COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC WORKS JENNINGS RANDOLPH, West Virginia, Chairman STEPHEN M. YOUNG, Ohio B. EVERETT JORDAN, North Carolina JOSEPH M. MONTOYA, New Mexico JOHN SHERMAN COOPER, Kentucky RICHARD B. ROYCE, Chief Clerk and Staff Director J. B. HUYETT, Jr., Assistant Chief Clerk and Assistant Staff Director BAILEY GUARD, Assistant Chief Clerk (Minority) TOM C. JORLING, Minority Counsel JOSEPH F. VAN VLADRICKEN, LEON G. BILLINGS, RICHARD D. GRUNDY, STEWART E. MCCLURE, Professional Staff Members, and WALTER PLANET, Department of Commerce Fellow CONTENTS Barlow, Milton, chief steward, St. Joe Lead Co., Herculaneum plant....... Bogle, James H., chairman, St. Louis, Mo., Air Conservation Commission, Cervantes, Hon. A. J., mayor, City of St. Louis, Mo.. Copley, Charles M., Jr., air pollution control commissioner, St. Louis, Mo. Drey, Leo A., president, Coalition for the Environment-St. Louis Region. Eagleton, Hon. Thomas F., member, Subcommittee on Public Works and Statement.__ Flance, Dr. I. Jerome, associate director, Department of Medicine, St. Louis Jewish Hospital, St. Louis, Mo... Francis, Mrs. Jean, chairman, Citizens for Clean Air, Granite City, Ill. French, Robert F., chief, Bureau of Air Pollution Control, Division of Sanitary Engineering, Illinois Department of Public Health, Springfield, Gates, Dr. David M., director, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, Mo.. Green, Lewis, C., former chairman of the Air Conservation Commission of Hardy, Robert, news director KMOX Radio, St. Louis, Mo.. Hungate, Hon. William L., a Representative in Congress from the Ninth Kahn, Alfred, vice president, Coalition for the Environment-St. Louis Keehner, Jim D., assistant attorney general, State of Illinois, and chief of the attorney general's Southern Illinois Air and Water Pollution Control Kickham, Michael F., member, Missouri Air Conservation Commission, King, Richard, member, Teamsters Local 688- Knight, Britton K., resident, Granite City, Ill Kohn, Dr. Robert E., assistant professor of economics, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville, and member, scientific division, Committee McLaughlin, John F., member of the board of directors, Industrial Waste Pace, James, director, Community Action, Teamsters Local 688.. Price, Hon. Melvin, a Representative in Congress from the 24th Congres- Rockoff, Dr. S. David, chairman, executive committee, Lung Specialists of St. Louis Against Air Pollution___ Roesch, James, executive secretary, Illinois Citizens' Clean Air League.. Roos, Lawrence K., supervisor of St. Louis County, Mo.. Ryckman, Dr. D. W., P.E., on behalf of the Consulting Engineers Council Slavin, Dr. Raymond, chairman, Air Pollution Committee, Committee for Environmental Information, and assistant professor of internal Stites, Joseph G., manager, Air Pollution Control Department, Monsanto Symington, Hon. James W., a Representative in Congress from the Second Symington, Hon. Stuart, a U.S. Senator from the State of Missouri_ Yoder, Franklin D., M.D., director of the Illinois Department of Public Zielinski, Raymond S., mayor, City of Bellefontaine Neighbors, Mo--- Dialogs: Bob Hardy, KMOX, and Dr. Bertram Carnow, professor of pre- Editorials delivered by Robert Hyland, vice president, CBS, and general "Emphysema Profile in Two Mid-Western Cities in North America," Excerpts from letters received by radio station KMOX, St. Louis, Mo., Fact sheet on air pollution control in St. Louis County.. Interim air pollution alert plan for the St. Louis area adopted by the Air National Lead Co. in St. Louis-description_. "New Pollution Control Can Pay for Itself," advertisement from St. Louis Post-Dispatch, March 9, 1967 regarding burning of low-sulfur coal_____ Review of high pollution episode in St. Louis metropolitan area, August 25- 28, 1969: Material developed by National Air Pollution Administration at request of Senator Eagleton _ _ "Saving the World the Ecologist's Way," by Robert W. Strock, article from New York Times Magazine, Sunday, October 5, 1969, placed in APPENDIX I: "Opinion Split on Method To Handle Smog Crises," by E. F. Porter, Jr.: Article from St. Louis Post-Dispatch, October 12, 1969 APPENDIX II: Air Conservation Law, revised 1967, Missouri Air Conserva- APPENDIX III: Air Quality Standards and Air Pollution Control Regula- tions for the St. Louis Metropolitan Area- APPENDIX IV: Article from the Wall Street Journal, October 21, 1969, by Thomas Lindley Ehrich, submitted for record by Senator Eagleton___ APPENDIX V: Letters and communications submitted by Senator Eagleton_. AIR POLLUTION-1969 MONDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1969 U.S. SENATE, SUBCOMMITTEE ON AIR AND WATER POLLUTION OF THE St. Louis, Mo. The subcommittee met at 9 a.m. in assembly room No. 1, Kiel Auditorium, St. Louis, Mo., Senator Thomas F. Eagleton, presiding. Present: Senator Eagleton. Staff present: Leon G. Billings, professional staff member, and Tom C. Jorling, counsel for the minority. Senator EAGLETON. Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. The Subcommittee on Air and Water Pollution of the Senate Public Works Committee is now in session. I have certain introductory remarks to make before we hear from the witnesses. First off let me introduce the gentlemen to my left and my right. To my left is Mr. Leon Billings who is the professional staff member to the Senate Subcommittee on Air and Water Pollution. To my right is Mr. Tom Jorling, the minority counsel to the committee. Senator Ed Muskie, of Maine, who is the chairman of this subcommittee, could not be with us today. He has two bills, of which he is the principal sponsor, on the floor of the U.S. Senate this afternoon and hence his presence is required in Washington. He did write a letter to me expressing his interest in these hearings and I would like to read for the record one paragraph from Senator Muskie's letter dated October 21, 1969. Senator Muskie says: I hope that you will take this opportunity to examine the adequacy of the regional alert system, the progress in developing air quality standards, the extent and value of public participation in developing meaningful air quality goals, the intergovernmental relationship developed to assure effective implementation of air quality standards in a multijurisdictional interstate area, and the need for any additional Federal legislation to assure maximum interim public health protection during the standards development period. I think in that one paragraph Senator Muskie has adroitly summed up some of the key points that we wish to inquire into today, and has by inference addressed himself to some of the key problems which may pertain to air quality control in the St. Louis metropolitan area. The full letter of Senator Muskie will now be made part of the record. (Senator Muskie's letter follows:) U.S. SENATE, COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC WORKS, Washington, D.C., October 21, 1969. Hon. THOMAS EAGLETON, U.S. Senate, Washington, D.C. DEAR TOM: I want to thank you for agreeing to preside during the Subcommittee's hearing on air pollution problems in the St. Louis area. As you know conflicts in my schedule prohibit my attendance at this time. I have reviewed the material which you have developed since the air pollution episode in St. Louis on August 25 through 28. The causes and severity of the episode, the precautions taken to lessen its intensity, the resultant adverse health effects and action now being taken to prevent recurrence are questions of broad national interest. The Great St. Louis metropolitan area provides a classical insight into interstate urban-industrial air pollution problems. For this reason the Subcommittee held hearings in the area before enactment of the Air Quality Act of 1967. Now, because of the recent air pollution episode the Subcommittee has a unique opportunity to investigate the potential usefulness of that legislation in avoiding recurrence of this type of environmental crisis. I hope that you will take this opportunity to examine the adequacy of the regional alert system, the progress in developing air quality standards, the extent and value of public participation in developing meaningful air quality goals, the intergovernmental relationship developed to assure effective implementation of air quality standards in a multijurisdictional interstate area, and the need for any additional Federal legislation to assure maximum interim public health protection during the standards development period. I look forward to any comments and recommendations as a result of this hearing. Sincerely, EDMUND S. MUSKIE, Chairman, Subcommittee on Air and Water Pollution. Senator EAGLETON. In the nature of housekeeping, but terribly important in light of the fact that we have an enormous number of witnesses to hear from, I must state, as all these witnesses have been told in advance, that their presentation before questioning will be strictly limited to 10 minutes. I know this may sound abrupt, indeed perhaps to some it may be rude, but it is necessitated by the time limit that we have with us. We will then question each witness after his presentation. Each witness may put into the record extended remarks over and beyond that which he verbally articulates, but his initial presentation will be limited to 10 minutes. We have a clock or some kind of mechanism down here that will make a very distasteful noise at the end of 10 minutes. I also wish to announce that the record of this hearing will remain open for 2 additional weeks. This means again that any witness here present who wish to expand on his remarks may do so in writing. Any witnesses, who do not have the opportunity to appear in person today because of time or because of inability to be physically present, may by letter, memorandum or whatever, send their comments and suggestions to us in Washington and they will be made part of the record in the appendix of the printed record of this hearing. Now, I would like to read a short statement on my own behalf and we will then call our first witness. |