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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (June 23, 1983)
Spraying ban lawsuit filed Groups want herbicide halt in forests By Brooks Dareff Of ttM Emerald A federal lawsuit aimed at ending all U.S. Forest Service and Bureau of Land Manage ment herbicide spraying in Oregon and Washington was filed Tuesday in Eugene by three environmental organizations. Fred Miller, speaking for the Northwest Coalition for Alter natives to Pesticides, the Oregon Environmental Coun cil, and the Audobon Society of Portland, accused agencies of both concealing informa tion and possessing inade quate information on the possible health effects of spraying herbicides. He also said they violate federal regulations on pesticide use and ignore the jobs-creating alternative of manual brush control. According to an NCAP press release, the lawsuit asks for a temporary restraining order halting spraying, a per manent injunction on spraying until the agencies have com plied with the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act and “the inclusion of ‘missing’ information essential to a reasoned choice among alternatives in En vironmental Assessments.” Don Swurthwaite of the BLM denied the charge that his agency has violated re quirements of NEPA. The Forest Service said they would not comment on any pending litigation or on any lawsuit they had not yet seen. Neither Miller nor Ralph Bradley, attorney for NCAP, know of any previous restrain ing order filed against her bicide spraying for an entire region. Swurthwaite said he knew of no previous region wide litigation, “as far as the BLM goes.” Six Northwest court deci sions about pesticides have been handed down in the last nine months. Miller says the lawsuit seeks to extend the impact of three successful lawsuits filed in Oregon against herbicide spraying. On April 19, Paul Merrell won a case in the U.S. District Court against the Forest Ser vice and the BLM. Merrel vs. Block has shut down herbicide spraying in the Five Rivers area of the Siuslaw National Forest and adjoining BLM lands. The court held that federal agencies could not rely on Environmental Protection Agency registration to in dicate the safety of pesticides, but should independently evaluate their health effects. On September 9, 1982, Southern Oregon Citizens Against Toxic Sprays won a case against the BLM on the grounds that they had not prepared a “worst-case” analysis on the human health effects of herbicide spraying. As a consequence of the SOCATS vs. Watt decision, the BLM compiled a worst-case analysis, but did not circulate it for public comment. Accor ding to the SOS vs. Watt deci sion, ruled in April, the BLM did not present possible con sequences as required. The court also ruled that a 45-day review period was required for public comment on the worst case analysis. Attorney Bradley feels op timistic about the suit’s chances if the judge hands down a ruling based on the precedents set in the three previous cases. Bradley ex pects “to have a fairly firm decision within four weeks." Business professors honored The College of Business Administration has recently honored administrators and professors. Management professor Richard Steers will be the new associate dean for academic affairs beginning July 1. A University faculty member since 1975, Steers headed the management department from 1978 to 1981 Management professor Kenneth Ramsing was named graduate program director, effec tive Sept. 1. The 48-year-old Ramsey has been a business faculty member since 1962. 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