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San Francisco, CA (San Francisco Co.) Chronicle (Cir. 5xW. 504,644) (Cir. Sat. 463,919) FEB 23 1981 . Sacramento ...... . ................... . ..The EPA recently certified two ,7,ii.McC__l_e_ll_a_n AjtiP._o__rc..e.'_B_a_s_e__o_f_fi- VTcommercial sites for similar PCB, cials say they won't dispose of the burning, at Deer Park, Texas, and- chemical PCB by burning after all. El Dorado, Ark. McClellan's com- ' mL ' mancling1 officer^ Major General * ie announcment Dewey Lowe,' said in a statement . ended^ nearly ipur years of .efforts .^ ttiat;tlie ^ertificationljwa's' av factor-: ;f o get APP1^aL-;frpm.^ni^erousj,^:^in tjje decision to ahandori the 'plans ,/high-temperature 3:mcineratbr ..for, PCB was used for decades as a coolant in electrical equipment such as transformers. But in 1979, it was shown to be a health hazard! and the federal Environmental Pro tection Agency banned its manu facture. ' sr-'C ';;'