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Rapid ignition seen as possible
solution for field burning problem
Researchers believe that
they have documented what
may be a breakthrough in the
field burning air pollution
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Although they stress that
th e ir
findings
are
prelim inary and that much
more study is needed,
Charles Craig and Mike Wolf
of OSU’s A ir Resources
Center say a rapid ignition
technique applied to the
fields may be a solution to
the excessive low level
smoke that is generated by
present
fie ld
burning
methods.
With the system the smoke
that normally travels along
the ground or in the lower
altitudes is pulled effectively
to much higher altitudes
where it causes little harm,
the researchers expained.
Wolf cautioned though that
“ we really need to qualify
our results because we don’t
really know if we can get
good results under all con
ditions.’’
But the pair believe that if
more extensive trials with
different grasses and under
v a ry in g atm ospheric con
ditions show promise, rapid
ig n itio n
could
be
a
breakthrough in field burn
ing
“ It seems to us that if the
technique could be im
plemented on a broad scale,
virtually all of the acreage in
the Willamette Valley could
be burned without an air
q u a lity p ro ble m ,” Craig
predicted
For the past six weeks the
team, supported by funds
from the State’s Department
of Environmental Quality,
has evaluated the plumes
from rapid burning and other
ignition methods such as
backfiring and striplighting
on acreage owned by Venell
Farms south of Corvallis.
The field sizes ranged from
50 to 350 acres.
The fields fired with rapid
ign ition
methods
were
ignited in only a few minutes
and took less than half the
time to burn than those
lighted by more conventional
methods
The secret of the rapid
burn technique is a very
intense fire and more
organized v e rtic a l smoke
column
generated
by
simultaneous ignition of all
side of the fie ld , the
researchers said. The heat
creates a strong ce ntral
thermal current which draws
nearly all of the smoke up
with the main plume and into
a stable layer of a ir aloft
where it cannot mix back
down to the ground
The resulting smoke cloud
has a narrow vertical stem
with a broad top and looks
sim ilar to a mushroom from
a nuclear blast.
In the past, rapid burns
were considered impractical
because of the large number
of people and vehicles
needed to light the fire
quickly. But the new studies
have shown that four or five
to rc h -e q u ip p e d
tru c k s
backed by water trucks for
safety are enough to get a
large field burning in two to
three minutes The study has
also shown that the method
works for fields as small as
50 acres and under a t
mospheric conditions when
burning
is
c u rre n tly
prohibited
But further development of
the method is needed, Craig
stressed. At present there
are few people with ex
perience using the technique,
and
substantial
safety
preparations are made
before each burn
“ Only experience and
experimentation can tell us
how much preparation w ill
But according to the state
Department of Forestry's
.Linda Gabrielson, woodland
owners had better hurry.
Seedlings are being reserved
quickly, and most of the
seedlings reserved for non
industrial woodland owners
may be gone before October.
Private owners of forest
land, who own fewer than
5,000 acres, can reserve
seedlings now if the seedlings
are going to be used for
^reforestation. Other persons
and co m m ercial tim b e r
companies must wait until
October to order seedlings
from the nursery.
Order blanks are available
from the Public Affairs office
of
the
Oregon
State
Department of Forestry, 2600
State St., Salem 97310; from
any district office of the
department; or from any
cooperating agency in
cluding the Extension Ser
vice, Soil Conservation
S e r v ic e , A g r ic u l t u r a l
C o n s e r v a tio n
and
S tab iliza tion Service, and
soil and water conservation
districts.
The minimum orders are
for 400 Douglas fir or 100
h ybrid poplar seedlings.
Prices have not been set yet,
but they w ill be about $60 per
thousand for Douglas fir and
$89 per thousand for hybrid
poplar. Small deposits must
be made when the seedlings
are reserved
T elthon anchorm an Ed
McMahan on the Labor Day
Spectacular, w hich w ill
originate from the Sahara
Hotel in I>as Vegas. The show
begins, Sunday, Sept 3, at
7:30 p m. and runs non-stop
for 21 hours until Monday,
Sept. 4 at 4:00 p.m.
Celebrities signed on to
appear with Jerry Lewis are
Cheryl Ladd, Sammy David
Jr., Ray Charles, Dolly
Parton, Donald O’Conner,
Sally Struthers and Dionne
Warwick.
Funds raised by the
Telethon
support MDA
m edical
service
and
research program . The
association sponsors an MDA
clinic at Good Samaritan
Hospital in Portland and
annually provides a research
grant to Dr. Clarrisa Beatty
at the Oregon Regional
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this method
C raig and Wolf have
completed about 90 percent
of their work in the fields and
w ill now be spending a great
deal of time analyzing the
date collected from their
studies
Both agreed that the
results are prelim inary but
are “ very encouraging ”
PO RTLAND
—
The
C o lu m b ia
R e g io n
Association of Governments
board w ill listen to citizen
comments on the proposed
T ra n spo rta tio n Im pro ve
ment Program Thursday at
7:30 p.m.
CRAG staff has listed 130
transportation projects in the
P o rtlan d area th at the
agency w ill attempt to find
money for in the 1979-80
fiscal year.
Three projects in the
Sunnyside-Clackamas area
are liste d : w idening of
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Sunnyside
Road
from
Stevens Road to 122nd
Avenue, straightening at S-
curve in Sunnyside Road east
of 132nd Avenue and in
stallation of a signal at High
way 212 and Evelyn Street.
The lis t is im p orta nt
because
“ the
federal
government w ill not allocate
money for projects not ap
pearing” on ft, said CRAG
officials.
The hearing w ill be held in
conference room C in the
CRAG building, 527 SW Hall
St., Portland.
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SALEM — The Oregon
D ep artm en t of Energy
(DO E) and a P ortland
recycling group have found a
way to help Oregon in
dustries turn garbage into
dollars.
Oregon’s first Industrial
W a s te
I n f o r m a t io n
Exchange
is
m atching
buyers w ith sellers of an
unusual product: industrial
waste. These wastes cost
industry millions of dollars
annually in warehousing and
disposal fees and puts
pressure on the s ta te ’s
dwindling land fill sites
In the firs t fu ll month of
operation, the Exchange
helped transfer more than 46
tons of waste that otherwise
would have been burned or
dumped adding to the state’s
solid
waste
pollution
problems.
The Exchange’s current
newsletter lists more than 40
companies
looking
for
buyers or sellers of waste.
With DOE financing, the
Exchange provides a free
and c o n fid e n tia l lis tin g
se rvice which describes
unwanted waste material,
how much is available, and
where it is located. A firm
interested in buying or
selling a waste product
contacts the Exchange which
in turn contacts a potential
client. When the Exchange
makes that connection, its
part in the transaction is
concluded
Not surprisingly, the idea
fo r a waste exchange
program came from a trash
can Jerry Powell of the
Portland Recycling Team
picked up a magazine from a
trash can one day last year
and noticed a story about
waste exchange It gave him
the idea for a statewide
program.
The Exchange has been
operating since A pril with a
one-year $11,624 DOE grant.
Sim ilar exchanges have been
formed in five other states
and several m ajor cities.
The fo llo w in g is an
example of how the exchange
might work:
An Eastern
Oregon bakery wanted to
dispose of 650,000 mislabeled
pie boxes. Disposal cost to
the company would have
been about $500
The
Exchange found a buyer who
paid the bakery $320 for the
boxes
Powell says he is delighted
with the support Oregon
industries have given the
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that benefits everyone It
helps get n d of waste
problems, provides cheaper
recycled materials to the
businessman, and helps keep
our environment clean,” he
said.
Ray Miller, salesman for
the Van Waters & Rogers
Company in Portland says
his company is in the market
fo r acetone waste The
company reprocesses the
waste and sells it. M iller says
that chemical prices have
escalated more dram atically
than most raw m aterials and
looks at the Exchange as a
way industries can recycle
chemicals and keep costs
down.
The types of waste listed in
the Exchange newsletter
include: acids and alkalis,
organic
chem icals and
solvents, metals and metal
c o n ta in in g
s lu d g e s ,
minerals, oils and waxes,
food, paper and wood
products,
plastics
and
rubber, catalysts, textiles
and leather, and inorganic
chemicals.
Persons interested in
learning more about the
program should contact the
Exchange at 227-1319.
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Co-hosting duties w ill be
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■ west” . Live segments of
' the Telehton w ill be telecast
| every hour from the Benson
Hotel's M ayfair Room with
over 500 local MDA sup
porters making on-camera
appearances.
An
a d d itio n a l
1,000
volunteers w ill man 160
phones, and perform various
other administrative func
tions in 14 phone center
towns in the KPTV viewing
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Jerry Lewis w ill again be
backed up by Veteran
DOE finds buyers for
recycled industrial waste
CRAG sets road
projects hearing
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be needed to do this safely on
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Clarence Vernell, a Corvallis
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