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PREPAREDNESS STATEMENT Anniston Plant PCS Incident Kirch 16, 198] we have been advised that the soil Conservation Service hit found ralitivaly low levels (low ppm range) of Polychlorinati Biphenyls (PCBt) In I of 22 eort lupin of sediment taken from Choceolocco Creek in the Anniston arte. The templing was done at part of advance prepartion for dredging the creek. The creek feeda the Creek and ultimately flows to the Coots River. Monsanto'a Annlaton plant formerly manufactured PCBe, ceasing production there in 1971. Plant official* are satiating the Alabama Department of Environmental Management and the Conservation Service in developing a sound technical plan daalgnet to enable the dredging in en environmentally acceptable manner. PCBe are oily llquida with the eoneiatency of mineral oil. They were end atlll ere used mostly ee insulation fluida in eloaed-ayatem electrical equipment. Prior to 1970, when it wee confirmed that they realat biodegradation once thay enter the environment, they were also used in e wide rtnge of other application* such as heat transfer end hydraulle fluida and carbonises copy paper. . It is now known that PCBe are ubiquitous la the environment, i.e., they ere commonly found in smell trace amount* in many rivers end etraama. MOMS 019321 WATER PCB-SD0000067178 2- . Toc thaaa riiion*, it would ba unproductive to try to identify the aource of tha ?C8 in Choceoloceo Creak, / atpacially tinea the creak readily accept* turftea watar runoff fro* aueh of tha City of Anniaton. foOoNotai See aetaehad Konaanto poaltion atatanant which addraasat tha toaicifcy and haalth affacta of pci*. HONS Ci32A WATER PCB-SD0000067179