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Below are a few summaries on Environmental issues gathered by EPA, with   
references to the periodicals that they came from.  Enjoy.

John Sharp
Merix Corp., Forest Grove, OR
503-992-4351  Telephone
503-359-1040  FAX
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          OPPT NEWSBREAK           Thursday, 3 April 1997
          Today's "Toxic News for the Net" brought to you by the OPPT
          Library
                       http://www.epa.gov/opptintr/oppt_nb.txt
            

                                        NEWS
             

          "Schools Skimp on Facts in Teaching on Environment, Panel   
Says."
          Washington Times, 3 April 97, A3.
               The Independent Commission on Environmental Education, a
               panel of scientists, economists, and educators assembled   
by
               the George C. Marshall Institute, has issued a report
               stating that environmental education in grades K-12 is   
"long
               on advocacy, short on science, and often just plain wrong"   

               and recommended "a curriculum that stresses knowledge over   

               promoting specific actions."  Two of the texts   
specifically
               criticized by the group are "Environmental Science:   
Working
               With the Earth" and "Earth Matters," both promoted by a
               manual funded by the Environmental Protection Agency.
             

          "EPA's Obstruction of Pollution Control [Review & Outlook]."
          Wall Street Journal, 3 April 97, A18.


               Sen. Mike Enzi (R-Wyoming) calls on EPA to take the   
states'
               lead and adopt environmental audit legislation which
               encourages industries "to perform their own thorough
               environmental self-examinations by granting them certain
               privileges and immunities from fines and prosecution if   
they
               discover themselves to be out of environmental   
compliance."
             

                      ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS: CLEAN AIR ACT
             

          "EPA Concedes Error in Air Pollution Claim.  Estimate of Lives
          Saved by New Rules Is Lowered."  Washington Post, 3 April 97,
          A19. "U.S. Scales Back Estimates on Air Rules [National News
          Briefs]." New York Times, 3 April 97, A21.
               EPA acknowledged yesterday that it overestimated by 5,000
               the number of premature deaths that would be prevented by
               new air pollution standards the agency wants to impose   
this
               year.  The revised estimate has 15,000 premature deaths
               being prevented each year instead of the 20,000 in the
               original projection.  "Agency officials blamed the mistake   

               on a mislabeled chart in one of the 86 scientific studies   
on
               particulates that the agency reviewed.  In a kind of error   

               that routinely trips up high school math students, a   
number
               in the chart that was labeled as an arithmetic `median,'
               when it actually represented a `mean,' or average" [sic].   
   

               The error was discovered by an independent scientist
               reviewing the agency's files.  "Agency officials said the
               error did nothing to change the basic assumptions on which   

               the proposed regulations were based."
             

          "When the Benefits Are Mostly Modest, What Price Clean Air?
          [Economic Scene]."  New York Times, 3 April 97, D2.
               Columnist Peter Passell writes about the Environmental
               Protection Agency's proposed clean air standards for ozone   

               and soot, emphasizing how "[c]riticism from insiders,"
               notably the President's Council of Economic Advisors, has
               exposed the difficulties of translating the Clean Air Act
               into workable environmental policy.  He focuses on the   
lack
               of scientific consensus about the standards and the
               arguments that "the costs of the ozone standard would   
exceed
               the measurable benefits by at least 11 to 1."
             

          "Cost-Benefits of Enviro-Purity [Commentary]."  Washington   
Times,
          3 April 97, A13.
               Doug Bandow, senior fellow at the Cato Institute, begins   
his
               discussion of the proposed standards for ozone and


               particulate matter emissions by stating that "the
               Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has long embodied   
the
               worst regulatory extremism found in the federal
               bureaucracy."  He opines that the "initiative is pure
               politics," as EPA Administrator Carol Browner "has proudly   

               proclaimed that she will not compromise," despite   
opposition
               to the new rules from within the Clinton administration.
               Bandow discusses the costs and benefits of the proposals,
               concluding that "the American people will pay the price"   
of
               "extremists...setting EPA policy."
             

            

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