the country will never be improved. The problem is constantly growing ,,., more rapidly than the ., ~ncrease in funds. - ~__.: __ :..'. _ . . _ 1,et j.,he chairmen££ the g committees know your stand. The _Le2 g___~~ feels that~ L Substantial increase in the total federal doilars '.·invested in improvement of state water pollution control programs and in; inunicipal treatment facilitieB. An increase .in a state}s allotment of federal funds if the state supplies funds for municipal sewage facility construction. User charges levied· ,on: all wastes treated in jurisdictions for which federal funds supplied ;part of the capital costs of waste tre~tment works4 Swifter enf. orcement of standards and schedules. • Effluent limitations as part of water quality'~ Citizen's right to initiate :suits against the' EPA administrator or violatas of'. _the water quality. standards. (But remember that ,you write as "an individual; you may not ;s peak for the :League. Our National E. Q• .- Chairman has ·~estified . ) ·, · Call Beverlli Dusserre,· 255-3782, if you want more pertinent information. ENVIRONMENTAL· AWARENESS . . . NOW! - ' B~': Dusserre - - - -- - - ... - - - - - - - - - - - .- ' ·- .' ••• ' •• --- . - .. ·· • ' ' • . - -· --- Another Evnironmental Bulletin - The Salt Lake Board is thrilled to annQunce that .~gy Baker is the new Environmental Quality Chairman. More about her and her plans in a future Voter. |
