SECTION 2 - PAGE 5 - PLA11MDKALKR-HERALP, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, Nation/World Health vs. dollars in gas ban By Janet Shedd petroleum marketers who (ear a and his office is reviewing the statewide ban. We wan United Press International SPRINGFIELD - When motorists pull into a gas station, they usually see three pumps: one for unleaded gasoline, one for leaded gasoline and, in some places, another for alcohol- blended fuel, such as ethanol. But one of those pumps may soon become a thing of the past in Illinois if a drive to ban the sale of leaded gasoline is successful. Backers say health problems linked to the lead in car exhaust fumes prompted the proposed ban. Small children are par ticularly susceptible to lead in the air and soil, which can lead to behavioral and physical pro blems, they say. On the other side of the issue are petroleum state ban -- prior to a national ban -- would drive customers to neighboring states. In addition, the fuel is needed to operate some farm equipment and other types of vehicles, others say. Bans on leaded gas sales have already been approved by the Chicago City Council and the Cook County Board, though neither ban is yet in effect. An extra tax on the fuel currently is being levied in Chicago and East St. Louis of ficials are considering a similar tax. In the Legislature, at least three measures are pending that set up a state ban on leaded gas sales, in addition, Gov. James R. Thomp son has expressed support for pro hibiting the sale of leaded gasoline Utah officials set limit on big game International SALT LAKE CITY - Antelope, buffalo, deer and other big-game animals still roam throughout Utah, but some species are so rare that state officials place strict limits on annual hunting license sales. "For example, only three Rocky Mountain goat permits will be available this year, down from four last year," said Utah Wildlife Resources Division spokesman Steve Phillips. "Wildlife biologists feel many of the goats were lost to the severe winter and they want to be conser vative in the 1985 hunt," said Phillips. And division big game biologist Walt Fitzgerald said, "We have good, stable populations of buf falo, moose, goats and bighorn sheep. And we want to keep them that way so we tend to be cautious in the numbers of hunting permits offered each year." Except for the annual deer hunt, Utah restricts license sales in several ways, including limiting some permits to once-in-a-lifetime drawings for such rare species as buffalo, desert bighorn sheep, moose and Rocky Mountain goats. In recent years the Utah Legislature has been somewhat ^ tightfisted with its appropriations to the Wildlife Resources Division, forcing the state agency to come up with new ways of raising money for its programs. To pump extra funds into its cof fers, the division has started sell ing one permit each to the highest bidder for buffalo and desert with a said. 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This year the state will offer 13 resident permits for desert bighorn sheep and one nonresi dent license. "In addition, one sheep permit again will be awarded to the highest bidder," Phillips said. "The minimum bid is $20,000. Last year the permi t ne t ted $35,000 for the desert bighorn management program." The high bidder in that hunt, however, also obtains the services of a guide to help his locate the sheep which live in the rugged and remote Canyonlands area on the east side of the Colorado River. In the drawing for buffalo, Phillips said state residents will have a chance for 40 permits, up from 32 last year. Four nonresi dent permits for hunting buffalo will also be available. "As in recent years, an addi tional buffalo permit will be awarded to the highest bidder, with a minimum bid of $3,000," Phillips said. "And, for the first time, one moose permit will be available on a similar high-bid basis, starting ng results of a series of statewide hearings held on the matter last yearr. Gare th Johnson, an ad ministrator for the state Public Health Department, says studies show an apparent link between lead levels in blood and leaded gasoline. "We're not saying that leaded gasoline, by itself, is causing un due lead absorption ... but it is a significant contributing factor," Johnson said. Leaded gasoline is responsible for about 80 percent of the lead in the air, Johnson said. The pro blem has been compounded by people illegally using cheaper, leaded fuel in vehicles that, since 1973, have been designed for unleaded gas only. But even lead at sustained low levels can cause problems, such as hyperactivity, in children as they grow older, he said. There's no way to avoid lead exposure, he said, because "there is no way to avoid breathing." But others think any action to ban the sale of leaded gasoline should come on the national level first -- not the state. Oil distributors and retailers fear they will lose customers to neighboring states unless a leaded gas ban is nationwide. Farm equipment, antique autos, boats and some other internal combus t ion engines , such as lawn mowers, require leaded gas, other critics of the proposed sale ban point out. "We ' re opposed to an statewide ban. We want it on a na tional level," said Daniel Creedon of the I l l ino is Pe t ro leum Marketers Association. "I don't know how they figure it's going to reduce the lead in the air. It's go ing to blow across the borders (from neighboring states)." Rep. Richard Mautino, a Spring Valley Democrat, is sponsoring legislation that would block a state ban. A leaded gas ban would set up a "monopolistic situtation" at the pumps, with only unleaded gas or alcohol-blended fuels to chose from. "I don't believe that a total, statewide ban on leaded gas is a proper step to take," he said. In the end, though, state and local lawmakers may have the decision taken out of their hands by the federal government. There's a question of whether the state even has the power to set up a ban on its own -- or whether that is the exclusive province of the federal government. And even if the state does have that power, the U.S. Environmental Protec tion Agency could beat Illinois to the punch. The U.S. EPA has proposed a dramatic reduction in the lead content of leaded fuel by the end of 1986, with a nationwide ban on leaded fuel expected to follow several years later. Specific rules are expected to be announced by>the federal agency within the next few weeks, state environmental officials said. Depending on what those rules are, officials say any state action could be rendered moot. 9tS LOOKING For a Little Action? COME LOOK US OVER! 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