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...William Ruckelshaus, Environmental Protection Agency administrator...
...chemicals. As landfills close and air-pollution rules stiffen, the U.S. continues to produce some 275 million metric tons of poisonous wastes each year, and millions of metric tons still await disposal. Concerned citizens across the nation, although they agree that hazardous materials should be disposed of somewhere, answer Ruckelshaus' reasoning with the acronym NIMBY: Not in My Backyard...
Environmental Protection Agency Administrator William Ruckelshaus promised action by August 1. August passed without an announcement. So did September. Finally, at a conference in mid-October, Ruckelshsus said there was to hope for quick action on acid rain. He told the group that the Cabinet Council on Natural Resources--a White House task force--had twice vetoed his proposals, and that he found "we were dealing with a very big, very controversial action...
...last plan proposed by EPA Administrator Ruckelshaus would have reduced sulfur dioxide emissions by 3.4 million tons (less than a third of the environmentalists demands) at a cost of $1.5 to $2.5 billion. Budget Director David Stockman says that even such a modest program is too expensive. He flippantly charges that such a plan would cost taxpayers "$5000 a fish...
...recent track record on the toxic waste issue has been less than commendable; one of erstwhile administrator Anne Burford's last moves, publishing a list ranking the country's worst dump sites, was dismissed by most as mere grandstanding. William Ruckelshaus, while promising to ask for more money for Superfund, has done little of substance...