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THE NEW YORK TIMES, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY iS. im E.P.A. Plans Harbor Cleanup CHICAGO. Feb. M (AP) -- The Envi- 1959 to 1972. When the harmful effects ef n--innl Protection Agency said PCB's were discovered in 1972. the com today th.'.i it waft gome a!**) with plans pany stopped using it and stepped lor moltimiUiorMloUar cleanup of the dumping any waste Into the harbor. PCB-polluted Waukegan harbor. PCB's, or polychlorinated biphenyls, Aim*** five years of litig-tioo with sre suspected of causing cancer to tub* Ike Outboard Marine Ccrpuration. racovy animals. wMch is accused of dumping PCB-laden valdas Ademkua, the environmental mu aNo the harbor over 17 yean, agency's reftonal administrator hero, fafled to produce a settlement. said the Federal Government would we are in the final hours of reathirg pay 90 percent of the dredging and dis a contract with the state of Illinois f*>r the cleanup." said the E.P A 's regionsI ipjbeemen Robert Hanian. 'Once ne* gotiations are concluded, a study will is posal costs in Waukegan harbor from the c~ncy's special Sl.S billion tend. 11- IL'ttis :1! pav the remaimng 10 percent, he said. made which will characterise what :ias Mr. Haitian said the state mom la he done. It is possible that ckrsnup designate where the dredged sediments nark win actually start within a year '' safeiy can be dumped and must take Several news organisations have re* ported that the Waukegan harbor case Is one of those involved ki the ouster from the E.P.A. of lliu M. Lavelle. who was a--Want administrator for solid waste and emergency reponse. (The New York Times, quoting hr?h officials of tho agency, reported Monday that Mlse Lavelle had met with officials of Outboard Marino on the Waufcevan case withouttelling Government lawyers ] UJ. Sued Company hi If7t ovet monitoring of the harbor sfg month* alter work is completed. Cost Estimated at msnmoa Mr. Adamkus estimated the cost of me cleanup at SH million, adding that company estimates of MO million to Sit million "are greatly eaaggarated.*' If necessary, he said, the Justice De partment can sue Outboard Marine later fer tr.ple damages to recover the cleanup costs. "We have exhautted every concelv- hi 1971 The Federal Government, in* Me avenue for e negotiated senlo- vuidng the Clean Water Act Hi 1971. m*m."Mr Adamkus said. sued Outboard Marine and the Mon He said that PCB's is concentrations santo Company of Si. Louis, which of 1.000 ports per million had beta found manafaemred the PCB's. a Federal in the Waukrean harbor and that M District Caen In Chicago. Monsanto parts or more per million was regarded woo a dismissal from th- case. as a health hazard. Tim environmental agency says Out "This is ihs highest conctntsticn hi board Marine d-r^-rd an estimated t? the country*.'' tie said. "We are talking million pounds of lubricating oil *a>te | about one million pounds ef PCB's ta coatabung PCB's into the harbor from the sediments." MONS 019519