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t' Carolina Source of PCB Spills a Mystery It LENOX RAWLINGS IMCM TV* Mim-CMIMlai RALEIGH - Brown sUim tbit lUrted appearing beside seen* North CtroUne nods enrlier this month provoked one of the Mote's rreitest mysteries. The diemicti thst produced the sains, wilted (rase end pot off e fool odor contented tonic PCB* (polychlorinated bi phenyl), e synthetic sabsunce once seed ss tnsoletion in trsnsformen. PCB* hove closed concer in leborstory enimels end Sate officiels hove die(nosed .the chemiceL pieced wernIng itfns beside reeds in shout IS Auntie* end worked on pines for diiptwlng of the weste. However, they heve not found the source of the spills, which heve been presumed delhcnta. Under suspicion is e l*r(e, hleck anker truck ootlced by one resident lea el night Officiels theorise thet e lira mue the chemicel. probehly in transformer work, dumped the worn to svoid the cost of burning it in incinerators a ihi--i-- it to e disposal site. : The Highwey Patrol issued an alert ter New Jersey end Connecticut license plates in general. Others suspect the truck came from Virginia. In at least one instance, traces of the chemical were toned beside a rood, then stopped at an isteraectton and ruamaad an the other de of the intersection. - , See N. CAROLINA, Foge 17-C M. -7 / ,'S^ ' Carolina ConHnuwd From Pago 16-C Slate Boreea of InveeUgatiao hat Gtisem have eatied teO-froa numbers te entered tea caae and Attorney General Rate offer dues and lafermatioo about acme of the L. EdotMen said Ue office la tnattog II aa a qpUk, which occurred on several Afferent criminal natter. days. Patrolmen stopped one tanhrr truck sacs As tee investigation continued laat weak. near New Bern by a motorist, but tee truck Gov. James & Hunt Jr. announced teat all wae carrying only water. areas contaminated by tee chemical wHl be The state baa asked Monsanto treated and teen excavated a depth of three Corp. ef St Louis for a list ei companies that laches. The excavation effort will cover about bought the chemical, which was used eaten- SM miles ef roadside, including tee edges of rivoly hi tlw late IMQs. 11a EPA stepped same firids where tee chemical lao spilled. burial f liquid PCB* last April until it could The project could coot up to Ri million, write now dkspeoal standards, and soma offi which would be paid for by the state and, if cials believe the baa was one reason tee Hunt is successful, the UA Environmental rbemirsl was emptied illegally. Protectian Agency. Hunt's aonouncement came mere than a friyft- week after the chemical was identified. He d> fended tee delay at a prose conference *1 o Sana ef Lt Gov. Jamm C Green's udd. Ten can always find a way te da 1ft bat ter. Van amsta't go around panicking peopte and they had te bt sure they had It rijt% Health officials ongiaolly decidtd to forego a maasive testing and adeentton pro gram, saying that the chemical was lam dan- friends have pfamnad a fund ribring roast next month te help Green pay elf a towering 123,- M debt from the 1971 rampaipt Son Robert Morgan. Rep. Bie F. Andrews and retiring N.C. gupreme Court Justice L Beverly Lake will at tend tee ISO a plate affair, which tome Demo crats say wU hart fuad-rejoing efforts by gereus than many bauaebold chemicals. A Senate aominee John R. Ingram. major testing program could Icod Hum Ingram whose financial resources are aemsary panic, some officials sail dwarfed by those of Republican Sen. Jesse A. The administration's latest rmponea will Holms, sought to obtain tome money last week tnrhide band delivery of printed notices on rfhy playing a bit part m a dinner theater PCB* to all raedents who live near the af 1 arenoction in Greensboro. Patron paid 125 fected roadsides and deployment of extra pa each for dinner and Ingram's lines in >Ma trolmen at aight to watch for further spills. Hard Feelina." -\ ATLANTA, BA. JOURNAL CONSTITUTION S b??.!38 AH ANIA Wt HM9A* 11 AN At* A AU3 20 i:7U .f ~ HONS 01L1L0