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WATERTOWN DAILY TIMES WATERTOWN. It T. () 43.000 TCUPPEO 8Yl SEP 3 1975 IBACONSJ Vermont Lakes Eyed for Chemical MONTPELIER. Vt. (AP)--A survey oi state wa terway. la being conducted by the Vermont Environ mental Conaervation Agency to check tor a po tentially ding.mil chemi cal that haa been found in New York waters. The chemical, polychiortnated biphenyl, known aa PCB/has appeared in high Emrceotrationa in aamplea taken from the Hudaon River in New York and waa found In exceaa of aet limita In a recant New York aurvey in Lake Champlain. Specific reeulta of the tecta will be known In about three weeka when the testa are completed, said Dr. Theodore Huller, deputy commlaaioner for programa and research in New York State's Department of En vironmental Conaervation. Samples are being taken from the lake in the Platts burgh. N.Y. and Ticonderoga, N.Y., area, ha eald. Jarnea Morse, an aquatic biologist with the Vermont Water Rasourcaa Depart ment. said testa for PCB In the Shelburne Harbor indi cate amounts wall within safe levels. Morse said the agency will check tributaries to Lake Champlain as wall as poods and streams in the state tor the chemical, but ha said it did not appear to bo a problem throughout the state, j/ HONS 032814