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i f/2: February 14 , 19 79 AI: . V Il)i PESTICIDE & TOXIC CHEMICAL NEWS ^ T S Is Preparing Pot io n Paper on Use of Labeling As a Regulatory Option Although stressing that at this point no commitment has been made to go foward with a Section 6 labeling standard, Kelly pointed out that she has a group of staffers looking at the option of developing a generic labeling standard as an alternative regu lat ory option under Se ct ion 6 (See J a n . 1 7 , Page- 2). DeKany called the effort "development of an i s s u e paper on the pros and cons of l a b e l i n g " and emphasized that no major manpower commitment w ill be made to the project until that paper is evaluated. Kelly observed that if the decision is made to go forward with l a b e l i n g , it might develo p on similar lines to the Section 4 te stin g r u le s, in'that a labeling standard might be developed first and th en , subsequently, labeling rules might be developed to apply the standards to a specific set of c h e m ic a ls . She a lso noted that a labeling standard could be adopted voluntarily by industry and said that in some c a s e s it would offer sufficient protection so that other regulation wouldn't be needed. The p r e s e n t i n t e r a g e n c y effort on labe lin g would feed into the S e c t i o n 6 standard d e v e l o p ment effort if it is determined to proceed with a labeling standard at this time, Kelly sa id . O : dd found' in so il_at_orthqjchloro phenol sp il l jsite.lnIsturgeo ld^m o . A s o i l samp le taken from the s i t e of an orth ochl oroph enol s p ill from a railroad tank c a r in Stur ge on , Mo. , l a s t month c o n t a in e d 2 , 3 , 7 , 8 - T C D D at a l e v e l l e s s than 0.01 p .p .b . , according to the Environmental Protection Agency. M onsanto Chemical Company had told the a g e n c y that sam p les of the shipment of orthochlorophenol contained trace amounts of TCDD, according to three sampling results which were 34 d. p. b. , 36 p . p . b . , and 40 p . p . b . , averaging 37 p .p .b . Dr. J o s e p h S e i f t e r , Senior M e d i ca l Advisor, O f f i c e of T o x i c S u b s t a n c e s , EPA, . commented that the presence of TCDD "in the spilled material changes the s c o p e of our re v ie w , but does not represe nt c a u s e for alarm at the l e v e l s reported. " The co nt a m in at ed area is being c le a n e d up, EPA s a i d , and r e s i d e n t s who were e v a c u a t e d afte r the s p il l have returned to th ei r h o m e s . EPA said the TCDD finding " is of concern, but presents no ca u se for change in c le a n -u p procedures currently underway. " This w e e k , h o w e v e r , an EPA o f f ic ia l said ev e n though the l e v e l s of TCDD were lo w , the a g en cy will do bio lo gica l and i n - h o u s e monitoring for TCDD in Sturgeon. The agency has also determined that soil clean-up is needed. o COO 13 3 <