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AtffflSTOri, ALA. SIAH A. II,ML suit 32,109 AUG 1 S79 No Weiss Lake restrictions seen with new PCB standard MONTGOMERY -- A recent change In Mml regslaUnas that knm the Inula i a chemical padataat allowed la fish Iraoiaerted aeroaa Halt lines will dm mm restrtctiani flaking at Weiss lake la CkankM Coaoty, state baaltk alHdala My. The Feed and Dni( Administration haa board tho aUuwable level al PCB Ipetychtorhmted hlphanyli) la liah (ram Haa parti par milllaa to too parti par miiliim Thaegli tka PCB laval ia mow Wataa Laba Hah may ncaad that amaoat, Ilia Stata Public Haalth Dapartmant does aat ptaa to laaaa any aao warnlaga or raatrlet HaMap la tka ana, said department tpakemn Hod Stall kaalth aftldala Mill maintaia that tka laval at PCB contamination in tka' roaarvoir ta ba barmful la hamani, said W.T. Wlllla. alata director of environmental kaalth. ' "The FDA's aao ragalatioaB an really meant to apply to the Mndoao River tin Neo York) and the Gnat Uses. oihan the PCB level* an mack higher," laid WilUa. la lakontory testa, PCBs have bean knooB In caaaa cancer ia rail. Ia 1I7S, a group at citiaaas. many at them Chenkae Caaattaai, Bled a darn action ault against too iadnalriaa in connacUon oith the paUoUon of Wain Lake. The plaintiffs - many of whom ooa boaiaaaaaa on the lakefrent -- any the discharged PCBa into the Coosa River by a CMeral Electric plant near Rome, Ga.. haa adversely affected their ability to earn a living Weiaa Lake foeda from the Coosa River. The soil, which asks perhaps the largest damages at any sad Had ia Alabama Mdtory -at bUUea - also names Monsanto Cara, an a datadaaL Monsanto is the firm ohiak manufactured and eold tka PCBa to GE. Depositions an still being taken in the case, said a spokesman hi the U.& District Court clerk's otlica ia Birmingham No data has baaa set for a pre-trial prorvedlag. the apakaaahM and. In addition to the rtasa action the State of Alabama inlerveetd ia the case Former state Attorney General BUI Bosley asked compensatory danSMSS el I million lor the Mala plea SHUN in punitive damages. | HONS 001862