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University Daily Kansan / Wednesday. October 30, 1991
EPA plan aims to curb acid rain
Rules place limits on sulfur dioxide released by utilities
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — The Environmental Protection Agency yesterday unveiled its plan to curb acid rain by 40 percent and stop emissions by 40 percent this decade.
EPA Administrator William Reilly estimated that the proposed rules would cost $4 billion annually by the year 2000 and lead to sharp increases in areas of the country that have the dirtiest coal burning power plants.
Acid rain: Pollutants falling from the sky
The proposed regulations, which are expected to be made final early next year, implement the Clean Air Act passed by Congress last year.
The new rates are expected to push up electricity rates about 1.5 percent nationwide but much higher in some areas, Reilly said. He maintained that higher rates would be more than off-set by the environmental benefits of controlling acid rain.
Acid rain is the name given to the industrial pollution that may travel long distances in the atmosphere before returning to earth as rain, snow or soot, killing aquatic life. Sulfur dioxide emissions, mainly from coal-burning power plants in the Midwest, are a large cause of acid rain.
Under the regulations, utilities must limit sulfur dioxide emissions from 110 of the nation's biggest power plants to no more than 8.9 million tons a year by the end of the decade. In 1980, plants were pouring more than twice that
amount into the air. The emissions reduced to about 15 million tons per year.
Utilities account for about 70 percent of the sulfur dioxide emissions that cause acid rain. The rest come from industrial sources, which are not
emissions below set levels to sell creed companies that do not meet the new staircase.
"Today's proposal breaks new ground in harnessing the power of the marketplace to improve the environment." Reilly said.
The trading would be expected to reduce the cost of meeting the new emission standards by about $1 billion a year, he said.
Over the last eight months, the EFA has been crafting the hundreds of pages of regulations that will implement the law. Rules governing each section of the bill will go into effect once the entire package is completed.
The acid rain proposal announces yesterday would require 110 of the nation's most polluting electric power plants in the West and East, to cut emissions in two phases.
ON CAMPUS
- Dependent Care Referral Service will sponsor a program titled "Employee and Supervisory Rights and Responsibilities for Family Dependent Care Issues" at noon today at Alcove A in the Kansas Union.
- Ecumenical Christian Ministries will sponsor a lecture by Herb Harris, assistant director of academic computer services, titled "Using Computer Networks. Something for Everyone" at noon today at EMC, 1204 Oread Ave.
The juggling club will meet at 1:30 p.m. today at the flagpole in front of the Kansas Union.
Office of study abroad will sponsor an informational meeting about studying in countries where French is spoken at 4 p.m. today at the French department library in Wescoe Hall. The office also will sponsor an informational meeting about studying in countries where Spanish is spoken at 4 p.m. today at 4006 Wescoe.
- Recycling Task Force will meet at 5 p.m. today at the Oream Room in
Kansas Union.
- Gamers and Role Players will meet at 6 p.m. today at the Frontier Room in Burge Union.
Minority Affairs Committee will meet at 6 p.m. today at Woodruff Auditorium in the Kansas Union.
Environs will meet at 6p.m. today at Parlors A and B in the Kansas Union.
BACCHUS will meet at 6:30 p.m. todayat Alcove I in the Kansas Union.
■ Korean Student Association will meet at 6:30 p.m. today at 111 Fraser Hall.
- Sailing Club will meet at 7 tonight at the International Room in the Kansas Union.
- Watkins Memorial Health Center will sponsor an eating disorder support group at 7:30 tonight at the Conference Room in Watkins Memorial Health Center.
A woman, 17, reported that she was raped at 11 p.m. Friday in the 1900 block of West 31st Street, Lawrence police报到。The woman knew the alleged rapist, police said. No arrests have been made.
ON THE RECORD
A World War I veterans plaque valued at $1,000 was removed between 6 a.m. Saturday and 6 a.m. Sunday from the northeast entrance of the Kansas
Union, KU police reported.
A woman, 17, reported that she was raped at 3 p.m. Sunday in a trailer in the 1400 block of East 15th Street, Lawrence police reported. The alleged rapist, whom the woman knew, threatened her with a knife, police said. No arrests have been made.
Prosecution's offer could clear Pee-wee of indecency charges
The Associated Press
SARASOTA, Fla. — Prosecutors yesterday offered actor Paul Reubens a deal that would leave the "Pee-were's Playhouse" star free from a conviction on indecent-exposure
Reubens' lawyer said it would be difficult to refuse the prosecution's offer.
Under the deal, Reubens would plead no contest, and the state would not seek adjudication of guilt. Rebuens would pay a $50 fine plus court costs and perform 50 hours of community service.
Reubens, 39, is charged with a misdemeanor that carries a top penalty of 60 days in jail and a $500 fine.
Reubens was arrested at an adult theater July 26 after detectives said they saw him mas
turbate twice in 10 minutes during nighttime showings of "Nancy Nurse" and "Turn Up The Heat."
Soon after Reubens was arrested, prosecutors offered him a $500 fine and a year's probation and community service in exchange for a guilty plea.
Those negotiations collapsed when authorities released a booking photograph of Reubens
with long hair, a pony tail and a goatee, much different from the animated, childlike character he played.
Sarasota County Judge Judy Goldman set a hearing for Nov. 5 on the new offer
"I anticipate Mr. Reubens will accept it," defense attorney Ronald Dresnick. "It's an offer that's very difficult to refuse."
ly, and we thought it was fair," said assistant state attorney Danny Hartery.
"We thought through the offer very careful-
Despite the plea offer, Reubens' attorneys maintained that during the trial he would have been cleared of the charges. They said the testimony of undercover detectives was questionable, and a theater security-camera video tape showed Reubens in the lobby during the time he allegedly exposed himself.
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