Friday, Oct. 11, 1985
Nation/World
University Daily Kansan
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Isabel hits Florida coast after losing some punch
United Press International
ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. -- Tropical storm Isabel weakened at sea yesterday and puffed over north Florida's beaches with 46-mph winds and scattered showers that many tourists and residents ignored.
Isabel flooded some streets and schools closed, but there were no reports of significant damage from the sixth tropical storm to reach the U.S. mainland within three months.
"By tomorrow, you probably won't even know there was a storm," said forecaster Gil Clark of the National Hurricane Center. "There's nothing really dangerous about it."
The storm's ragged center lingered less than 10 miles off historic St. Augustine yesterday afternoon but forecaster Noel Rianychok said, "For all intents and purposes, isabel is ashore."
sabel started the day 150 miles east of Daytona Beach with a stop at Daytona. The storm's top winds plummeted to 43 mph as it weared north.
Many residents of the northeastern Florida coast ignored
the arrival of the weakening storm, and tourist attractions stayed open in St. Augustine, the nation's oldest permanent settlement.
"I'm not about to let a little breeze and a little drizzle stop my vacation." New York vacationer Denton Henderson said.
Frank Hunt, of Flagler Beach, did not let isabel chase him from the golf course. "My score's not that good so far, but I think I'll improve as the day goes along," he said.
As a precaution, schools in Volusia and Flagler Counties were closed and some mobile home residents on the coast were asked to leave the area.
"The decision was made to close the schools because we anticipated adverse conditions at the time children would be traveling to school," said Volusia County Civil Defense Director Joe Nasser.
Tourists and residents lined the famous boardwalk at Daytona Beach, watching the surf and the swells of the Atlantic when the storm was approaching the coast.
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Committee expands toxic waste plan
WASHINGTON - A House committee approved a five-year, $10.1 billion plan yesterday to expand the Superfund toxic waste cleanup program.
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The House Public Works and Transportation Committee passed the measure on an unrecorded voice vote after an hour's discussion. The Superfund legislation faces further review by other committees before it reaches the full House later this month.
The Public Works proposal includes provisions to require the EPA to expand its list of priority cleanup sites to at least 1,600 by Jan. 1, 1988. The list now includes 850 final and proposed sites.
Cleanups would begin on at least 150 sites per
year starting Oct. 1, 1986, with work at all sites now on the list to be completed within five years.
A coalition of environmental groups said the bill represents a substantial improvement over similar legislation passed in July by the House Finance and Commerce Committee.
"It is a ray of hope for the millions of Americans victimized by hazardous waste," said Leslie Dach of the National Audubon Society.
Russ Dawson, special assistant to EPA Administrator Lee Thomas, said agency officials are disappointed by the Public Works proposal and said the Energy and Commerce version was a much better package.
Rep. John Dingell, D-Mich., chairman of the Energy and Commerce panel, criticized the Public Works version of the bill, saying it would retard the cleanup effort by imposing politically attractive, but unrealistic, deadlines, encouraging wasteful and time-consuming litigation, and diverting money from cleanup projects.
Superfund expired Sept. 30, but the Environmental Protection Agency has diverted money from scheduled work at 57 sites to finance essential activities until a re-authorization law is passes.
The Senate already has approved a 75.7 billion Superfund expansion plan. Once the House passes its version, the two chambers must agree on a final plan to send to President Reagan.
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