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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (June 30, 1983)
Citizens argue fate of sludge By Leslie Knight Of the Emerald The proposed Eugene Springfield sludge manage ment plan received further complaints of odors and possible groundwater con tamination at a public hearing Monday. Phase 1 of the plan calls for sludge to be stored temporari ly at Short Mountain landfill during the winter and spread as fertilizer during the drier summer months. Once a per manent facility is constructed for the sludge it will be used as an agricultural resource year round. Similar complaints about the project were lodged at a public hearing March 3. The Environmental Protection Agency called for Monday’s meeting so the Metropolitan Wastewater Management Commission could explain what steps have been taken to deal with the complaints since March. Alan Peroutka.an en vironmental engineer, said the permit issued the project by the Department of En vironmental Quality requires compliance with county air pollution standards. He said the sludge will compose one percent of deposits at the landfill and will not add significantly to the odor problem. In regard to the possibility for groundwater contamina tion, Peroutka said experts in the field of hydrogeology are satisfied that this will not oc cur. "The underlying strata is adequate protection for the groundwater. The seepage would have to go through a very thick clay soil," Peroutka said. However, many of the nearly 50 people at the meeting re mained unconvinced. Connie Bugbee, of Creswell, said she was one of 92 people in her area to sign a petition com plaining of odor from the site. People expressed concern about heavy metals and toxins in the sludge that might con taminate water or infect peo ple. Melva Barnes of Spr ingfield quoted DEQ files that indicated unsafe levels of heavy metals exist in the sludge. Several people supported implementation of Phase 1 to encourage economic growth in the area but urged the com mittee to be careful about en vironmental issues. Judd Butner, of Springfield, said the whole question of storing sludge is unneccesary. He said he holds patents to equipment that dries sludge so it can be safely incinerated. Steve Krugel, of Brown and Caldwell consulting firm, which helped draft the pro posal, said Butner’s idea will be looked at but is not a new innovation. Burning the sludge "has not proven to be economically or environmentally sound for this area” Krugel said. Testimony from the hearing will be given to the EPA who is expected to make a decision by mid-July whether the site merits a finding of no signifi cant environmental impact. Ron Culver of the Portland EPA seems satisfied with what the MWMC has done so far. “They have done more than is neccesary for the im mediate future" he said. A finding of significant im pact could still be reached,' however. “The EPA's policy is of sludge as a usable resource. Although we’re already doing it in other places we feel we should stop once and answer all the questions.” Suspect arraigned on rape Police arrested a 22-year-old male transient, who with another male transient, allegedly raped and sodomiz ed a 25-year-old woman behind Gerlinger Hall between 2 a.m and 3 a.m. Tuesday morning, Sgt. Rick Allison said. Brian Matthew Landry, who has no permanent address, was arraigned on a charge of first-degree rape in Lane Coun ty District Court Wednesday. A preliminary hearing is set for July 6. Landry is presently being held in the Lane County jail on a $30,000 security bond. Police said the woman met the men on Eugene’s downtown mall and walked with them to the University campus, where she was at tacked between 2 a.m. and 3 a.m. Police are searching for the other suspect, who was described as a black male in his early 20s, about 6-feet tall with a thin build, short Afro hairstyle, moustache and beard. He may be wearing a navy blue sweater. Veterans lead protest march Vietnam war veterans, disabled veterans, and relatives of soldiers killed in Vietnam will lead a national march on Washington, DC., on Saturday to protest U.S. in volvement in Latin America. The participants and sup porters say U.S. action in Latin America has many parallels to early U.S. involvement in Vietnam. The protest will gather at 2:30 p.m. at the Vietnam veterans memorial. Led by the Veterans and Relatives Con tingent, protesters will march to the Shoreham Hotel, where a ball celebrating the Fourth of July will be taking place. Pres. 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