: - ^ y io o Years e f €^omrrmnity Servicel fEanrkatfr Mrralb Manchester^Conn. ' Monday, June 1, 1981 Eighth District opposed Directors vote sewer plan By Pat Courtney The town received informal authority to install sewer lines In the the district unless the district voted awarding contract for the sewer Herald Reporter requests from industries in the area only if it was petitioned to do so to permit it, was not applicable in work to Savin Brothers Inc. The Pioneer Park area for sewer ser­ by people living in the area. They this case, because that decision con­ directors approved $175,000 for the MANCHESTER - Hie Board of vice, according to Mayor Stephen would be unlikely to do so, O’Brian cerned only Jurisdication in matters work in April 1981. but made it con­ Directors voted unanimously this Penny, and so decided to ask the said, because sewer service of fire protection. tingent upon the approval of the morning to install 700 feet of Eighth District for permission to In­ provided by the .district is usually Gordon Lassow,. newly re-elected Eighth District. This morning's vote aanlUry sewer pipe in the Hale stall the sewer line. more expensive than that provided Eighth District president, said lifted that contingency. Road area near the Pioneer In­ District voters had opposed the by the town. today that the district attorney, The town is eager to get the sewer dustrial Park, despite a rejection of proposal vigorously last week when O’Brian added that the town’s John LaBelle Jr., would study the lines installed now, said Mayor Pen­ that proposal last Wednesday by it was presented to them by Public authority to proceed in the face of Board of Directors’ vote to deter­ ny, because it would cost much voters of the Eighth Utilities Works Director Jav Giles, charging the district’s oppositiion stems from mine its legality. Lassow said tnat more later when construction work District, in whose authorisation that the town might be withholding Article 40 of the Special Acts of the the district might contemplate a on 1-86, under which the line will lie, area the land lies. information from them on new in­ Town Charter, which was designed to lawsuit or seek a stay of execution if is finished. The town is basing its authority to dustries relocating in the area, prom ote econom ic growth in the district considered the town’s Several of the five directors pre­ install the line on a 19K special act which the district would be unable to Manchester. He said a 1976 Superior action illegal. LaBelle, just retur­ sent and the mayor voiced frustra­ in the Town Charter, permitting charge for sewer services if the Court decision on a suit between the ning from vacation today, could not tion in trying to work amicably with such extensions to make land usable town took jurisdiction of the area. Eighth District and Manchester, be reached for comment. the Eighth District, despite ongoing for industrial or commercial pur­ According to town attorney Kevin which held that the town could not The Board of Directors’ vote this meetings of a special liaison group poses. O’Brian, the district would have the terminate the territorial rights of morning gave final approval to contiposed of members of the dis- Briefs say trial court did rule on pollution By Martin Kearns Superior Court hearing, the justices EPA. In their brief, the justices con­ Herald Raporter found that attorneys for the ceded that little precedent exists in Manchester Environmental Coal- interpreting the 1971 EPA, and went tion presented evidence that the in­ out-of-state to find decisions rele­ HARTFORD - Asking the state dustrial park will cause some vant to the case. Supreme Court to let tb m reargue measure of pollution. In so doing, The defense said any procedural an environmental case, attorneyi the justices said the 1971 EPA error on the part of the Superior for the state and the Town of requires the defendants to prove the Court is harmless “ because the trial MuichMter tluil ifipoiM ili p«rk' Won't ' cm iM ' unreasonable court did find expressly that Um M the Rnrklasid t a d s a t r ia T M H vsls'ol ooUution. plalirtiffs did not meet their ul­ f a lM ’ to coavlaea the lower court The state, which financed half of timate burden of proof.’’ there was reasonable cause to the industrial park’s construction, The Supreme Court, however, believe the park would poUnte the Manchester and the J.C. Penney Co. ruled otherwise and said the op­ environment. Inc. are listed as defendants In the ponents of the park shifted tte The Supreme Court May 5 ordered suit. The former already has con­ “ burden of proof” onto the defen­ the state Superior Court to conduct a structed a $20 million catalog dis­ dants. The state, as protector of the second hearing on the environmen­ tribution center which is scheduled environment, must show the park tal suit brought against the in­ to open next summer in the in- will not cause unreasonable pollu­ dustrial park more than four years d u s t ^ park. tion. ago. In remanding the case to the In their joint motion, the defen­ Options reportedly have been tower court, the Supreme Court dants claim the Superior Court ruled taken on about 90 percent of the lota justices ruled the trial court failed opponentsjof the p ^ failed to show In the industrial park. Penney, to require the defendants to prove that its construction would result in with its massive warehouse, is the that construction of the park would unreasonable levels of pollution. park’s prime tenant. not harm the environment. In the Supreme Court decision, the While the defense last week was In a S-to-2 decision, the Supreme justices said that Anthony Pagano, busy preparing its motion to reargue Court said the defendants bcsu’ the attorney for the environmental the case, attorney Bruce Beck, burden of proving the industrial coalition, presented two expert partner with Pagano, said opponents park will not unreasonably pollute witnesses who proved the likelUiood of the park sent letters to various Demolition crews moved In this morning to tear down the 1827 the environment. Ih e decision was that pollution will result from the owners of property in the industrial house that served as headquarters for the Manchester Child based on a new interpretation of the park’s construction. park warning that there is a poten­ state Elnvironmental Protection Act The defense also disputed the tial for court action that could block Coming down Guidance clinic for about 17 years. Equipment of Manafort of 1971. court’s reliance on Michigan law them from building on the land or Brothers‘of New Britain takes the first bite out of the front porch. In reviewing records of the when interpreting the state’s 1971 using the buildings. Story on page 8. (Herald photo by Richmond) Push coines to shove on tax cut question WASlUQilUTiUTON (UPI) - |dm in the tax fight and he is ranking Democrat on the Finance said. “ I don’t know whether the their convictions, they’re not going Finance Committee, Robert Dole of 'JRQte'Roiise, push at laatM coBf ldait of, winning it. Committee. bands of reason will be sufficient to to vote for” the president's pro|^^l Kansas. His plan calls for a 25 per­ shove today on the question o M I n Apart from Reagan, the leading Wright said in a CBS interview span a rather wide bill that for a 30 percent three-year' cut cent cut over 33 months, and it is no cut. characters in today’s drama were today Democrats were prepared to separates us philosophically. But across the board. secret the White House finds the * PrcitdsM Reagan caRkd leading House Speaker Thomas O’Neill, offer Reagan some new su^estions let’s try. It’s worth it. According to White House chief of proposal appealing. '' Democrats ffam the Senate and Democratic leader Jim Wright of aimed at reconciling “ his desire for “ I don’t anticipate at all that the ’ staff James Baker, Reagan still T h e Democratic leaders, ' House to Ito OvaUMfice to tell them Texas and Ways and Means Com­ multi-year cuts with our desire for president would have an ul­ believes his plan is the best one for however, see the multi-year cut as flrmly/be will staos for his multi­ mittee 'Chairman Dan relatively more relief for the timatum,” Wright said. “ I think, the nation. But "he’s willing to inflationary and its across-the-board year tax ent,..plan with or without Rostenkowski, D-Ill. From the moderate average income rather, that he calls us there to dis­ listen to all alternatives,’’ Baker application too heavily weighted in them. Reiwnn planned to tell the Senate came Democratic leader American who pays most of the cuss it with us.” said. favor of the affluent. They favor a group thakSouthem DemocAits, his Robert Byrd of West Virginia and taxes and for the working poor ...” Wright said he was “ absolutely One alternative belongs to the one-year cut. alUea in jme budget battle, also will Russell Long of Louisiana, the “ We go forth with hope,” Wright confident that if the members vote Republican chairman of Uie Senate Inside Today's tiered Lebanon-Syria mortar duel destroys latest cease-fire The lady In s p o rty . y BEIRUT, Ubanon (UPI) - Mor­ The rightist Voice of Lebanon radio Scattered firing continued through Manchester High to face Rockville for regional is a champ tar shells smashed into residential said three children were killed and the night today, despite an end to baseball title ..