PERE MARQUETTE CHARTER TOWNSHIP 1699 SOUTH PERE MARQUETTE ROAD LUDINGTON, MICHIGAN 49431 • (616) 845-1277 October 10, 1991 The Honorable Dan Quayle Vice-President of the United States Old Executive Office Building 17th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Dear Vice-President Quayle: This is a fan letter. I wish to express to you my support for you and the From various articles I've read, including a recent item in U.8. News and I understand that the President's Council on Competitiveness may be playing a Another issue of vital importance to local units of government is the Sincerely. Clerk Kelley jk Enclosure to take this apportunity to thank you for your recent indiestions of the additor's support for 5. the "Raperwork Reduction Act of 1991. E. 2239 Moule authorize the office of Information and Regulatory affects (DIRA and implement a stront paperwork revie process. À strong reauthorization such as the one found in 5. 1139 is critical to the country's Esiness commutes. Too often federal regulators simply have no appropriate contention of the burdens they hose or EMR DUSCHSses. This lapislation would force then to consider bist. We are glad that the issue is a prority for you as WELL. The Competitiveness Cound. WO VOL cheat, has already become an effective counterbalance to regulatory zeal. Finally, a group 21 government as fechouted to entering an economically strong United States. We hope that this trend continues as it surely would wish the passage of 5. 13. Thank you again for your continued support of the smell business comMUTITY. August 21, 1991 The Honorable Dan Quayle Vice President of the United States of America Old Executive Office Building Washington, DC 20501 Dear Mr. Vice President: The National Energy Security Act of 1991 (8. 1220) will be considered following the current legislative recess. Should you be required to vote, I strongly urge you to vote in favor of the nuclear reform provisions contained in Title IX of S. 1220. As a nuclear operational engineer, I have contributed to the successful completion of two nuclear facilities and as currently participating in the cleanup of the Fernald site. From my view point, the current regulatory processes lead to extended schedules, double or triple the costs, and a great deal of public mistrust. I an astounded when I note a foreign reactor completion time of 5 to 6 years verse an average in the United States of 10 to 13 years. The French and German regulatory and environmental programs are at least as conservative if not more so than the United States. They seen to get the job done on time and closer to budget. I am concerned with the lack of an energy supply strategy. Indicated growth rates and energy predictions indicate a need for 100 to 125 new power facilities in the next 15 years. Not over a quarter of these facilities are on order. As older plants are taken out of service, the power industry will be blamed for the power failures, but they will have their hands tied by regulations. Not only orders for the new facilities are missing, but the personnel to design, build and operate these facilities are moving to other fields and these jobs are not on the top of the college graduate's job search lists. Our dependance on foreign energy is not limited to oil. Americans in the Northeast and East believe it is fine to let Canada build and operate nuclear facilities at Bruce (Tiverton, Ont.), Pickering (Pickering, Ont.) and Darlington (Newcastle TWP, Ont.). The purchase from next door is just another fix and the avoidance of responsibility for ourselves. With the eastern power reserve margins at a very low point, the shutdown of Shoreham and a very hot summer or extreme cold snap, brownouts could be a possibility by 1995. I am aware that I am frustrated and this letter reflects some of the frustration. The legislative and regulatory system in this country does not accomplish the intended purpose. My experience in operational readiness has lead me to find the system an impediment to effective management and control of many activities, not only nuclear related. Yes, I want you to vote in favor of a measure to make something nore effective and maybe provide power for lights and jobs tomorrow. I need your help. On a separate matter, I believe your comments to the American Bar Association were on target. Thank you for your attention and consideration of my comments. Testimony on The Impact of the Office of Management and Budget on the Setting of Occupational Health and Safety standards by Franklin E. Mirer, Ph.D. Health and Safety Department before Committee on Governmental Affairs United States Senate I am Dr. Franklin E. Mirer, Director of the lealth and Safety Department of the UAW. I am a toxicologist and certified industrial hygienist. I speak today on behalf of close to a million UAW members now working whose health and safety on the job depends vitally on a vigorous federal role in providing protection. My responsibilities include coordinating the UAW's efforts with regard to OSHA standard setting and those activities at EPA which impact the occupational environment. The UAW has been the leading labor participant in rulemaking regarding formaldehyde and energy lockout, and has participated directly in OSHA rulemaking regarding lead, access to exposure and medical records, hazard communication, benzene, the OSIIA cancer policy, the PEL update, blood borne infectious disease, confined space entry and asbestos, among others. In addition, I have been involved with various efforts to review public health rulemaking generally, most |