Waste
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By year’s end, she said, some of
the mixed waste may have deteriorat
ed to a point where it would be safe to
move.
UNL also could save money on
shipping costs, she said. The universi
ty pays a contractor $ 1,500 per trip to
ship the waste to dumps. A larger
storage space would allow UNL to
hire a contractor just once a year.
Osthus said the violations were mi
nor, but environmental officials dis
agreed.
“The information I have doesn’t
indicate that I agree with that state
ment,” said Lorraine Cope, RCRA
program specialist.
“From the EPA standpoint, they
were significant because they could
have led to a problem,” she said.
In January, she said, the EPA cited
the university for violations. Cope
said she could not comment on the
specifics of the violations because the
case was being investigated.
But she said UNL’s violations were
serious even though no contamina
tion came to soil or personal health.
Program
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Angie Hoesing, student assistant
for Selleck 6100, said she was trying
to find activities that would work with
the busy schedules of Spanier and
Lisa Schmidt, director ofHigh School
and College Relations. Both Schmidt
and Spanier are faculty advisers for
Selleck 6100.
Hoesing said the program would
help Selleck’s students realize ad
ministrators and faculty members were
there to help them.
1 he students on Hoesing s tloor
are excited about working with Spanicr
and being involved in the program,
she said.
But Hoesing said she wasn’t afraid
Spanier would usurp her role as stu
dent adviser.
The faculty and administrative
advisers will enhance the S.A.’s role,
she #aid, providing a faculty member
to talk to personally. Usually, the S.A.
just refers the student to an unknown
source.
Volgyes
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These institutions have become
quite successful, he said.
“I am proud that I was able to nurse
them along,” he said.
However, Volgyes does not be
lieve he has done enough.
“If I were to sum up my work done,
my only answer is that I have learned
a lot and helped a little bit,” Volgyes
said.
‘There are people hurting out there
everyday. I should have done better at
making people more aware of the
diverse options they have — both
Hungarians and Americans.”
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Learn to respect the
ways of others—not
tolerate them—but
respect them.
— Volgyes
political science professor
Volgyes said he thought all Amer
icans could learn a few things from
Hungarians.
Americans could learn to be more
pessimistic about promises made by
politicians, Volgyes said.
“Promises are cheap in American
political life/’ he said.
“We could also learn a bit of toler
ance in terms of taking adverse condi
tions. In Hungary, they withstood 20
percent unemployment, and in this
country there would be a revolution.”
Volgyes said his message to both
his Hungarian and American students
had always been one of respect and
achievement.
“Leam to respect the ways of oth
ers—not tolerate them—but respect
them,” Volgyes said.
“Assume responsibility to do the
very best you can and perhaps even
that might not be good enough, but
tharsariyoupahOQ”.
Cope said UNL was trying to make
amends.
“The university appears to be very
serious in getting back into compli
ance with the EPA.”
UNL has a history of EPA viola
tions, said Dale Armstrong, public
affairs spokesman with the agency in
Kansas City, Kan.
• In 1988, the EPA cited UNL for
hazardous waste violations.
• The uni versity was cited again in
1989.
• In 1990, UNL was f ned $36,000.
• In 1991, UNL again was found to
have violated federallow-ievel radio
active waste regulations.
• Last August, UNL was cited
again during a surprise inspection.
This time, the violation listed im
proper handling of mixed waste stor
age.
EPA officials reinspected the cam
pus in September to make sure the
violations were being corrected.
Armstrong said he could not com
ment on the specifics of the 1992
violations because the cases were
being reviewed.
The violations are unusual for a
university campus, Armstrong said.
i'
“I wouldn’t call it typical,” he said.
“We do consider it serious that these
violations have occurred.”
James Rhone, UNL director of the
Hazardous Material Program, said
many past violations were minor.
UNL was once cited for not label
ing a chemical on a shelf and for
forgetting to put a lid on a bottle of
chemicals, he said.
Federal regulations are difficult
for UNL to follow, he said.
The rules are created for indus
tries, he said, and industries generate
much more waste than a university
campus.
An industry can generate 20 to 50
tons each of several chemical by
products. UNL generates 800 or 900
grams of the same amount of by
products.
When the amount of waste is
minute, he said, it is difficult to follow
strict guidelines.
The rules change often, he said,
and are hard to keep up with.
“What we’re doing today probably
will be a violation next week because
the regulations change so fast,” he
said. ‘rIt’s a little hard for us to cope,
but we manage to find a way,” he said.
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