Landfill Charges Upheld
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A Learning Trifecta Bones Camp benefits Petersen hits 3 homers indians want A moms and kids /3 in Mdriarty victory/II remains back /18 u ilanrliPHlpr Icralh Friday, Aug. 18, 1989 Manchester, Conn. — A City of Village Charm Newsstand Price: 35 Cents Corps head Landfill says ruling charges will stand By Rick Santos Manchester Herald The chief of the Army Corps of Engineers upheld regulatory branch in Washington, D.C., said today the denial of the wetlands permit for the Route 6 expressway project will probably stand despite an By Nancy Concelman appeal by the state Department of Transportation. Manchester Herald John Hall said the DOT has no grounds for an appeal of the decision by the New England Division A Hartford Superior Court judge has denied a of the corps to deny the permit for the project. The Manchester trash firm's request for a temporary DO"! said Thursday it would appeal that Aug. 4 injunction to prevent the town from raising fees and decision to the corps chief of engineering and ask the TAG penalties for dumping at the town landfill. Federal Highway Administration to join in the The Aug. 15 decision, released Thursday, effort. apparently brings to an end the protracted battle The DOT had requested the permit to fill in more between the town and N S Realty, which had filed than 77 acres of wetlands in the path of the 11.8-mile suit against the town last year after the town highway proposed from Bolton Notch to Windham. attempted to prevent the recycling company from DOT Deputy Commissioner William Lazarek said dumping at the town landfill. The Superior Court Thursday he would base the appeal on a corps' had allowed the company to resume dumping there regulation that decisions in cases in which there is and the state Supreme Court last December refused substantial doubt about corps polices, laws, or to hear the town’s appeal of that decision. regulations must be issued by the corps' chief of Patrick Flynn/Mancheater Herald N.S. Realty, of 260 Tolland Turnpike, had filed RESORT engineering. GRADUATES — Scott Templeton, 26, Purdy apprentice machinist training another suit this year, saying the town attempted to But Hall said the ruling written by Col. Daniel 112 Lakeside Drive, Andover, Dennis discriminate against the company when it nearly Wilson, engineer for the corps’ New England program on Thursday. The three will be doubled fees and penalties for dumping in the town division, should stand because there was no Foreman, 21,354 Vernon St., and David working at Purdy as full-time landfill. Prisk, 21, 230 Sander Drive, East substantial doubt about the corps’ regulations machinists. In his decision. Judge Norris O'Neill ruled that the regarding the Route 6 project. Hartford were the first graduates of the town ordinance allowing increased fees and penalty “ We had been given information, but neither he fines was not aimed at N S Realty and therefore is (Wilson) nor we felt it was necessary to have the not unconstitutional. He also denied the company's chief of engineering involved in the decision-making request for a declaratory judgment without process,’ ’ Hall said. PurDy training program helps prejudice. Hall said the DOT could appeal the Aug. 4decision In March, the town's basic fee for dumping at the through the court system, but he sees no reason why ROOMS landfill increased from $15 to $35 a ton for up to 500 an appeal would be granted. tons of trash per month. For over 500 tons, the fee company as well as trainees increases to $70 and to $150 a ton for over 1.000 tons. Please see RT. 6, page 10 N S officials said the ordinance allowing the By Diane Rosell Andover, said the experience is valuable. He is higher fees and penalty fines was aimed at their Manchester Herald one of the three graduates. company, but town officials said the increases were “ I knew I needed to be an apprentice and learn designed to extend the life of the landfill. Candidate calls Four years ago, three young men began an CNC before getting a job,” Templeton said. N S Realty owes $685,918 in dumping fees as of the intensive training program at the Purdy Corp. in Templeton was a graduate of Howell Cheney Aug. 5 billing, town landfill Control Aide Catherine Manchester. Thursday, now highly skilled Regional Vocational Technical School. He Patnode said Thursday. The company's most recent for resignation machinists, they became the first graduates of enlisted in the Marines for four years before payment, $56,162, was made Aug. 4, she said. the CNC Machinist Training Program. beginning the apprentice program. During testimony at June Superior Court By Alex GIrelll CNC stands for Computerized Numerical The apprentice program pays individuals to hearings. Jeffrey Stephens, attorney for N S, said Manchester Herald Control. The process uses computers to precisely learn CN(r machining. It provides four years and the fee increases could put the company out of shape, contour and bore holes in metal. 8,000 hours of specialized training on CNC business. While the company pays for the program, the Wallace Irish Jr., a Republican candidate for the machines and gear manufacturing equipment. “ The fact that the range of fees charged does not state provides the Purdy Corp. with a tax break Board of Directors, has called for the resignation of Each student starts at a hourly rate and seem to provide for economies of scale for which helps fund it, said Richard Corentin, Alfred W. Sieffert Sr. as chairman of the Planning receives raises after every 1,000 hours worked. defendant does not make the ordinance unconstitu Purdy's educational manager. and Zoning Commission and plans to make the tional. " O'Neill wrote in his decision. Scott Templeton, 26, of 112 Lakeside Drive, resignation a part of his election campaign. Please see TRAINING, page 10 Irish said Sieffert, a Democrat, had the Please see LANDFILL, page 10 appearance of a conflict of interest because he voted on a developer’s request for a sudivision approval after the developer had built an addition onto the Sieffert’s home. Sieffert said Thursday he paid Solidarity journalist chosen premier $26,202.69 for the addition, equal to or above market prices. Sieffert said today, “ I would not consider it (resigning), and frankly, considering the source, I do not give any credence to his request.” Parliament must confirm pick Sieffert, who has denied any conflict, said again that he would welcome an investigation by the WARSAW, Poland (AP) — a government without a Commu the “ history-making” decision Ethics Commission if someone calls for one. President Wojciech Jaruzelski nist Party member at the helm clearing the way for the new Meanwhile, four members and alternate has chosen Solidarity activist became possible after Solidarity government, but State Depart members of the Planning and Zoning Commission Tadeusz Mazowiecki to be the leader Lech Walesa persuaded ment spokesman Richard contacted by the Herald supported the position of new prime minister and lead the two small parties that hold the Boucher issued a statement Sieffert. East bloc’s first non-communist balance of power in the Sejm to clearly designed to warn the One other member, Theodore Brindamour, said government, a government join Solidarity in a coalition. Kremlin not to interfere. of Sieffert’s vote, "It does not look good.” source said today. That resulted in the communist "W e emphasize that this con Mazowiecki, a journalist who alliance losing its majority in the tinues to be a matter for the spent time in jail for his anti Sejm. Please see SIEFFERT, page 10 Polish people to decide,” he said. government activities, arrived On Thursday, the Communist this morning at Belvedere Pa prime minister, Gen. Czeslaw The Soviet Union has said it was lace, where Jaruzelski has his Kiszczak, resigned after trying concerned about recent develop offices. He was followed by ments in Poland but would not get 1 Advocates hit two weeks to form a government. Communist Party head Mieezys- The same day, Jaruzelski met involved in the country's internal law F. Rakowski, palace guards with Walesa, reportedly agreed affairs. said. to the coalition idea and agreed to homeless plan Mazowiecki, 62, was the least Later, a highly placed state pick a member of the trade union known of the candidates put official said Jaruzelski had he once outlawed to lead it. forward by Walesa, but his B y Elizabeth Llghtfoot chosen Mazowiecki from three Walesa, who in April realized relation to Solidarity dates to the The Assocloted Press Solidarity-backed candidates and his goal of reviving Solidarity first days of the August 1980 and the Manchester Herald would offer him the prime minis after a seven-year ban, had said strikes in Gdansk that gave birth ter’s post. The Sejm, or parlia he did not want the job. to the trade union. Advocates for the homeless say a state ment, where a Solidarity-backed The new government will be the He organized a petition of Department of Income Maintenance proposal alliance has a firm majority, first non-communist government support among intellectuals for limiting who may receive emergency housing must approve Jaruzelski’s in Poland in 45 years and inherits The Afsoclated Press assistance will leave many families with nowhere to choice. an economy wracked by inflation, the strikers, than stayed on with go, but a department spokeswoman says the The official, who spoke on shortages and a $39 billion foreign the workers as an adviser. TADEUSZ MAZOWIECKI changes will allow the agency to focus on real condition of anonymity, said if debt.