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Show lriiF 'YI Y WOMEN vOTERS LVV-US SETS PRIORITIES IB IJITERBATIORAL RELATIORS AIID BATIOBAL SECURITY Hazardou s Waste Issues The I ntermountai n Conference on Hazardous Wastes provided an action focu~ for 120 participant~ on Recentlv I spoke ~th Coneressma n Wame Owen ·s office to offer the Leogue ·s congratulat ions on his election. Ve discussed the League·s involvement .. generally, in internation al relations and national security and his position on 1he foreign Affairs Committee. Three of our five 1987 avocacv agenda. priorities are in the a.reaofinter national. realtions and national security as set by the board of the League of Vomen Voter of the United States. The LVVUS plans to focus the largest investment of League resources on the effort to promote a safer 'WOrld and create a positive climate for nuclear arms control and spending decisions on national. 'l;-'eapons programs. Other internationa l relations themes the League is prioritizing for e.voco.cy ore: November 14th snd 15th 1 986. Members from the sponsoring groups., Crossroads Urban Center The I Utah Sierra Club, The League of Women Voter~ ,Utah Associated Garden Clubs., Salt Lake Community Action Program., Salt Lake Citizens Congress, The Penner Community Resource Center_. representative$ fr-om Industry., the Health Department and a melange of other ac:tivitists formed a very diversified and lively group. Penny Newman, a citizen activitist from the Stri ngfello'w' Acids Pits) Riverside Cali fornia~opened the conference with a poignant account of her experience with a hazardous waste site, citing the emotional and physical effects upon her family and 1. Promote h um811e equitable U.S. realtions with developing countries in Central America by opposing U.S. military aid to the Nicearague.n ··contras... 2. Pt"omote a less restrictive trade system by opposing protectionis m. One citizen education priority is also in the area of in1ernationa1 relations: To promote public participatio n in efforts to redefine U.S. natione.1 security. Work on this priority,".il l include the Citizen Education components of the League's direct mail Cem.paign for a.Safer Vorld (arms control issues), examine.tion of emerging nation8l securily proposels (nich as confidence- building measures and conflict resolution) a11<t vi thin a more limited framework, analysis of U.S. foreign aid priorilies and possible consideratio n of trade concerns in the context of changing -world economic and political conditior.1.s. -Deon.no. Clork ----------------------------------------------------VOIIEB A•D THE COBSTITUTIOR: EIPECTATIOB AID REALITY community, and her ensuing fight to have the site cleaned up. H1.1gh Kaufman., Counsel for the U.S. Envi oro nmental Protection Aga nc 1J /tdd ressed the issue from a prof~~ionel bockground. Tren~portation expert Gary Sanusky of Denver shared an activist's approach on how to get a hazardous materials transportatio n ordi nence. An i ntermountai n coalition on hazardous materials was formed and identified it's primary objectives to be: 1. Making corporate polluters responsible for their actions. 2. Wodci ng on legislation. 3. Establishing a center for educational resources. 4. Supporting communities that ha·ve been exposed to t,aza rdo us wastes . 5. M&ki ng the department of health more responsive to ta ki ng the i ni ti ati ve i n t1do pti ng i nnovat.i ve technologies. 6. Mobilizing and empo'vleri ng the people. An i nfo r mal Stee ri ng Committee 'w'as for med to address these issues and is pre3ent1 yin the process of drafting a hazardous materials transportatio n ordinance which will soon be submitted to Mayor Def)t}ulis' office. After review and approval by LWVSL Board of Di rectors this ordinance will be submitted on behalf of our local League. Copies of updated Hazardous Waste Fact Sheets are available at I KAR.CB 5, 6 .. & 7 UIIVER.SIT Y OF UTAH :CEYBOTE SPEA.:CE:R: JOA• BOIF YILSO• Salt Late Voter- 1 the League office . -9- - Kate Park februanJ 1987 |
