The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, March 21, 1989 - Page 3 Mich. House to, debate incinerated Sash bill today Speaker addresses Nicaraguan 'crisis' BY NOELLE SHADWICK The Michigan House of Repre- sentatives is expected to debate today whether to accept a substitute for a proposed bill that would allow in- cinerated ash to be dumped into monofill landfills. The substitute bill incorporates more stringent standards for the dis- posal of incinerated ash than an ear- lier form of the bill, said House Conservation Committee chair Rep- resentative Tom Alley (D-Arenac County). If passed, the bill would require incinerated ash - found in some cases to be hazardous - to be placed in landfills specifically designated for flyash. Incinerated ash has been found in some cases to contain high levels of heavy metals, especially lead, and environmentalists suspect that addi- tional hazardous substances, such as dioxin, may be created by the incin- eration process. However, there is currently no way to test dioxin lev- els in incinerated ash. The revised proposal comes after several environmental and health groups opposed the original bill, saying it would turn any non-haz- ardous landfill into a potentially hazardous waste site. "As originally drafted, (the bill) Economists WASHINGTON (AP) - The recent spurt of inflation is raising fears of a recession, with some economists predicting that a down- turn could begin in the second half of 1989. Analysts believe that the Federal Reserve,faced with alarming news of increasing price pressures, will squeeze credit so tightly that an eco- nomic slump will be inevitable. "Once you get inflation up to the levels we have right now, it has taken a recession to cool things off. That is an unfortunate fact of life," said Bruce Steinberg, senior economist at the New York invest- ment firm of Merrill Lynch. Inflation worries were heightened last Friday when the government re- would have exempted incinerated ash from being properly disposed of," said Carol Favero, resource attorney for the Michigan United Conserva- tion Club, an opponent group the bill. Under existing Environmental Protection Agency laws, incinerated ash must be tested, and hazardous ash must be disposed of in a haz- ardous waste site. The proposed bill would require all incinerated ash, regardless of whether it is hazardous, to be placed in open monofills. The bill outlines standards for the composition, thickness and number of the landfill linings. "The (proposed substitute) still isn't as tough as a true hazardous landfill," said Andrew Buchsbaum, program director of the Public Inter- est Research Group in Michigan. "It doesn't meet all our criteria, but it is a lot better," he said. Environmentalists say incinerated ash is a more hazardous form of the materials placed into the incinera- tors. But University Chemical Engi- neering Prof. Eugene Glyssen said the ash is usually considered more hazardous only when mixed with other materials and that a monofill landfill eliminates the extent of the BY JESSICA STRICK "The situation of Nicaragua is an authentic modern tragedy. After al- most half a century of heroic insur- rection and blood we are farther away from democracy," and satisfactory living conditions than ever, said W speaker Fausto Amador yesterday at Rackham Amphitheater. Amador's speech was part of the Coalition for Democracy in Latin America's program for Central America Awareness Week. Amador, a Marxist from Nicaragua now acting as the Costa Rican executive director of the Na- tional Patriotic Committee, told a crowd of about 30 that he supports neither the anti-Somoza regime nor the contras in Nicaragua, recalling the brutal acts of violence on both sides. After discovering that most of his friends had been killed in Nicaragua ELEN LEVY/Daily while he was receiving military Speaker Fausto Amador, executive director of the Costa Rican training in Cuba, Amador disassoci- National Patriotic Committee, calls for Central America to follow the ated himself from the Sandinista democratic model of Costa Rica. Liberation Front, believing in the need for a nonviolent alternative to the anti-Somoza organization. At the same time, Amador strongly criticized the contras for prolonging their futile battle against the Nicaraguan government and peo- ple. "The biggest mistake of the U.S. administration was the assumption that the Sandinistas would give up. They are like old fa- natics - they will fight to the death rather than succumb to oppression," he said. "Liberation has brought no equality, no bread," Amador said, explaining that the Nicaraguan gov- ernment tends to "use the excuse of war to explain every single eco- nomic failure." While Amador stressed that the U.S. has a "huge human and ethical responsibility" towards the contra peasants who are living in desperate conditions, he emphasized that aid should not be given to influence or "distort the political conclusions of Nicaragua." I I hazard. "The idea is that when mixed with other materials it causes some problems, but that it is better if it is just put by itself," he said. Michigan currently has three working incinerators, and four under construction. "We think what we've come up with is a very good bill," Alley said. If the substitute bill is accepted, a vote on the bill could be delayed for 24 hours. If the House rejects the substitute, a vote on the proposal could be taken today. forsee first recession in seven years ported that prices at the wholesale level had shot up a full percentage point for the second straight month. It was the worst back-to-back news in nearly eight years and it sent stock and bond prices plunging as investors worried that the Federal Reserve would be forced to drive in- terest rates higher in an effort to dampen demand. Markets continued to be battered by inflation worries yesterday with the Dow Jones industrial average of 30 stocks down sharply again after the 48.57 drop on Friday, which had been the worst decline in nearly a year. Investors were braced for an even bigger market drop today if the gov- ernment's monthly check of con- sumer prices comes in with a worse- 0.5 percent increase would translate than-expected number. into an annual advance above 6 per- Economists fear that a rise in cent, significantly higher than the consumer prices of 0.7 percent could inflation rate of 4.4 percent of the send markets in a tailspin. Even a last seven years. Career Options After Graduation Psychology Majors Speakers to discuss various career paths in psychology 7 pm Wed. March 22 W. 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