Grosse Pointe ews VOL. 47-No 16 Grosse Pornte, Michigan, Thursday, April 17, 1986 30 cents 44 Pages i for your information Incinerator backers, opponents still disagree By Nancy Parmenter All' Act," said Grosse POInter dards reSIdent!:>of the Cass CorrIdor, De- merce !:>poke111 favor of the plan Last week'!:> decIsIOn by the Joseph Bartell, a board member of The pomt IS not mconte~lIble, trOIt's east Side and Gro~se Pomte The League of Women Voters, Michigan All' PollutIOn Control the DetrOit Audubon Society "You however MacDowell conceded who spoke at the hearIng, attack- which had advocated a cauhou!:> CommIssIOn to allow DetrOIt to can't enter Into a new contract that both the t1mmg of the VIOlatIOn mg the credibility of expert approach, deCIded to trust the out- fyi proceed wIth It!:>planned InCInera- whIle you are III vIOlation" Bartell and the ownel ship of the plant witnesses from both SIdes "Ide consultant" hired by the city tor may keep the lIlCInerator on saId the Audubon board had not yet could be argued Walter Nlkesch of Gro~se "The League !:>upportsmcmera- The elJe of track, but dId little to placate op- deCided about a lawsuit, but wa!:> "The lImmg IS the crUCial Pomte, a l'adJatlOn phYSICI~tand tlOn and support!:>DetrOl!'!:>efforts the beholder ponents of the faclhty The hearmg likely to reach a deCISIOn before pomt," MacDO\~ell ~ald "It would contrIbutor of letters to the editor to reduce ItS dependency on land- left experts and reSidents diVided the May 9 deadlIne for the start of have to be shown that the state was on the mClllerator Issue, told the fIlls." DetrOIt chapter pre!:>ldent Here's further pi ooJ that over technology, risk and bUIlder mcmerator construction aWdre" of the MI!:>ter~kyVIOlatIOn commiSSIOn that the proposed Betty Lawrence told the commIs- everything ISrelatlve and your guarantees to meet clean all' stan The EPA was asked two weeks at the time It ISbued the permIt faCIlity would be 19times as haldr- sIOn Several members of the VieWdepends on where you're dards ago by the Sierra Club and Audu OwnershIp I~ not a clear-cut dous as Three Mile Island Grosse POInte branch, whIch has standmg Last week's mai-athon Possible moves by the EnVIron- bon SocIety to mvahdate the mcin- Issue, eIther The Clt) owns the "If the nsks from a nuclear been studyIng the Issue, saId they publIc hearmg on the DetrOIt In- mental ProtectIOn Agency and en- era tor's permit No actIOn has Mlster"ky power plant. but an faCIlIty were thIS controvel'slal, the telt they could rely on the plant cmerator started late, ran late vlronmpntalJst,> to ('an('pl or po'>t- been taken, and EPA staffers were authontv wIll operate the trash 111- Nuclear Regulatorv CommiSSIOn engineers' guarantees to meet (wile::,::,you \\ aIll to call Jam pone con!:>tructlOn are far from prevented by plane trouble!:>trom cmerator wouldn't allow It to be bUilt III a emISSIOns standards early> and featured almost four clear The EPA has Issued a state- attendmg last week's pubhc hear- MacDowell refu<;ed to speculate remote area, let alone III the mid- The all' pollutIOn control com- hours of expert testimony be- ment critICal of the plan, but so far mg to present theIr opinIOns. about poSSIble actIOns by the EPA dle of the city of DetrOIt," Nlkesch miSSIOnItself was heavily III favor fore gettmg to the cltlzen mput has dechned to announce any ac- The EPA's testimony would If the plant does not get under way ~ald of contInumg the permIt However, Enraged reSIdents on both SIdes tual sanctions have raised Bartell's pomt Wil- by May 9, It Will have to request a DetrOlter Heather Connors, 12, Its 9-1 maJonty was a break from of the issue heckled speakers EnVironmentalists, mcludmg the ham MacDowell, chief of the permit extensIOn Such an exten- summed It up' "I am SIck and the complete unammity that grant- and each other, shouted for the Sierra Club, the DetrOit Audubon EPA's control technology umt III ~lOn reqUIres a pubhc comment tired of adults makmg all these ed the ongInal permIt Kathryn pohce, charged the police With Society and the American Lung ChIcago, explamed that because penod and a new analysl!:>of the de~lslons I want to live to be at Wurzel, who represents the public bemg "goons" and stomped and A!:>soclatlOn of Southeastern the mcmerator would be located m best avalla ble control technology, least 40 or 50 I'd ra ther move on the commiSSIOn, voted agamst clapped to enhce the commis- MIchigan, are talkmg to their an area that has not attamed MacDowell saId to the North Pole and not be the permIt sIOn back mto the heanng room lawyers thiS week to consIder pos- federal standards for particulate "They would have to look at chemlcaled to death" Wurzel, a former DNR tOXI- after each oj three half-hour SIble court action agamst the mcm- emISSIOns, and because the city of technology as It IS now," he said Not everybody ISopposed to the cologIst, \\ as apparently con- recesses eratoI' plans They feel they have DetrOIt ISthe owner of the Mlster- That would mean rethmkmg the proposed technology for the mcm- cerned that the permit could be the "Wasn't that wonderful?" the Imphclt backmg of the ERA sky power plant, which was out of equipment for the control of sulfur eratoI', however A vanety of city fIrst III the state to allo\\ a cancer said Grosse Pomter Nicholas through enforcement of the Clean complIance at the time the inCIn- dIOXIde of Detroit employees and a repre- nsk factor of greater than one In Kachman, an air pollutIOn com. All' Act erator was approved, the city can- That would be good news to the sentative of the Chamber of Com- (Continued on Page 17t\) miSSIOn member "That was "My understandmg is that the not enter into a new project With- democracy III actIon Every- third party that intends to sell the out certifymg that any plants It body had a say. You wouldn't steam IS m VIOlatIOnof the Clean operates meet the federal stan- see that 111 Russia" Or would you? "It was obVIOuslystacked and controlled," Gros!:>e Pointer Joseph Bartell, an Audubon Park marina may be SocIety member, said "They used stallmg tactics to dflve the cItizens from the audItOrIum power-less this year and to reduce press coverage" Well, guys, you won't get us to By Pat Paholsky The one dIsastrous event that arbItrate that one, but we will Boat owners who dock at Wind- could occur affectmg the entlre stIpulate one thmg It was a mill Pomte Park Manna can ex- manna IS the potential for flood- long meetmg and our reporter's pect, at the very least, to be mcon- ing Crawford said the Army Corps beauty sleep almost started venlenced thiS season, dependmg of Engmeers ISpredictll1g that the before the commute home end- on where theIr boat well ISlocated water level WIllrise 12or more m- ed Next time, bl1l1g some More than 150 boaters crowded ches untIl July 1 and then drop coffee mto the Park councIl chambers The wind could push the water Monday mght to hear a status over the mam pier and III that It's a dog's world ... report on the manna case, "there's nothmg the city can but It shouldn't be Now The lines for water and electn- do," he said that the winter's snows have city for piers 2 and 4 broke thIS Resident Wilham Kessler sug- melted, Mother Nature has un- winter and are under water The gested the long-term solutIOn of covered a nasty surpnse for money to do the repmrs IS in the overhead hnes as there are at Jef- pedestnans budget, City Manager John Craw- ferson Beach manna "It would be Grosae POUJ,t.c 1& t.h.e dog- _ J'Ql:p, .. ~ud, hut .t'" a matte~ o[ gel- slll~ not to contemplate that It lovingest city there IS - and a ting a contractor, whom he refer- seems10 me that a solution is to census would doubtless sub- red to as "prima donnas this drop down every four boats instead stantlate the theory that bIg year" of every boat" dogs Will the popularity con- "The two contra..::tors we have Kessler added, "I'm concerned test. A lot less popular IS what used for a long tlme have not re- about the temporary boardwalks, Fldo leaves behmd. turned our calls - they are so They're shoddy and I'm concerned about public safety." ReSIdents are starting to get busy We contacted three other Photo by Peler A Sal nas mad enough to complam to the contractors One has not submitted Another resident suggested Like a dream cIty council, and the pedes- a proposal and one saId we should floating docks, which Crawford tnans m town are spendmg a not do anythmg until the end of the agreed to investigate Sun shining on the lake, a ship steaming by and a warm breeze. It's here. Welcome, spring. lot of time WipIng their feet In season and the thIrd will submit a [n answer to a reSident who ask- the grass Come on, folks, proposal at the end of the week," ed If she would have to chmb over there are ordmances govern- Crawford said, three feet of sandbags to get to her • mg thIS stuff Have a heart - There are no potentlal problems boat, Crawford saId about 300 feet Computer to call Woods carry your scooper One of the on piers 1, 3 and 5, he saId, and cIty of the park has been left open for senIOrs Farms councilmen was fight workers have constructed tempor- plcmckers A reserve of sandbags By Peter A.