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i f. 1#1.l " t-, / 2 /^ J f w / Robert/C. I sham -V a '. ^jr.V'ivvH.trrV'cr-'^rJ' --1' COO-162 \ * -'t - - ;? .W J S 1 ` i ' ` *" / -* ;..' fj (.<i -srwv f*/o* O C\ [ i -1 l rj*7 Press P.eIc-as5 - P i t atod 2:30 AV. Sunday, :.vy: on I I Press Ctlicnr 1. 1379 ' - : . -: - ! :>?{ n ' : ! . .v; i . .: ' 'if . :: : I I ; *: i t -r i* * .* ;* ! yPy -ds l; i - rp 1? vt :: -- I ! -Vi tm ; ($j ?i \ ::: :| ;-/*.:.43*,:.: id: * "!'' hi C n rrib ?.y ev n 'p~ . 7 f:hrua ry 0 , the Mor.aar. vo Ch e:r.icr*.1 egiioon VII ofiicials that the cTjlorinated phenoli-- cC ds O C. i. which war solid rnil car cerai Ira nr in S t u rgeon, V.3 cn January 10 contained hc>ko ? trace c;u?.n till os c i a c en t ar.in aat >:r.ov.*r. ar cl1 c u ar.e (TCZO ) , Mon canto reported three separate- re asure events ovorr.gi nr P.' parts per billion (74, ?-3 and 40 pr,b). 7 he coup any ecu Id r.ot identify which particular forrr.s ot 7 COO '.ve-re present. Acting on this information, carry Gilmer, Region V II on -sc spill T h e r e , `w ith the -assistance oi Region VII scientists Dr. Billy Pairless and D r . Desert D. aloop:or, Dr. Carter Cot ncriorn -d 4 an a1 vsr-s which coni ir d thc- *,rcc r-nce of TCDD at a level less than 0.01 part:-: per billion, l >l r. - : - tear, had anticipated the pass: hi lily oi dicj/Cano and had bot h .perf OTined scat ar. _ point. ._ - 4 : . -i d * *: .4 vi -'.'Vi ''.vi ': U * :s ' v . -v -> '^ 4 dd Abe -r>>`PSi,! .;r.- 1 * k,'* * * ;i . VJ *. | .* -Vii V! * :! }V .: . -ii v.::aizr.1 szi er.ist s 2 1 J"PA 1:c a d n a rt0 rc in iTash ir.gvc-n , the :-q t 1r,fg rr.a:: cn is of ccnccr n , but u r l*.r*,? no o?.us2 for change in clean-up ^rocecv.r '.s currentIy under*/a; Dr. Joseph Dc-cftcr, Senior U <?dica1 Advisor to the Office o: . J 7c;-:ic S:instances, stated, "The p>ror-:::c 0 of die-:-:or.a in the spilled material eh.ranges the scope oi our rev lev;, _i 1 not represent cause for rdirr. nt the levels r e p o r t e d ." D r . So : fto r f.0 d ]o ad a 10-art o f r*ed i e d ar.d eub I ie hc-a11h cyr.erts be:oro a tcv.*n moc-1ir.r in Sturge0 :*, on Th re or.ay * !;i5 0 01 : O CJ night,, at the request of T?r.a10 r ~'h as ;`agio 10 r.. among residents is: still strong, as odors from the Spill 1ir.per. Sc liter's croup anevered ones tiers on the hr,ever, end *1 d suspected effects of phenol VK - T / . . - . v . v : - v- compounds, especially ortho that time to be present in preparing ?. report of roc cm the area, to be presented e Additional samples of the shipped rate-rial have boon obtained from liensar,to by beg.lor. VII of iJ.ci&ls . 'These- arc v being prepared for further analysis, Stover Jell inch , >:?A ;] Assistant Administrator for Tonic Substance:-*, a-ill be? meeting.; with Seif t o r 's group cn Tone ay to coord ir.atc further aativi tics ,:V.*e intend to tahe all necessary steps to assure the continued identification nnd removal of there spilled chemicals," * Jellineh declared. d P A headquarters v i 11 -rev ^ v; -b 'ion VII with any assistance needed to complete the job and protect the health, of local r o d :h r t s ,"