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NA/AAOOUS WASTE -- A leak from this storage tank at German Boulevard and Dwyer Road In Frontenac could pollute Deer Creek, EPA officials say. The tank holdu 10,000 gallons of waste oil contaminated with PCB, a known carcinogen. Safeguard on Oil Tank In Frontenac Sought HONS 00 7690 by J. Pulitzer Thu Environmental Protection Agency Is Acting to rcrrpcl the Russell Bliss Drain Oil Service Co. to install safeguards against pos sible spills Irom a storage tank m Frontenac. The iO.(XK)gailon tank holds waste oil cortamiiuti-d with [jolychlonnated ty phoids (PCBs), a substance that has been shown to cause cancer in lest animals, EPA officials sard. . The tar.k is 'tear Boulevard and Dwyer Road. Oiiicers of the Bliss firm would not comment on the allegations. Thu LPA lias scheduled a hearing Dec 7 at 10 a.ni. at the Civil Courts Building in Si Louis at which the firm must explain why it has no olans lor spill prevention and lor countemiUrtsuri'S. such as dikes to contain spills. Such sale-wards are required under the Federal Clean Water Act to keep damjerous substances irom contaminating waiut supplies. Dan Shlul. a stall attomny from EPA's regional office In Kansas City, said that the (inn must submit such emergency plans or lace lines of up lo f!j.U(X) for each violation. LPA ntlm.iU said Ihcy had been aware of the problem since Apnl 1977, when tnspcc- Ptprs Talks tors visited the site. The officials were uncertain where the waste oil came from, or how it was contaminated with PCBs, Shiel said the agency's enforcement action was based only on containment provisions )f the Clean Water Acl and did not consider he separata hazard of the carcinogenic =CBs. Officials said an EPA analysis of the waste >tl Indicated PCBs amounting to about 54 jarts per million, well below the agency's current legal standard of 500 parts per miUorr for defining a hazard. But a proposed change in the regulation would lower that standard to 50 parts per miUion, officials noted At this point, however, the agency cannot take action on the suspected cancer-causing agents in the oU. officials said. But the PCBs are a major concern to Frontenac city officials and residents, said David Wilson, director of the Coalition for the Environment here. Wilson said his group had received several calls from area residents asking about the tank and its contents. Frontenac officials also have begun legal action to force removal of the oil. "Russell Bliss has a kisioty of improper disposal of waste materials in the area. Wilson said. "The coalition hs dealt with h-m on several occasions. We believe the Missouri Department of Natural Resources has the authority to force Bliss to remove these wastes. We would iiope also dial they would investigate rhe possibility of criminal prosecution." A list of 103 sites recently investigated by EPA officials included three other facilities m Missouri, the nearest 4 former U S. Army chemical plant at Weldon Springs m St. Charles Coumy. EPA officials said the Weldon Springs site, which the Army closed nine yean ago. is sail dangerous because low-level radiation detected there could contaminate surface and ground water sources nearby. Other dangerous wastes are stored at a disposal site operated by Conservation Chemical Co. of Kansas City at tha confluence of the Missouri and Blue Rivers. EPA officials said. The facility, established in 1959. handles waste fluids from steel manufacturing and other substances, including acids, vne cyanide solution, chromium, nickel stripping solution and "pickle liquor ' liom nearby sleel mills, another toxic lluid I I It\' almost holiday euest timr! Bi-State Bus Tax Imperiled toy F'Cto W. Urtdack* It. to. i.sk .<11 Vn handle ol the V dir a earned out Bi-Siew urouW Isa* about UJ milion n revenue 1* could lead to thuhkm n d but active#*r*v to Januaiy. 0. Sola otttn.it have laid "H MrKeiv runwniet < d.wwx m 8. State ol *hat ip pukrtet thould he. thle wOu-'d lend to trtuJiki opitcernon from Si Lmnt County Iryalatow." Scott M < -And Mark ^hUcin lend to onwe the a renewal Ml Ixcaute they clam Bi Swte Two Mark aenetort tom Si Loua. Gwen B CUn and .1H lietl Banht. both Uamo era*. Mid dial they agreed u*ih McNaty't comfiatnl do) ttt State t budget te Bankt. who tuu oppoted eoenaion ol Uw ettintoy lot the hut uihudy iai x o*i imdona. laid that ha wwM lake dm yen*, gun In ihe Cimetal Auembly tctaion that betotaJan 3 Hn Gift told that the did not undetawnd taw MrNary could complex that the county HA/Attnous U 4fi II. -, leak /rum rkle arrowye tnnl m Gi-mm In i.rd "d Uttyrr RaM lx kronr.nac ceWdpolfuJr Urn Creek. EPA nj/lrleil tap. TV tank ho/de 10.000 (Man* a/ m( oil (diuotIwm/ irMA PCB, a Safeguard on Oil Tank In Frontenac Sought toy J. PuMtnr The Environment*! Prownon Agency it acting in rrjmpel Mv HuvteS Dlrtt Gram Oil Senate Cu in muaL wlegu-uA agaimt pot- uble tfidt linn a Muraryr tank in kiuntenac The ill.ikJU galon lank hrldt waala all contaminated with poly, toonnatad by phenoh a tubuame dial hat hern thmen to tauae center n Hal anxtalt. EPA uklnik Mid . The Uirsn p near Gentian lloulevard and (haver Hoad Ottattt ol tire flkw ttm would nut comment on die eUrqetone The bPA ha* Kheduieri n iwanng Dec T MlOtiti at lha Ck* Cnunt BmUttig in St Loud at wnah the him mud nplwn why roumatmeetuiei tuch at ilewa to contain HnAt Such Mhaphiiat eiv requeed under dun ol Mamma'i live memtwn on die Bt-Stale Comronaion air tom St Lous County But the inltl that MrNaty mat on aeMd pokttral ground In quaeMnxg 81 Stale ' retronuve m The aw law that grima a hut tubudy m M be culleel.d in Si Louu and Si Lou* Cokinty esvtei on lx* 31. 1VTS The water tuppbaa Dan SKmI. a ttaff anunicy hum ETA* mgronai olficc x Kantat C ty. 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