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NODTHUr M. W1KCMUT* MM
FEB 22 I9S3
EPA dispute merits
a thorough airing
The IntMMaUI Protection board Motor amanfacturer. good
Agency. cetabMahed to dm op PCBo Bn tke late lMOe to the
the ootioo'a air. water and other early 1870s. HBDaaato was a
resources should flrst heal Itself auppMcr of the (hild. which la
forthwith of current Internal bo- suspected of causing caacsr.
I reaueratle ailments.
Ms. LaeeDe conducted the ae-
UntU It does. BPA forfetts gotlatfaus with Outboard aad
whatever credibility It hss Monsanto. bop oOldala wow ac-
earned ea the aatlon's environ- hBowledge the talks under taves-
oeatal watchdog.
tlgatloo by the Juatice Depart-
Needed la a thorough ahiad of meat to determine If any
the conditions wlthhi the BA ulxnlnal activity waa involved,
under the leadership of Ann Ocr- Also la need of an airing Is the
such Burford aad Mta U. Lav- monegiaiiiit of the SPA'S >180.7
elle. one of Burford'a deputies. adlWow "superfund." which Is
who eras llred February 7.
collected bom chemlral aad oth-
What Is not aesded. however, er rrunpanies for uee la -i--i<g
la a stampede of Ceumwaaioual baxardoue waste sites,
ooaimlttsss Many of the panels Over the warhead, it was dis-
are properly Involved, others are dosed that aa audit of the food
obviously latent oa sharing the had been unable to show that
apotUgbt in the mushrooming >63.6 nriMon had been ripawded
controversy.
far ha Intended parpoaee.
Notahhataadlng tbs political The foregoing. phis the re-
dlfferaacaa. there appears to be ports of laving tapes. shredded
eaoa0i easoka hang from the documents aad other rtandse
PA to aorroat a fall-scale tine activities. atlra chilling rec-
protre to detaradae the source. ollectlooa of the 1970a Water-
Typical of the cases at Issue la gate trauma, in the BPA case,
the polluting of yahe Mtrhlgan the only acceptable treatment le
at Waukegan, in., with up to 1.7 an objective, thorough airing of
milhoo pounds of PCBs.
all the circumstances.
The agency aald Outboard Ma
rine. the nation s Mrgeet oat-
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HONS 019353