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...analysis that followed the Challengerdisaster led to 56 major and more than 400 minorhardware modifications--and a new, moreconservative launch procedure. Conservative ornot, NASA launch supervisor Robert Crippen granteda waiver of wind guidelines to move the launchforward. NASA said he met with his 21-personoversight team, reviewing an analysis of the windsituation, before approving the waiver...
When Dukakis began his first term in 1975, there was little pressure to continue Sargent's efforts. The EPA, which turned the screws on other cities, was lax about Boston. It waited nearly five years before rejecting an application by the Dukakis administration for a waiver from the Clean Water Act. "Dukakis wasn't there, but no one else was either," recalls Judge Garrity. As a result, the proportion of adequately treated sewage dropped from 4% to 2% between 1976 and 1980; in contrast, Illinois took advantage of 90% federal funding so that Chicago could increase its treated sewage from...
Instead of pushing hard for a cleanup, the Dukakis administration in 1984 requested a second waiver from the EPA. Dukakis' secretary of environmental affairs, James Hoyte, defends this action, claiming that EPA hinted that additional studies might change the agency's mind. But according to EPA Administrator Deland, this application was a stalling device. "The waiver was designed for West Coast cities that discharged sewage into thousands of feet of water, and not for East Coast cities discharging into 30 or 40 feet," he says. The EPA denied the request. "Those were the critical years when time was lost," says...
...most controversial and expensive coverage is the collision damage waiver, which generally absolves renters of repair costs for accidental damage to the car. Until last year, customers were liable up to a ceiling of $3,000, but rental agencies have now started holding customers responsible for the total value of the auto. Though an estimated 60% of insured motorists are already covered for this by the insurance on their personal autos, many are unaware of it. Moreover, some credit-card issuers have started providing coverage if the rental is charged on their card. Even so, many renters pay as much...
...congressman also said in the letter that Gay Head officials assured him the land transfer would be complete by Feb.1 and that the settlement legislation called for the Wampanoags to execute the waiver at the time of the land transfer...