EPA praises improvements
ByKasey Kerber
Staff Reporter
Previous citations by the Envi
ronmental Protection Agency have
cost the the University of Nebraska
Lincoln more than half a million
dollars.
But the most recent EPA inspec
tion brought only praise for UNL.
“To have no citations is very
rare,” said Dan Olsen Sr., UNL
hazardous materials specialist.
“Having taken part in EPA inspec
tions in the past, I don’t recall many
inspections in which we didn ’ t find
at least something.”
EPA representatives visit UNL
twice a year, inspecting both City
and East campuses. Last year alone,
they gave UNL five citations.
The agency inspected City Cam
pus in June and East Campus last
week. The annual inspection yielded
no citations; the agency had noth
ing but praise for the university’s
improvements.
James Main, assistant vice chan
cellor for business and finance, said
he was pleased with the inspection
results.
“The inspector was very satis
fied with our progress,” he said.
“She was even able to leave a day
early because all record keeping
was in order.”
Many improvements were made
to achieve the perfect inspection
results.
Among them, Main cited im
maculate record keeping, thorough
* training records of trained employ
ees throughout the campus and the
remodeling of a facility on East
Campus that provides additional
storage and office space.
Olsen also saw improvements in
several areas.
“One significant reason we did
well was because of the university
community’s awareness,” he said.
“If people in labs aren’t careful in
handling chemicals or leave lids
loose and an inspector comes by—
we’re looking at a citation.
“But everyone knew what
needed to be done and complied.”
In the past, UNL didn ’t have the
resources to correct problems cited
by the EPA, Olsen said.
“It was hard to make changes.”
he said. “Topyt it in the terms of an
English major, it’s like writing a
long document without having a
spelling or grammatical checker.
“Then you hand that draft to the
EPA, and they find the errors. That
was pretty much what we were deal
ing with.”
Main said the recent inspection
promised a brighter future.
“This is very positive,” he said.
“For starters, it keeps us out of
court. The whole ordeal was simply
a matter of being attentive to what
the regulations were and making
changes to adhere to them.”
Tribe moving to build bingo casino
OMAHA (AP) — A Florida com
pany announced an agreement Mon
day to build and manage a Ponca In
dian Tribe gambling facility in Dou
glas County, but a Nebraska official
said it could legally offer only games
such as bingo.
Florida Gaming Corp. of Fort
Pierce, Fla., announced the agreement,
referring to the planned facility as a
casino that would offer bingo and other
games.
“That’s news to me,” said Jim
Bogatz of the state Department of
Revenue’s Charitable Gaming Divi
sion.
Bogatz said that if the facility was
a bingo hall, offering what the law
refers to as Class II games, there might
be no legal hurdle. Casino-type gam
bling is another matter. It is not legal
in Nebraska.
The agreement also was news to
tribal officials. Ponca sources could
neither confirm or deny that an agree
ment had been reached, saying only
that negotiations had been held.
Leitzel
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Leitzel’s duties will "be the dedication
of the George W. Beadle Center for
Genetics and Biomaterials Research
and the implementation of the new
general education program.
She, like Spanier, also will attend
the Academic Senate and NU Board
of Regents meetings.
Before Spanier left, he faced criti
cism from some members of the board,
namely Regent Robert Allen of
Hastings. Leitzel has not encountered
any problems with the regents, she
said.
“I’ve gotten good support from
members of the board,” she said.
“However, I have not proposed any
controversial issues.”
Allen said he had not felt the in
timidation with Leitzel that he felt
with Spanier.
“She’s a talented gal,” Allen said.
“She’s very talented, but I regret that
she had to be part of the Spanierworld.”
Allen said Leitzel’s involvement
with Spanier hurt her chances of being
chancellor.
Regent Charles Wilson of Lincoln
declined to speculate on a new chan
cellor but applauded Leitzel’s perfor
mance as interim chancellor.
“She can communicate well with
the board and keeps us well-informed,”
he said. “It is very pleasant to work
with her.”
Wilson said he also was confident
in Leitzel’s decision-making capabi 1 i
ties.
Although her job is to keep the
university on track instead of making
a decision to change course, Leitzel
said, she felt secure in her decisions.
She’s not the only one. When
Spanier left, some faculty members
and administrators, including Herbert
Howe, associate to the chancellor, said
they would like to see Leitzel perma
nently fill the position.
“I think she has a very good set of
academic values, understands the uni
versity extraordinarily well and re
lates to people on and off campus,”
Howe said.
The university opened on time and
in good shape, Howe said, and Leitzel
has kept things moving in the interim-.
Howe said he didn’t know if
Leitzel’s interim position would af
fect her shot at the chancellorship.
“This institution has a real funny
history with regard to internal candi
dates,” Howe said. “Probably a Ouija
board would be a good place to con
sult to find an answer to that.”
Leitzel herself would not say if she
would like to be the new chancellor
and would not speculate on the search.
She did specify what traits — in
cluding strong leadership and com
munication skills—she would like to
see in a new chancellor.
“It would have to be a person who
has the support of the university com
munity in making changes that need to
be made,” she said. “Knowing how to
direct a university through change is a
real talent.”
A new chancellor will face a loss of
funds from-student financial aid, re
search and cooperative extension
courses, she said, and may have to
address downsizing.
“There is no greater responsibil
ity,” she said, “than to provide for
Nebraska a university of high qual
ity ” ,_ ^
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