/ Herald & Lantern 20 February, 1985 3

Pntposition One Backed By Hughes WASHINGTON. DC. - US Representative WiUiam J Hughes (D-NJ) announced recently that he has signed Proposition One's Congressional Pledge of Fiscal Respon sibility. signifying his commitment to making the reduction of the federal deficit his number one legislative priority in 1985 In signing the Propo6i lion One Pledge. Hughes said. "Reducing the federal deficit will be the most important and difficult task the new Congress will undertake this year. I am pleased to join Governor Snelling and many of my colleagues in this national effort to balance the federal budget " HUGHES encourages all Americans to take aggressive action in the fight to^ combat the deficit by contacting their Congressional representatives urging them to support Proposition One Founded by former Governor Richard A Snell ing (R-VT) and co-chaired by fgrmer Presidents Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter, Proposition One is a non-profit, bipartisan organization formed to generate grassroots support to reduce the federal deficit to zero by the end of fiscal year 1989

Resource Recovery Tax Hikes MUA Disposal Fee

SWAINTON - A state law enacted this month to help promote and finance the construction of resource recovery pro jects, may add $2 SO to the current solid waste disposal fee of $26 25 per ton. county MUA (Municipal Utilities Authority I officials said last week According to George Marinakis. MUA executive director, the new law requires the authority to add the resource recovery investment tax of $1 per ton beginning May 1, and increase it by $1 per ton each year until it reaches $4 per ton in 1968 It will remain at that level until 1994 Other new taxes included in the law are host community benefits of $1 per ton, to be divided equally between Woodbine and Upper Township, the municipalities where the county's secure sanitary landfill is located Ted O'Neill said it would mean about $40,000 annual compensation for each of the host communities based on the projected volume of solid waste "However, the new legislation did not include host community benefits for Middle Township, where the CMCMUA's solid waste transfer station is located.'' O'Neill noted MIDDLE TOWNSHIP will continue to receive the 12.5 per cent host community discount benefit it has been receiving from the county MUA Middle

Township saved $13,000 in disposal costs for 1964 by being the transfer station host community This sav mgs is estimated to increase to $15,000 in 1965. O'Neill noted A third new state tax adds SO cents per ton to the disposal fee for solid waste services. According to O'Neill. 96 per cent of the revenue generated must be distributed to the counties based on the total amount of solid waste generated in each county The revenue from the Resource Recovery Investment Tax is to be deposited in a special Resource Recovery Investment Fund created by each county The funds in the account

may be used only to reduce the rates charged at a new resource recovery facility during the initial start-up period or to design and build a sanitary landfill for process residues and un processable refuse THE COUNTY MUA plans to build a waste to energy plant by the end of 1968 O'Neill said the new state program would enable the county to be eligible for grants that would benefit the facility users by reducing future solid waste disposal costs The new taxes and their impact on the county's disposal rate will be the subject of a public hearing in the near future. Marinakis said "We understand fully the need to prepare financially for the construction and operation of a waste to energy facility.* Marinakis said, "since resource recovery is part of our approved solid waste management plan "We don't particularly like the timing of adding these new state taxes just when most communities are concluding their 1965 budgets There will be an impact on our rate and the municipalities' costs " The MUA last spring agreed not to increase its base rate for refuse disposal until 1966 "This proposed user fee increase covers only these new state mandated taxes and will not produce any new revenues for the MUA." Mahnakis said

Smokers ' Workshop At BTMH COURT HOUSE - Burdette Tomlin Memorial Hospital will hold a "Kick the Habit" Smoking Withdrawl Workshop at the hospital here Wednesdays. March 6. 13. 20. 27 and April 3 from 7 to 8:30 p.m For more information or to register for the workshop, being conducted by the Chest and Health Association, contact the Hospital at 46^2000. ext 5370

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