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WHEN Labor Secretary Raymond Denovan, EPA Chief Anne Gersuch Burford, and Secretary James Watt each embarrassed the Reagan Administration with immoral acts and statements, the immediate impulse of the chief executive and his sides was to rush to the defense of the offender. Martin S. Feldstein '61, chairman of the council of economic advisors, has made no grating gaffes and has taken no illegal actions. But he has publicly disagreed with the incredible claims of his boss, and independent thought appears to be the one crime the Administration cannot stand...
...once again. Former aides told how Lavelle had wept while they hastily removed whole briefcases of sensitive documents. Yet for all the melodrama, the accusations seemed almost irrelevant, an old story relegated to the back pages. Since the scandal climaxed last spring with the firing or resignation of the EPA's top echelon, the agency has been seemingly transformed into a model of probity...
...turnaround is in large part the work of the EPA's new administrator, William Ruckelshaus. Highly respected as the EPA'S first head (1970-73), Ruckelshaus was recalled from private life in May to salvage what is now the Government's largest regulatory agency. He has replaced numerous political second-raters and former industry lobbyists hired by his predecessor, Anne Burford, with experienced Government operators. He has restored morale among EPA employees and pleased the White House by getting the agency off the nightly news. Says William Drayton, a top EPA official in the Carter Administration...
...look at his actions thus far tells the story. In the past few months, the EPA has focused on image and cosmetics, which logically follows the large amount of political gloss placed on Mr. Ruckelshaus' appointment. Since taking office, he has spent a great deal of his time visiting regional offices--doubtless a good way to rebuild morale, but not worth the effort if the visits lack substance. And apparently they have, to some extent. So far this year these same regional offices, the backbone of the EPA, have sent 35 percent fewer cases than last year to Washington...
...real need for EPA action lies in the area of toxic wastes. In deed Mr. Ruckelhaus owes his current job to a failure to meet this need. Such problems as are and, to a lesser extent, water pollution have been addressed in the last decade, and great progress has been made. But Congress realized three years ago that contamination of our world by deadly chemicals could dwarf all previous environmental problems combined. To battle this growing disaster, they created the so-called "Superfund," a $1.6 billion appropriation to the EPA for locating toxic waste, prosecuting law-breakers, and enforcing clean...