The Daily Tar HeelThursday, October I, 19925
New concepts in park laws
still do not permit mining
By Jerry McElreath
Staff Writer
. '. The U.S. Department of the Interior
said there would be no coal strip mining
in national parks, despite new interpre
tations of federal regulations pertaining
to the parks.
Although recent regulatory clarifica
tions in Congress have been interpreted
as possibly opening the park lands to
allow strip mining, the government has
no intention of permitting the mining to
take place.
. , Most of the national parks in ques
tion are located in the Appalachian
Mountains.
Stephanie Hanna, a spokeswoman
for the Department of the Interior, said,
"I would like to say, emphatically, there
will never be mining in the national
parks."
The mining issue revolves around
the government ' s practice of buying the
surface rights to national-park land.
Surface rights only pertain to the land
itself, rather than any resources that
may lie on the land.
This practice is cheaper than buying
the mineral rights as well, Hanna said.
Air Care
hospital and "code two-stat" implies
the transfer involves trauma or a surgi
cal emergency, Markel said. A "code
. three" signal identifies a neo-natal or
pediatric emergency and tells the pedi
atric team to respond.
Carolina Air Care can provide either
"hot" or "cold" loading and unloading,
depending on the condition of the pa
tient and the experience of the assisting
medical personnel, Uhlin said. "Hot"
means the helicopter stays running the
entire time of loading or unloading a
patient, he said.
Markel said air care provides the
same care and equipment as hospitals,
only in "portable mode." Nurses and
paramedics can start intravenous treat
ments, medications and chest tubes,
Markel said.
Team members must undergo 12
weeks of specialized training to learn a
broader range of emergency skills,
Markel said. The team must be trained
to handle any situation because they
rarely know what they will face until
they are on the way, she said.
"It's amazing what the human body
can live through," Uhlin said. "Several
weeks ago, we picked up this man who
had been blown through the cab of a gas
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The coal industry, which owns most
of the lands in question, believes that
the controversy involves mineral rights
within the parks, rather than the possi
bility of strip mining, said John Grasser,
director of media relations for the Na
tional Coal Association.
"The coal industry has no intention
to strip mine in national parks," Grasser
said.
Instead, the industry is concerned
with who owns the rights to the coal
beneath the land surface in national
parks, Grasser said.
The owners of the mineral rights are
entitled to compensation for whatever
coal might be on the property. How
ever, a federal law passed in 1977 that
prohibits mining of national parks has
rendered the owners' mineral rights
worthless, Hanna said.
In 1977, Congress said people who
held "valid existing rights" to the coal
under park lands deserve compensation
from the government, she said. "Valid
existing rights" pertain to people who
have mineral rights and valid permits to
mine the coal, Hanna said.
Congress's decision denied govern
ment compensation to individuals who
truck when it exploded. I thought he .
wouldn't make it, he was so burned up."
Four weeks later, the man already
has been released and has visited the
staff, Uhlin said. "He's still black and
blue, but I can't help but think this guy
should have been dead 10 minutes after
we picked him up."
Markel said her mother accused her
of being crazy for going into this line of
work. "But saving just one life is enough
to make it worthwhile," she said.
Uhlin recalled one incident when he
saw a patient again on another call. The
flight crew was waiting in the lobby of
a Dunn hospital to pick up a newborn.
"This older man recognized me and told
me I had transported him before when
he suffered a heart attack. It turned out
that we were picking up his grandson."
The staff has to divorce itself from
the fact that some patients don't make
it, Uhlin said. "But it helps to think
about those who have."
As a general rule, people who enter
the field are really special, Uhlin said.
"They have to be able to climb into a
helicopter at 2 o'clock in the morning."
But the job is not limited to making
flights across the wild, blue yonder.
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held mineral rights and were seeking
mining permits in 1977.
Congress currently is rewriting the
compensation guidelines due to numer
ous court decisions favoring the owners
of the mineral rights.
Many federal courts have decided
that denying benefits to those individu
als who were attempting to acquire per
mits in 1977 was a violation of their
Fifth Amendment right to compensa
tion, said Will Kriz, chief of the Land
Resource Division of the Department
of the Interior.
The courts ruled that a person who
owned mineral rights and made a "good
faith effort" to obtain mining permits
before the act went into effect would be
eligible for compensation, Hanna said.
Owners of the mineral rights deserve
compensation because the coal has po
tential monetary value, Kriz said.
Grasser also said the people who
possessed mineral rights but did not try
to obtain permits before 1 977 also might
deserve compensation.
"If you cut out any of the people with
coal rights you would have to ask your
self if this is not a violation of their Fifth
Amendment rights."
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time job in itself, Uhlin said. "I don't
know how they do it The paperwork is
unbelievable."
Between flights, staff members visit
patients, update assisting medical teams,
return borrowed equipment and com
plete transport reports.
In addition, each person has a niche
and responsibilities of their own such as
keeping statistics, teaching emergency
skills to police, patrolmen and rescuers
and even speaking at conventions for
emergency personnel.
Uhlin said he was responsible for
logging each flight, monitoring weather
conditions and studying new aircraft
systems. Pilots are tested every six
months even though regulations require
it only once a year, he said.
"These people are here because they
enjoy it and they are good at it," Uhlin
said. "They live for it."
He said the best thing for him was
that he was using training and experi
ence from the military and using it in a
positive way.
"Day in and out in the Army, pilots
practice maneuvers for war and killing
people," Uhlin said. "(Here) we're able
to do something with a helicopter that
actually does someone some good."
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House sustains family
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON The U.S.
Houseof Representatives on Wednes
day easily sustained President Bush's
veto of a bill requiring many busi
nesses to give their workers time off in
family emergencies. Democrats
pledged to redouble efforts to make
"family leave" a major issue in the
campaign for the White House.
The vote on the politically charged
bill was 258-169, wed short of the
two-thirds majority needed to over
ride Bush. It was die 33rd consecutive
time Bush has made his veto stick.
;: In defeat on the family-leave bill,
supporters said the veto Would rever
berate in next month's presidential
election Democrat Bill Clinton sup
ports the measure; Bush has promoted
family values" as a campaign theme.
"This issue frames this campaign,"
said U.S. Rep. Patricia Schroeder, D
Colo. "Yes, it really is about who is for
Media
"World News Tonight" later this week.
Also Wednesday, researchers from
the CBS news program, "Street Sto
ries," contacted some students on cam
pus for background information on the
issue.
Hardin said he thought it was inter
esting that the issue had reached the
national news but added that he found
the coverage an inconvenience.
"I'm not thrilled about (the national
coverage)," he said. "We need to work
on things here. National publication is
not helping things. ... It's a nuisance,
actually. It's a free country if the
press wants to cover it, that's fine."
Stone said the national attention was
exhausting, adding that he didn't think
the coverage would help the movement.
"I don't think it's helping them,"
Stone said.
"The main battle is here on this cam
pus. (The coalition) needs to go to van-
Derby Days
donated $400 to the children's hospital
this year.
"We support the North Carolina
Children's Hospital through corporate
donations," said Theresa Yoss, market
ing director for First Union. "It is a very
good cause which helps not only chil
dren in this area, but children through
out North Carolina. We're real proud to
be involved with an organization such
as that"
During the Derby Days competitions,
points are awarded to sororities for win
ning events and for raising money. At
the end of the week, the sorority that has
accumulated the most points is declared
families."
Despite the partisan split, 42 Demo
crats deserted their party and voted to
sustain Bush's veto. Thirty-eight Re
publicans voted to override their presi-;
dent.
The measure was strongly opposed
by lobbyists for small business.
Oppponents pointed to Bush's eleventh-hour
alternative, $500 million in
tax credits for businesses that grant the
unpaid leave to workers.
"There's a better, more effective
way , said House Minority Leader Bob
Michel, R-Dl. '
The action is the second time Bush
has vetoed a f ami ly-Ieave bill and made
it stick. Although he voiced support for
the concept during his 1988 election
campaign. Bush vetoed a similar mea
sure in 1990.
The action followed an emotional
debate in which supporters of the bill
both condemned Bush's veto as uncar
ous organizations to get their support
The main emphasis should be on those
organizations."
Several student groups have joined
the coalition in the past month, includ
ing Bisexuals, Gay Men, Lesbians and
Allies for Diversity and the Planner's
Discussion
long as it was on the central part of
campus and not attached to any other
building.
Wilkens clarified the long-term goals
of the coalition, pointing out that the
coalition's many other goals have been
temporarily overshadowed by the fight
for a BCC.
"The goal is to change the way things
are done on campus," he said. "We're
going to keep on working."
Wilkens said one of the
administration's tactics was to wait out
the winner. The sorority that collects
the most in donations is given a plaque.
Herford said the highlight of Derby
Days was the Dec-a-Sig event. Each
sorority dresses up a Sigma Chi mem
ber as a children's character, and the
group visits the children's hospital.
"You really can't appreciate what
Derby Days does until you go down
there and see the kids yourself," Herford
said.
Part of the money raised for the hos
pital will be used to help fund the con
struction of a sun porch on the new
pediatric surgical unit, said Teena
Anderson, assistant director of pediat
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ing and vowed that if Clinton is elected,
a tougher family-leave law would be
enacted next year.
The Senate voted 68-31 last week
to override Bush. He so far has a
perfect record of making his vetoes
stick. But the Senate vote marked the
first time in his presidency that that
body bad voted to override.
Democrats have planned for the
; override vote for a year or more, and
presidential nominee Clinton has ham
mered Busbontlialilsue.
House SpeekerThoriias Fol ty c ailed
Bush's veto "a very bad mistake" but
already waslookirig ahead to the bill 's
prospects if Glutton, a supporter of the
bill, is elected president,
"It is one of the things that will
change in a new administration,'FoIey
said. "It is one of the things that the
Clinton campaign is committed to
change and th the Congress in great
majority is committed to support" :
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Forum, a student group from the De
partment of City and Regional Plan
ning. On Wednesday night, SANG AM, the
Asian-Indian students association, voted
whether to join the coalition, but results
were not available at press time.
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the coalition, hoping that the loss of
vocal leaders who were graduating
would weaken the fight for a free-standing
BCC.
"We've prepared for that," he said.
"There are a lot of freshmen and sopho
mores involved in the movement"
Also Wednesday, SANGAM, the
Asian-Indian student association, voted
on whether to join the coalition.
SANGAM members said they could
not reveal the result of the vote until
today.
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ric services at the N.C. Children's Hos
pital. The sun porch is designed to give
children and parents a quiet place to
visit outside the hospital room, she said.
The remainder of the money is used
to sponsor monthly visits to the hospital
from Mister Rainbow the Clown.
"TheNorthCarolinaChildren'sHos
pital continues to be grateful for the
generous fund-raising efforts of the
young men and women of the Univer
sity," Anderson said.
During the past four years, Derby
Days has raised more than $45,000 to
benefit the children' s hospital, she said.
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