Arizona Daily Star from Tucson, Arizona • Page 19

Jilcton, Sunday, August 11, 1985 ffhf Arizona Batln Star Section Page Three Optimism is tempered THE TUCSON CLINIC, P.C. Is Pleased To Announce The Association Of on new smelter rules James R. Herde, M.D. In The Specialty Of. GENERAL VASCULAR SURGERY Office Hours By Appointment Phone 602-327-5531 The Tucson Clinic, P.C.

116 N. Tucson Blvd. Tucson, Arizona Priscilla Robinson, executive director of Southwest Environmental Service in Tucson, said the permit signals a change in attitude by theDHS. "It's more important that the department enforce things than what conditions are there (in the permit)," Robinson said. "They're going to take a new approach to monitoring and enforcement.

This review of the permit process has helped change its attitude toward the regulations," she said. But. Frank Cruz of the United Steelworkers of America in Douglas remained skeptical. "They haven't (complied) up to now," Cruz said. "Why should this make any difference?" Last week, DHS officials met with environmental leaders and union representatives to discuss the possible health hazards caused by the smelter's daily emission of sulfur dioxide.

Environmentalists say the smelter; which has no pollution control devices in place, puts out 1,000 tons of sulfur dioxide each day. The new permit requires Phelps Dodge to provide reports every month showing if the smelter is staying below 561 tons of sulfur emissions per day on a monthly average. The company has long insisted that it would close the plant rather than install costly pollution control devices. PHOENIX (AP) Environmentalists greeted Friday's renewal of an operating permit for the copper smelter of Phelps Dodge Corp. in Douglas with optimism about stricter standards but skepticism about their enforcement.

"It sounds like a much tougher permit than we've had before," said Laurie Kintzel, co-chairman of Groups Against Smelter Pollution in Douglas. "I like to be hopeful rather than pessimistic," she said. Dick Kamp, director of the Smelter Crisis Education Project in Douglas, said he doubts the state Department of Health Services will enforce the new regulations, however. "I'd love to believe it," he said. "I'd love to believe in Santa Claus." In the permit, the state agency warns that it will consider closing the plant if it continues violating federal ambient air quality standards.

Phelps Dodge also was ordered to install new pollution monitors and increase reporting of emissions levels to the state. Phelps Dodge spokesman Pat Scanlon said an initial look at the permit indicated that "some of the new conditions appear to be more onerous than what we're doing, but perhaps not backbreakingly so On balance, we're happy to have a permit." -1 TV 1 il Ji II 1 audio-visual, adj. relating to both sound and sight; pertaining to sound recordings and projected images as used in demonstrations, teaching and entertainment. banquet, n. a sumptuous meal or entertainment of which a number of guests partake; something particularly gratifying to the palate and the mind.

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The presidential nominations won't come till the 1987 convention. The convention that opens Wednesday, the 10th for the 13-year-old party, is aimed strictly at electing party officials and updating its platform and bylaws, he said. .7 Sessions include debates on "the existence of moral rights" and "a Libertarian philosophy of law." Workshops include "campaign strategy," "producing a newsletter," and "political cartoons and slides." There are also sessions dealing with "how to introduce Libertari- anism to your friends without appearing to be a fool" and with "when a libertarian falls in love, then what?" Larry Dodge, a Montana businessman who has sought office in his state twice under the party banner, is the keynote speaker Thursday morning. Other featured speakers include Karl Hess, once a speechwriter for Sen. Barry Gold-water when the Arizona Republican ran for president; and Sam Steiger, a foimer five-term Republic congressman from Arizona.

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