Island to'Capc May. The suit charged violations, of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, the Marine Protection Act, the Research and Sanctuaries Act and the federal common law of nuisance. The ruling overturned a lower court decision that had broadened private citizens’ rights to sue to* stop this kind of pollution. »

A $142,000 Goof LOWER TWP. — A mistake in the local school tax will cost Lower Township taypayers an extra $142,083 over the next iz months. Because of the mix-up, the $142,000 figure which had previously been repaid to the school district was added to the $2.5 taxy levy requested by the school when the district tax figure reached the County Board of Taxation. The township treasurer had repaid the same figure to^he district during the first half of this year because of a court order late in 1980 to reinstate all but $50,000 of $192,000* which the Township Committee had order pared from the voter-defeated school budget. Sugar Trial on TV COURT HOUSE - When the Dr. Harry D. Sugar murder trial begins here this week Philadelphia TV station KYW will be on the scene to record th* proceedings. This is the first time television cameras have been allowed in a Superior Court trial here since the Supreme court recently ruled that both live and still news photographers are to be permitted in open courtrooms across the state. Sugar, a former Vineland physician, is charged with murdering his wife Joan in July 1979.

Boards for Business OCEAN CITY — City Council amended its zoning ordinance last week, putting a'n end to the development of multi-family units along the boardwalk between 6th and 14th Sts. Only commertial uses are now permit- • led within 200 ft. of the boardwalk, or from ■'-the boardwalk to the first paved road. But from 14th to 15th Stsi, hotel-motel, commercial, and multifar^ily uses are permitted near the boardwalk. Under the new regulations, animal exhibits are also prohibited from the board(Page 18 Please)

mid-Atlantic region race prior to the national championship in the fall. iwc tors and 125 participants, wasthr final

Pushes Boating Safety Despite Budget Cuts

WASHINGTON, D C - Congressman Bill Hughes (D-NJ) has called on the Coast Guard and the boating public to pay greater attention to commercial and recreational boating safety laws. Speaking at an oversight hearing of the House Coast Guard and Navigation Sub-

committee. Hughes noted marine safety is one of the fundamental missions of the Coast Guard, and shouldn't be neglected during this period of budget reductions and cutbacks in government spending.

'-concern," sai,d Hughes, who is a cosponsor of the Recreation Boating Safety Act. "Commercial vessel inspections, cer tification and boarding, as well os recrea fional safety and (‘durational programs.

COMMERCIAL AND recreational N are essential ta.insure that an adequati vessel safety should be an area of primary , < Page 18 Please»

Wetlands Protection—Snafu Amid the Spartina

by Jack J. Chielli MIDDLE TWP. — Who would ever guess one would be required to transplant 135 sq. ft. of spartina alternaflora to some unknown location in order to obtain a permit to build an $800,000 marina? In a seminar designed to inform citizens about the environmental characteristics defining wetlands, the basics of how to obtain wetland permits, and how to deal with the bureaucracy inherent in getting these permits — the Wetlands Institute on Stone Harbor Blvd. here Saturday sponsored its fourth Critical Coastal Issues Seminar. GUEST SPEAKERS during the pro gram, entitled "Wetlands-Now and in the Future," included Dr. Barry Frasco of the Environmental Consulting and Testing Services, who gave a slide presentation

designed to illustrate the defining characteristics of wetlands; Jeff Steen, of the Army Corps of Engineers, who talked about wetland regulations, and William Darling of Arling Yacht Sales Inc., a boatyard owner trying to get off the merry-go-round of bureaucratic processes and begin construction on his marina. Mr. Darling's saga of frustration began in 1977 when he decided to enlarge his marina by 94 boat slips. Since then he has spent $20,000 and four years hassling with several state and federal regulatory agencies — and still claims he doesn’t know where he stands. THE BONE OF contension between him and the agencies is a section of Darling’s waterfront property which he claims is eroding anyway. "In five years the land

will not even be there; I can guarantee them that." he said Darling sees his primary problem as the inner confusion and disagreement among agencies such as the Army Corps of Engineers »ACE). Dept, of Environmental Protection (DEP) and The Fish and Wildlife Service He says he has experienced the reality of a "catch 22" syndrome. Although he claims to have done everything according to regulations,^ he believes a backlog of permits, the political clout of the casinos and disagreement between agencies has kept the permii out of his grasp. DARLING WAS told by the ACE that he had to transplant 135 sq. ft. of marsh grass before he could develope the Hind. When he asked where to replant it, he was told to.

find the location himself He says he was told by thi* DEP that he owed them hack fees for his riparian license, but that the agency wouldn't decide how much he owed » without an appraisal. He used the ap ; praiser they recommended "The appraisal’sat on their desk for 13 months, and would have sat there another 13 months if I hadn’t gone up to-Trenton and called their attention to it They had never even looked at it," Darling said BY THIS TIMI-; the state had hired its own appraiser and Darling jokingly characterized bis appraisal as being re jected on the grounds that it was only five pages long "They <DEP» told me that nothing five pages could be complete. Darling said • Page 18 Please *