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M - 2 (No. 147) INDUSTRY AND AGRICULTURE <DBR> 7-29-76 Tht decision meiM that any bunea advertised for btd after February 15, 1977, must meet thin standard If The proposals would prohibit any discharge of PCBs by Industrie* manufacturing the chemical*. Plant* buyers are to qualify for federal funding assistance. Cur which use POI* to produce electrical transformers and rently, moat bueca are bought with federal financial help. capacitors would also be sublet to a prohibition on PCS Following the decision, a coalition of elderly and discharge in most manufacturing process wastes, wtth handicapped groupe Isaued a statement denouncing the strict limitations on all other dischargee of PCDa Into ruling as "a boon to General Motors and disaster for the waterways from their operations. elderly and disabled and all mass transit riders." These Industries are the principal specific or The low-floor advocates were seeking a 22-inch "point" source of PC9 dischargee to tha nation's waters, floor height, but Patrlcelll said that would be too costly and EPA said. Impractical. Patrlcelll aald the "marginal" additional benefits of a 22-lnch floor don't merit its '"substantial additional costa" Ha also noted that tha agency recently ieeuad nine "Discharges from plsnts manufacturing electrical equipment have been Identified as the source of Mffi levels of PCBs in fish taken from parts of Now York*# Hudson River. This prompted the State to recommead . that transit be provided to the elderly aad handi capped. Requiring a 22-inch floor would delay Initial use of improved buses for throe to five years, and could involve government financing of boa retooling, Che administrator warned. The 24-Inch maximum floor height can be accom plishedTfTrwolvsysrT^trlcenraiiTSI Tne manufacturer can design tha bus so the floor ia 24 Inches from the ground or ho can use a higher floor if the boa hat a device that allow* It to "kneel," so that the floor height drops to 24 inches or leas whan passengers are boarding. limits on the consumption of sport fish and to baa commarclal fishing In certain areas. Similar controls Hava been implemented to protect the public from high PCB levels In certain species of fish from Lakes Mlchigas and Ontario," EPA aald. BPA*b proposed standards were developed to pro* tact human health and organinnis in the aquatic food chain. Laboratory testa conducted with a wide range of aquatic animals and mammal* have demonstrated a - , variety of toxic effects, including liver damage, tumor* and reproductive problems. EPA believes that the pro posed standard* will provide a reasonable degree of eafety -0- to organisms which are Ukely to be exposed. PCBs are highly mobile, EPA aeld, and remain * present In tha environment for many years. They are RLBCTRIC POWER: GAO REPORT RECOMMENDS CHANGES particularly harmful to aquatic organisms, In which dwy IN WAY HYDRO PLANTS DETERMINE POWER CAPACITY accumulate in concentrations many times greater than those found In surrounding waters. In many cases, Wist A General Accounting Office report has recommend large concertratlons are then passed up the aquatic food ed changes In the methods used by tha Interior Depart chain to consuming organisms, including man. ment's power-marketing agancten to determine how much About 1.25 billion pounds of PCBs have been used capacity can be sold. In the United States over the past 45 years. BPA etef* , Tht GAO report. "Federal Hydroelectric Plante Can mates that at least 3,000 pounds of PCB* are discharged ' iMiwaaSnSnver Sales, saye diet the agencies can Increase to the aquatic environment each year by industries sub the electric capacity available for eale from federal hydro ject to these regulations. electric systems by planning to purchase power from other EPA has so Ur Identified as being affected by eyetema during low-water years. the regulations 10 plants which use the chemical* In tha Federal hydroelectric eyetema maintain larger production of transformer* and capacitors. - generating reserves than are warranted, dm report states, The agency recognises that Its regulatloea can and this excess "could bo roducad aad mads available for address only the problem of foturo contamination from sale." industrial plant discharges. Past widespread use of die Hydroelectric power accounts for about 15 percent of the natlon'a electric-generating capacity. About 40 per cent of that t* government-owned. Five agencies within die Interior Departmem and the Tmoeeeee Valley Authority chemicals In the production of lubricant addfrtvea* hydraulic and compressor fluid, carbonless copy paper, plasticisers, paints and ocher products baa resulted In PCBs being present throughout the environment. market federal power. The report recommends diet the agencies establish uniform guidelines for determining tha power eyocem's Although moot of those uses have now boon nub- . ecamUlly curtailed, PCBs already proseot In the environ- ; ment pose a problem for which no feasible and effective generating capabUldee under "adverse coodldons, " deter remedy exist*. The public wtU be alerted to potential mine tha roastbOity of establishing dependable capacity baled on purchsnes of power. Identify aad obtain modifica tions which would bo required to Implement this method, and aoU any additional cqwetty. la reananoo to the report, the Interior Department Mid It would mage appropriate studies to determine tha harzarde by careful long-term monitoring of PCB levels ia food, BPA stated. EPA'a proposals complement a number of related government actions taken to reduce human exposure to PCBs. - . . For example. BPA aald the Food sod Drug . feasibility of Implementing the recommendetione on a ayatam-by-aystam beats, but added that although the recom mendations may bs very workable for tome systems, they might also be impractical or have no significant impact on Administration has established tolerances for PCBs la food and has banned use of the chemicals in processing food and feed. The American National Standards Institute has issued guideline* for Industry on the use. . tha capacity of other systems. labeling and disposal of PCBs. The Department of Interior The report, C8D-76-120, la available for 91 from has prohibited the use of PCB* In offshore oil operation*. GAO, Distribution Section, P.O. Sox 1020, WaeMngton. Also, BPA haa proposed regulations (Federal Register, - D.C. 20013. _ _________ December 30, 1975) to control spills of numerous identi ---------------------- ----------------- *Tr=----------` ' -------~ fied hazardous substances, including PCBs, la addition, BPA has issued recommended procedures for disposal ENVIRONMENT: BPA PROPOSES RULES TO LIMIT of PCBe by industrial jeers (Federal Register, April I, INDUSTRY ON DISCHARGES OF PCBs INTO WATERWAYS 1976). The standard* were proposed under Section 307(e) The Environmental Protection Agency hae proposed of the 1972 Water Pollution Control Act, and they appeared regulations to limit the discharge of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) tmo waterways by industrial plant*. In the July 23, 1976 Federal Register. Following a public hearing beginning August 20, 1976 in Washington D.C. BPA aald Its proposal* will significantly reduce and the development of additional data on economic effects, future contamination of the environment by these chemicals, BPA said the regulations will be leeued In final form which have been shown to be highly toxic to test animals no later than six months after proposal. They become and to cause adverse health effect* In humans. effective one year after issuance of (he final regulations. Pveiialwd Sr THE BUREAU OF NATIONAL AFFAIRS, INC.. WASHINGTON. D C. 20037 St*M * (m4 t**MrtVaiM rturnt H0SS 0739*0 7-29-7* (D8R) INDUSTRY AND AGRICULTURE (No. 147) M 3 The IQ plants Identified by EPA as using PCBs In prnuucUon M' trannlormera capacitors are: i Aerovox Inckistrioa, Inc., New Bedford. Maos.; Cornoil Dubiller Btoctrle Corp., Now Rodford: General ' Electric Co., Pittsfield, Moon.* Sprague Electric Co., North Atlanta, Maas.; General Electric Co. Hudoon Palls. N.Y.: Research Cottrell, Inc.. Plndcrne, N.J.; Westing- bouse Electric Corp. Power System Transformer Division, SHsrait* Pa.; General Electric Co., Rome, Gu.; Sangsmo Electric Co., Capacitor Division, Pickens, S.C., and Westlnghouae Electric Corp., Dtstrlbutlon Apparatus Division, Bloomington, In. awarded cost plus incentive fee type contract for aditltlonsl advance procurement funding for PY 76 procurement of the A~7E aircraft. The Naval Air Systems Command la the contracting activity. (N00019-7S-C-0154) Vought Corporation. Systems Division. Dallas, Is being swarded a $5,843.000 modification to a previously swarded fixed price type contract which will increase lim itation of Government liability for modification of A-7B/C to TA-7C aircraft configuration. The Nival Air Systems Command lathe contracting activity. (N00019-76-C-0029) AIR FORCE -- ----------------- 0 - ____________ _____'-------- GOV'T CONTRACTS: RAYTHEON CO. WINS - |tt MILLION CONTRACT FOR NAVY RADAR SETS The Navy has awarded Raytheon Co., of Wayland, Maea,, a *23,204,300 negotiated fixed price incentive fee contract for AN/SPS-49 radar seta, spare parts, engineer ing services, and data. The Naval Sea Systems Command la the contracting activity. (N00024`76-C"7209) Other contract. announced by the Dcfenae Depart ingit on July 27 include? "" ARMY AVOO Corporation, Lycoming Division, Stratford, Oson, *, Is being awarded a *9,987,692 coat plus Incen tive fas contract for conversion of TS5-L-11D engines to TS5-L-712 configuration and related casting, repair, calibration and engineering services to support the CH47 Modernisation Program. Tht U.S. Army Aviation Systems Command, St. Louis, la the contracting activity. (DA-Aj- 01-76-C-0551) Honeywell, Inc., Government and Aeronautical Products Division, Hopkins, Mlrm., Is being swerdsd a *7,054,011 fixed price with escalation, fourth Increment of a five year multi-year procurement contract for add-on stnbUsetion system and modification kits, following com petition la which 32 bids ware solicited and two bids wars received. The U.S. Army Armament Command. Rock Island, 111., Is the contracting activity. (DA-AA-09-74C-2039) Matanusks Maid, Inc.**, Anchorage, la being awarded an estimated *1,2(8,220 firm fixed price contract for milk and dairy products for the period I August 1976 through 31 January 1977, following competition in Which five bida wars solicited and three bide were received. The Procerement Division, Fort Richardson, Is the con tracting activity. (DA-KF-70-76-C-0085) RCA Corporation, Camden, N.J.*, Is hulng wsrded *5,207,122 modification to a previously award ed coat phi Incentive fee contract for classified elec tronics. following competition in which three bids were eollclted and two bids were received. The Maryland Pro curement Office, Fort George G. Meade, la the contract ing activity. (MD-A9-04-76-C-0337) NAVY United Technology Corporation, Pratt and Whitney Aircraft Division, Eaat Hartford, la being awarded a *3,379,327 negotiated Typo A redetermlnable contract under a basic ordering agreement for engine spare parts In support ol the F-14 aircraft. The Navy Aviation Supply Office, Philadelphia, la die contracting activity. (N00383-75 -A-6546-1818) C.A. Parshatl, lnc.f New York, * is being award ed *4,540,000 negotiated Melinite quantity firm Axed price contract for the development ami reproduction of training kits for the Army's TEC-V (Training Extension Course). The Naval Training Equipment Center, Orlando, la the contracting activity (N61339-76-D-0017) Vought Corporation, Systems Division, DjIIss, la being awarded a *7,328,100 modification to a previously McDonnell Douglits-Tulss, * Is being awarded s *3,753.284 firm fixed price contract, of which 51.894,134 (a being obligated today, for long lead time material in support of 600 gallon external fuel tanks for the F-15 aircraft. The Warner Robins Air Logistics Center, Robins AFB, Is the contracting activity. (F34601-75-A-I728) McDonnell Douglas Corporation. McDonnell Aircraft Company, St. Louis, * is being awarded a $5,816,224 fixed price, incentive firm target, letter contract for long lead time materials for manufacture of spare parts in support of the airborne radar fire control oystem. The Warner Robins Air Logistics Center, Robins AFB. Is the contracting activity. (F09603-76-C-0947) ITT Continental Baking Company, Anchorage, * Is being awarded a *1,249,305 firm fixed price, definitive contract for procurement of bekery products. Work will be performed at Blmendorf AFB, Alaska, and Fort Rich ardson, Alaska. The 21st Composite Wing, Blmendorf AFB, Is the correcting activity. (F65501-76-9-0304) General Electric Company, Reentry A Environmen tal Systems Division. Philadelphia, * la being awarded a *15,438,300 Increase toa coat plua incentive fee contract for Mark 12A reentry vehicle research and development program realignmsntfortheMlnuteman Missile. The Space and Missile Systems Organization, Norton AFB, Calif.. !"***Denotes labor surplus area Denotes small business V -0* fiVIRONMENT: DOT ISSUES REPORT ON PREDICTING RANSFORTATION ON AIR QUALITY A report to help predict the impact of transports - tion on airUTBafttv -today was relea fed ha the Tm ^ tion Depanmem. Entitled, "Assessing Transportation-Related Air Quality Impscts," the report Is a compilation of sci entific pspers presented at the Conference on the State of the An of Assessing Transportation-Related Air Quality Impscts held October 23-25, 1975, at the National Acad emy of Sciences in Washington, D.C. The conference was sponsored by the DOT`a Office of Environmental Affairs and Federal Highway Administra tion and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Expena in the areas of chemistry, meteorology, end transportation ware brought togethsr and discussed the use of scientific modeling to determine the Impact of transportation and transportation-related activities on air quality. Discussion subjects Included oxidant modeling; photochemical diffusion models for air quality simulations^ ambient sir monitoring for highway environmental anal ysis; and estimating the air quality Impact of vehicular emissions. Copica of the conference report may be obtained at a per copy cost of $8.40 by ordering: Special Report 167, Transportation Research Board, National Academy of Sciences, 2101 Constitution Avenue, N. W., Washington, D.C. 20418. -0- PublUbr by THE BUREAU OF NATIONAL AFFAIRS. INC.. WASHINGTON. D.C. JC SUN at upwSitllwi *nd irdltitlbulian itiuvit HONS 073941