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NCWtLL W. ELLISON H THOMAS AU6TERN HOWARD C WESTWOOD CHARLES A. HOR8KY DONALD HISS JOHN T. BAPIENZA JAMES M. Me GLOTH LIN ERNEST W. JENNES STANLEY L. TEMKO JAMES C. Me KAV JOHN W DOUGLAS HAMILTON CAROTHER3 J RANDOLPH WILSON ROBERTS B OWEN EDGAR E. CZARRA. JR WILLIAM H. ALLEN DAVID B ISBELL JOHN . JONES. JR. PAUL R DUKE PHL'P R. STANSBURY CHARLES A MILLER RICHARD A BRADY ROBERT E. O'MALLEY EUGENE I LAMBERT JOHN VANDERSTAR NEWMAN T. HALVORSON. JR HARVEY M. APPLEBAUM MICHAEL S. HORNE JONATHAN D BLAKE CHARLES E. BurroN ROBLOT N SAVLER E. EDWARD BRUCE OAVID N. BROWN PAUL J TAGLIABUE ANDREW W SINGER DAV'D M. HICKMAN RUSSELL H. CARPENTER, JR. NICHOLAS W. FELS THEODORE L GARRETT JOHN G. LAYLIN FONTAINE C. BRADLEY EDWARD BURLING. JR. JOEL BARLOW J, HARRY COVINGTON W CROSBY ROPER. JR. DANIEL M GRIBBON HARR-' L. SHNIDERMAN DWOILNLIVA.MHASRTARNISL.EJYR. .JR. WEAVER W. DUNNAN EDWIN M. ZIMMERMAN JEROME ACKERMAN HENRY P SA'LER JOHN H. SCHAFER ALFRED H. MOSES JOHN Li MOYNE ELL COTT DAVID E.McGIFFERT H. EDWARD DUNKELBERGER, JR. BRICE McADOO CLAGETT JOHN S. KOCH PETER BAR-ON MUTT CYRIL V SMITH, JR. MARK A. WEISS HARR'S WEINSTEIN JOHN B. DENNISTON PETER J NICKLES MICHAEL BOUD'N BINGHAM B. LEVERICH ALLAN J. TOPOL VIRGINIA G . WAT KIN R.CHARD D. COPAKEN CHARLES LISTER PETER D. TROOBOrr WESLEY 9. WILLIAMS, JR. DORIS D. BLAZEK WILLIAM D. IVERSON Covington & Burling 866 SIXTEENTH STREET. N.W. WASHINGTON. D. C. 20006 TELEPHONE: (021 A5E-BOOO WRITER'S OIRECT DIAL NUMBER December 23, 1926 TWX.7IO 022-0009 TELEX 09-993 CABLE COVLING . S COHEN MEMORANDUM TO PCB AD HOC COMMITTEE MEMBERS Enclosed is a copy of the brief filed yesterday on behalf of PCB Ad Hoc Committee of the EIA with EPA. Thus far, we have received the opening briefs of four of the other parties to the proceeding: EPA, Westinghouse, the Environmental Defense Fund and the Natural Resources Defense Council. Due to the bulk of these briefs (in excess of 300 pages) we are not enclosing them to all members of the committee at this time. We are, however, forwarding copies of all the briefs to Mr. Richard Rollins and will forward any one or all of the briefs to any of you upon request. The EPA staff, along with the two environmental groups, in its brief asks for a zero discharge limit due to the substantial health hazards allegedly posed by PCBs in the environment. Both EPA and EDF place strong em phasis on the possible carcinogenicity of PCBs without mentioning the fact that Aroclor 1016 has never been shown to have any carcinogenic effects even at very high levels. NRDC and EDF both seek to exclude con siderations of technology and economics entirely from the setting of a standard. EPA argues that such factors have a distinctly subsidiary role. We will be filing and therefore we would your comments and suggest as possible. a reply brief on January 5 (date it if you could give Rollins as soon NicKTes' Steven S. Rosenthal John Michael Clear cc: Messrs. Tyler Nourse David Wood ^6 PCB-ARCH0746888 000000065.00000'