County Without Septage Dump Site As of Sunday there were no legal places in Cape May County to dispose of septage wastes, and it appears the nearest authorized disposal ground will continue to be more than 100 miles north at the Middlesex County wastewater treatment

tilant.

A spokesperson in the state Div. of Water Resource Management within the Dept, of Environmental Protection told the Herald on Monday that while the state is working with officials within the county to arrive at an alternative, the septage dumping ban is now in effect and will continue

here.

PCLBISHED REPORTS indicate that some in-county septage haulers may go out of business rather than even attempt to charge homeowners in rural areas the costs just to cover the transportation charges to North Jersey and back. If the state doesn’t relent on its prohibi*Uon against dumping septage in other than lined landfills, it Is expected there will be no in-county disposal — at least legally —

for some time.

THE COUNTY MUA’s Ocean City regional wastewater treatment facility while designated to start treating septage waste by Sept. 1, won't be operational by that date and, furthermore, won’t have the

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Intrusion Seen Endangering

Meadow

Cape

WITH THEIR FIRST South Jersey title since 1966 under their bells, the Crusaders of Wildwood Catholic journeyed to Lakewood on Saturday but were downed, 71-60 for the Parochial B slate championship by St. Anthony’s of Jersey City, which has taken the title six of the last nine years. The home team beat St. Peter’s of New Brunswick. 51-48 last Wednesday for the SJ title. This was the scene prior to boarding the bus up Saturday morning. How Do You Spell Relief? George Bush

POMONA - The South Cape May Meadow at the southern tip of New Jersey was one of nine specific habitats in the state, during a recent gathering at Stockton State College here, cited as in danger of becoming unsuitable to support present animal populations. Some 200 representatives of federal and state agencies concerned with endangered species joined conservationists and others interested in the environment at the Second Symposium on Endangered and Threatened Plants and Animals. During the session, it was pointed out that increasingly more and more habitats are becoming unuseable for the wildlife which they support because of man’s intrusion and due to various forms of pollution. Earlier this year, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced plans to study the wildlife resources of South Cape May Meadow with an eye toward protecting the habitat from encroaching development. (Page 19 Please)

SWAINTON — Meetings scheduled in Washington this we°k have raised Cape May County Municipal Utilities Authority officials' hopes for a bureaucratic breakthrough to some of their problems. "Since the regulatory agencies have had our Seven Mile Beach/Middle Region selected plan report for 11 months and taken no action, we are looking for a break in the red tape logjam," MUA chairman John Vinci said Thursday. ’’CONSTRUCTION COSTS have escalated, we’ve been delayed unconscionably, the region is caught in the funding squeeze and something has to give starting with the New Jersey Dept, of Environmental Protection and Federal Environrtiental Protection personnel," Vinci said. Vinci said a contingent from the MUA was to visit Washington, D.C. yesterday to meet with Boyden Gray, counsel to Vice

President George Bush's special task force that is looking into the impact of over regulation. MUA EXECUTIVE George Marinakis said the group will try to impress upon the task force the amount of money and time spent in costly delays caused by unreasonable interpretation of regulations and duplicative reviews. He also reported * the mission will attempt to clarify the funding possibilities anticipated for the Cape May County project. "Since many of our existing facilities are under court order to clean up the pollution caused by inadequate wastewater treatment,” Marinakis said, "and because the regional project is essentially designed to serve the present population, we'll be making the argument that we should be allowed to proceed expeditiously with adequate and prompt funding to build our facilities."

Casinos Trigger « Hospital Increase

TRENTON - The Hospital Rate Setting Commission has approved a $1.3 million increase in hospital rates for Shore Memorial Hospital to cover skyrocketing labor costs brought on by the nation's first measurable instance of "hyperinflation"

How-to Course on Alcohol Fuel - SEAVILLE — A new, free course on The course will cover such topics as the alcohol fuel production for the public in* alcohd process, equipment, economic con

terested in an alternative energy source will convene this evening (Wednesday) at the N.J. Marine Sciences Consortium on

Rt. 9 here.

Offered thru Cumberland County College in the tri-county area, the course will be taught by Bruce E. Brooks, an engineer with degrees from Princeton and the University of Pennsylvania.

siderations, uses and legal issues Not only is there no charge for the course, but course materials will also be provided

free.

Registration will be the first meeting night. The course will meet for three hours, one evening per week beginning at 7:30. For more information, call the college at •1-M00 ext. 33.

which stemmed from tjie mushrooming casino industry. Officials from Shore Memorial told the commission late last month they are losing everything from operatirig room nurses to housekeeping workers who find higher paying jobs in the casinos, and that prospective employees are reluctant to relocate and join the hospital's staff because area housing costs are too high. ACKNOWLEDGING THAT the Atlantic City area has experienced the country's first documented instance of hyperinflation due to the casino industry boom there, the rate setting commission agreed to adjust the hospital’s rates to account for the extraordinarily large inflationary effect on the hospital's cost base. The additional $1.3 million will be equitably distributed among Shore

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Boy, 4, Dies in Fire

SWAINTON — Fire at the Country Court apartment complex Saturday claimed the life of 4-year-old Sean Robinson The boy's father was able to save three of his other children but was unable to reach Sean, who was in the .second-floor bedroom where the fife started in a mattress. Mrs. Robinson wasn't home at the time of the fire but was M-eated fpr shock at the hospital whererwo of the children were treated for smoke inhalation. Lookout For Child Molester LOWER TWP Authorities here earlier this week were keeping close tabs on school children following fouhreported attempts late last week of a man 1 trying to grab children on their way to or frbm school. In at least one instance, unsubstan t^ated by police, a junior high student's life was threatened if he told authorities A month ago. two elementary school pupils in Cape May were approached by two men in a car who tried to get the girls inside. One of the men was said to have wield a knife.

State Police Aid In Summer Eyed WILDWOOD — Returning from Trenton last Wednesday. Mayor Guy Muziani announced he may request State Police back up for local police this summer if the appellate court lets stand a decision that requires only officers with at least 13 k tMRka of training to carry weapons. The mayor sought to obtain formal per mission ffom the state attorney general’s office to go ahead and hire summer officers, but assistant State Attorney General Robert Bolan would make no commitment Muziani and other resort mayors are cor^med about what will happen if the court announces in the summer that the officers must have the training or they can't carry weapons.

‘Caps’ Law Eased

TRENTON — Two bills recently signed by Governor Brendan Byrne will ease the state "cap" restrictions on local govern,ment spending Under one bill, any annual increase in a public utility, fuel oil, gasoline or heating oil charge over 10 per cent won’t be included in a municipality's “cap" calculations: The second bill calls for municipalities to continue figuring their "cap" as they have in the past, rather than changing the procedure as recommended by state Attorney General John J. Degnan

City May Sell Hall

WILDWOOD - Convention Hall will have to be sold if the city decides to disband the local Parking Authority and put the $200,000 it generates per year in the city’s budget to lower the municipal tax rate. Commissioner Richard a Mordaby announced Thursday If the authority is disbanded and the parking revenues go into the municipal budget, there will be no alternative but to * sell the building since there is still a 10-year-old construction debt of $1.5 million that can only be liquidated if the structure is sold.

Funds Interest-ing COURT HOUSE — Interest on investments^ idle county funds exceeded $1.5 million In 1960, according to Philip Matalucci, county treasurer He reported this week that in the seven years since he began the investment program, interest realized on county funds has amounted to $5.5 million. Last year’s total was $1,581,877. » (B»ge 19 Please*