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Thursday, March 22, 1990 / University Daily Kansan
Tainted soil is removed
By Buck Taylor Kansas staff writer
Workers are filling a large hole near West Sixth Street after removing soil contaminated by leaking underground fuel tanks.
Eric MontgomeryIKANSAN
A liquor store and gas station on the labs at 1302-06 W. Sixth Street were raked last week. Leaking under the floor, the labs were removed more than a year ago.
An undisclosed amount of fuel-contaminated soil from three tanks, two gasoline and one diesel, has been dumped in the basement on demolition of the buildings March 15.
Jim Myers, spokesman for Jaya-hawk Oil Inc. and owner of the property, said the tanks and soil were being removed voluntarily.
"We're planning to develop retail property on the site, and we decided to buy it."
Workers pour dirt into a hole made when contaminated soil was removed.
He said that until the project had been completed, he could not estimate how much contaminated soil was removed or the cost of the project.
There were 342 active registered underground tanks in Douglas County during the period between October 1, 1988, and September 30, 1989, according to Kansas Department of Health and Environment statistics.
Of those tanks, 14 were removed during that period, said Greg Crawford, director of public information for the department. Crawford said it was unclear whether leaks were
found in those tanks.
Crawford said the department recommended that anyone purchasing property with underground tanks have them tested for leaks before developing the property.
"People do not have to pull out the tanks prior to building," he said. "But it can be in their best interest."
He said that if contaminated water was reported in the neighborhood, the department would investigate the possibility of leaking tanks.
If that contamination was traced to an abandoned storage tank, the current owner of the property would be responsible for removing the tank and contaminated soil, even if new
buildings existed on the site, he said.
blowing away Crawford said property owners were required to notify the department before removing tanks so that technicians could inspect the area for fuel leakage. Leakage could cause contamination of surrounding soil and groundwater.
Bob Kinder, an environmental technician with the department, said that after contamination was found, the fuel-soaked soil would have to be transported to a landfill approved by the state to handle special waste.
"Most landfills in the state are authorized to handle this waste, but some choose not to for their own reasons," he said.
City zaps loud students
New noise ordinance lands 8 in court
By Curtis Knapp
Kansan staff writer
Two KU students pleaded not guilty yesterday in Douglass County Municipal Court to charges of violating the Lawrence noise ordinance. Their trial was set for June 21.
Deidre Wilkinson, Oklahoma City sophomore, and her roommate Mandi Greene, Eldorado City sophomore, received the noise ordinance March 3.
Wilkinson said neighbors had complained to police that she and
Greene were making too much noise after 11 p.m. They live at Village Square Apartments, 1611 W. Eighth St. Terrace.
Wilkinson said four to six people were in her apartment at the time, but they were not making too much noise.
"This is a college town," she said. "A noise ordinance doesn't make any sense."
Wilkinson said she and Greene were being advised by Student Legal Services.
Tom Porter, Lawrence city pros
ecutor, said the maximum penalty for a noise ordinance violation was a $500 fine and six months in jail.
In another case yesterday, six people pleaded guilty to noise ordinance charges. Each was fined $00 plus $6 court costs for 7 citations. Another person was cited with the group but failed to appear in court.
Connie Harrad, deputy clerk for Lawrence Municipal Court, said a warrant for the man's arrest would be issued soon.
Chris Mulleron, Lawrence police spokesman, said police had received about six reports of noise ordinance violations.
Student Rights Committee reworks approach to misconduct at Haskell
By Jonathan Plummer Kansan staff writer
A meeting yesterday between the Haskell Indian Junior College's newly formed Student Rights Committee and the college's president and dean of students left everyone happy about the prospects for change.
The committee was formed by the Haskell Student Senate Council earlier this month after students said some staff members ignored the disciplinary process after accusing students of breaking rules.
"The people writing students up were also the ones hearing the cases and deciding the penalties," Whitehunter said, "we know it's completely out of their hands."
the process of reviewing disputed accusations of student misconduct.
Becky Whitteire, Senate secretary, said Bob Martin, Haskell president, had been receptive to the group's request for another step in
Martin, who attended the meeting with Marvin Buzzard, dean of students, said he was encouraged by the students' proposals.
"（The idea）is very positive because it tries to establish a goal for students having problems," Martin said.
Whitteen said the two groups would meet again Wednesday.
The committee also gave Martin the results of a survey that asked
whether students favored making dorm visitation easier for members of the opposite sex.
She said that before the meeting the group thought action on visitation policies would not come until next semester but that Martin indicated the changes might come as soon as three weeks.
Of about 400 students who responded, Whitetree estimated that 385 favored the changes.
"We thought we'd have to fight a lot harder than this." Whitereed said.
She said the committee had not been formed as much to protest the school's policies as to ensure that they were followed.
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