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HIGHLAND P K -At its Mond y
Highland Park City Council un nimou ly pprov
reading of n ordinance b nning m ical waste incin r tors,
Ther are two readings n ry for the law to b P ed,
The econd ding' schedul d for th fi t m tin Mond y
J nuary 2,1995, The city temporary m r ncy ord r
to hal uch incinera ors v r I months go, but t hi i I ted
- to expire in January,
Both he emergency order and the final ordinance w r
prop by .... ouncilwoman Gr Johnson to h ad off ntici­
p t d approval of the incin rator by th Michigan D pa lent
of tur I R our
Attorn y from environm ntali tor niza ion, such the
ational Wildlife Federation and Highl nd Park group called
itizen Empow rm nt for a I n Environrn nt (CE E),
h lped with the I ngu ge of th b n.
orge
ewm n r portedly warned th city council tha an ou ri ht
n on medical wast incinerato ould be ov rturned by th
courts and propos d that there b provisions to ban ciliti
th t cre te "toxic, h zardous, and offensive' missions" 15
f from all r idential dwellings from r id nti 1 dw Bin ,
el mentary school , public and priv t , pr chools, h pi I,
nd nu ing hom s.
C'E E official Jimmy Me Ie n xpr ed fears that uch
amendments might allow uch n incinerator to be built,
Environmentalist groups ay ha th danger of such medical
w t faciliti would extend f: r b .yond a limit of 1,5 0 f t.
ouncilwom n Gr Johnson id h su pect d th t Por-
ter had influ need Newman to propose the am ndm nt b­
u he ecretly w n an incin r tor built.
Porter's Administrative Assistant Scotty Wainwright aid
, he r port was ent to th . city council and did not "cIe r his
r port with the m yor. He added Porter wan th incinera or
sopped.
McCle n stated that before any amendmen instituted
N wm n m t with the ttorney of the N tiona} Wildlife
Fed ration and An hony Gr n of h eighborh Legal
rvice, who h d b en dvi in CECE, b h 0 whom had
r commend d the ordinance it was currently propos d.
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