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r:iDDiErCr.'.?t, a. ? TIMES HERALD RECORD D. SHU 7I0 FEB 1 2 1976 Reed faces uphill battle By PHIL CHASE Record Columnist firvfcaorotal problems teem to hare reowtelfcd In reoeot weeks. PCE pollution, Docker reactor safety tad supersonic treiuport ^iprovak hare become a national concern. Ogden Reid, Dept. of Environmental Conservation (DEC) i Commtssinner, has ahown the ability to recognise a major enviiuammtal probtem of tbe state and tackle it heed on," says Bob Boyle of Croton-OB- Boyle, an editor for Sports tUustreted, and director of tbe Hudson Hirer Fisherman's Am. entered a hanJ-hititog article in S in Demraber. Be claimed hit imp bronght oat the PCB contamination to the DSC aboet four rears ago. "But it got buried snd pot aside/* said Boyle. "Today's a different stay. New York has a commissioner who k not afraid of getting his feet wet and tikes a tough battle." Reid faces an uphill battle, especially when the polluting plant of General Electric makes threats to close down or more out of state. In tbe United States man has reached sudra sensitive balance with aature that tough decisions amt he made. Ten years ago it was DDT, ten phosphates, followed by mercury and lead-contaminated resources. The cry has always beat, "A lot of people will be farced out of jobs. What's more important, wildlife or people?" People today hare found out that industitee don't hare to doae up. Perhaps profits are notas great as prior to adjust** to new laws, but at least the profits should last a lot longer. And poop* tee realizing that the indicator to a heaUfay human population is also one of a healthy wildlife b the past regardaig pollutkai of tbe Hudson md btindnes* to the Delaware watershed problems. Retd hat shaken a lot of people in his department and shipped a aflnter of top people off to New York State "Sterna" jobs. These people were in leadership positions and chose not to bock the poiftkal machnery at the time. I'd lire to see Reid complete his hoasecieantaf by dofag away wife the so-called "Siberian" Johe and completely can thorn who did not put tbe environment first when making decisions. It wouldn't take lory before our professional conservationists would put politio second. Hat's off to Robert PoUard who chose to resign as project managerfor tbe U.S. Atomic Energy Commteste (now called Nuclear Regulatory Commission). ,, PoUard echoed senthnents of many environmentalists when he cteimed Indian Pokit reactors were onsafe. The bran wsshag that has been done on the general popubtion by utility companies through tbe media has been sgwrto. Although you and I have no say about the advertisaif, we pay lor it. And the growth needed for electricity is the phoniest of sU. Twofcundred reactors to be constructed by year SOOO, averaging 1 million kilowatts each, can handle the demands of 300 million people. Where are these people now? Mrnps one of the saddest realisations is that mna will put the profit betor ahead of his own safety. Biviraamantel impact statements and biological studies financed by the potential polluter hare hem dmra to be greatly "manipulated" by the twisting of Motogtel data to such an ateat that little trust can be placed tefimi roewnmendatione. Some of the data on PCB concentrations iafbh of te Hudaoo wereae groMly twisted that am Bren the "pore" bnwnrrstic mneiee meh as Protectina Agency (EPA) and the DEC hare hem becked teto political comers in thn past. Certainty there hse keen grew anghjmen in tee DEC HONS 0 3 3 0 5 4