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PUtASKI, f|. y democrat W.MW The Ami Arbor News ANN AKGOIt, MICK. D. 39,398 SUN. 37,239 ..FEB 801978 . | Sealed Landfills Suggested For PCB Materials LANSING <UI*I) -- The Mate's top en vironmental official has recommended use of settled landfills (o dispose of harmful PCD-contatning materials banned under House-passed legislation nearing action on (he Senate floor. Howard Tanner, director of Ihc * Department of Nolura) Hesourccs, said Thursday he te disarnxiinlrd that the sole U.S. |nriufnfiurer of the ehenm'iiT-- the Klonwiiiiln Co, -- in nm nliciin^ complete jtyjiMiKMr7nciliiiex in tro alone with its plan to atop nritt1l><,,Mri Ttio only Rood alternative, Tanner told the Senate Conservation Committee, is an "extremely carefully constructed, sealed iHtulfiir with clay barriers pre venting any J'CH from escaping. One of the major concerns of legisla tors is Hint few adequate disposal facllties exist, while conventional disposal would result in greater environmental contamination. Conservation Committee members said they expect to send the bill to the full Senate early next week. It prohibits Michigan businesses from selling, manufacturing or using polychlorinated biiihenyt or an item containing 250,000 parts per million of the chemical as of July i. By Jan. I. 1078. no Item containing more than 100 parts per million could be . used in Michigan, with the exception of sealed electrical systems which could be phased out gradually. - PCB has found IhmiRands of commcri- clal and industrial uses since it was in troduced in 1920. The chemical has been jinked to the deaths of Great Lakes fish and wildlife and poses a potential threat to human health. ' --___ FEB 4 1976 Zagame reports possible solution to PCB problem ^Assemblyman John R. Zngame noted his pleasure Assemblyman Zagame Zagame has recently stated a.L the announcement jrts>_ said that legislation be has - his belief that "a national week bv the Monsanto CofT been preparing for somr solution to the difficult en* pottaliort--which is jhc_ sole time, which "would hav< vironmental problems U S. producer of PCB. that essentially accomplished IV caused by the chemical PCD ^is at last in sight." the comiiany irflends fo nliase Nc^rYoiTr^antTo'nsnnloIins out the production of PCD, PoImiTeoroil 15 do nation' replacing it \v?nrTnoT<r~en- wlde7'~m?jx. novy_lhc--held vjrqnmcntally acceptable ^'uiiTcsslt is determined that substitutes. ` specific legislation is needed FOB, which is used in the to insure that Ihc phase-out Is manufacture of electrical and completed within a Industrial capacitors and reasonable lime." HJlflld transformers, has been found that legislation to. ban tlw to cause serious health forci'.'n important ,,ot PCB hazards to human beings. It InuiL HJcw York" muy has also shown up in tests of ultimately~bc neejej to Lake Ontario salmon 'ihsiuLtLlhai~TdonsanTo' restocking program in Production of PCB is not Oswego County. replaced with foreign Assemblyman Zagame sources." feels that "given the phase "In "the meantime," he out of this chemTcaTIjy concluded, "I commend the Monsanto, we can now'Iook Monsanto Corporation for its fauiaijtifL.lhg. dttdppiQCffli decision to net now to ScginTo V/AHPETON, N. DAK. dfjBJnAJOC fishing industry In end the PCD problcm'lor NEWS D. 0.333 Qswego County, which in turn future generations' should help spur our "local .economy," ' T* _FEB 17 1976 It is estimated that as many as 16,000 fishermen per day will visit Oswego County Fisherman during the salmon season. "These fishermen," ac cording to Zagame, "will lose heavy need food, shelter, fishing equipment, gasoline, and to pollution other supplies, which means a boom to local business and Increased employment op WASHINGTON (AP) -- An estimate that Great Lakes commercial fisher- . portunities for those en terprising Oswegoanians who will serve these sportsmen." men lost 090,000 a year because of chemical pol lution is "rock bottom" Rep. Les Aspin. D-Wis , said today. He said the losses were caused by a group of in dustrial chemicals called . polychlorinated biphenyl tPBC). Excessive PCB content has interfered with marketing of chub, carp and lake trout, Aspin said. He has introduced legislation that would ban the import and interstate shipment of PCBs. , MONS 032450