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HONS 0 3 2 9 3 9 The Grand Rapids Press GRAND. RAPIDS, MICH, fj. SUN. JAN 28 1976 ^ Virtual State Ban of PCB by 1978 Passes House LANSING (UP1)-ECBJfctodnstrial chtmifal that hag h)W| lhihri to tKn deaths ofGreat Lakes fisk and the birds and arumab that eat them, would be all but banned in Michigan under LeglaUtioa passed by the state House. The proposal. which would make Wchigin the But state to control PCB use, was seat to the Senate on a 1012 vote Tuesday. It ponda tor the phasingoutof most PCB use by Jan. 1,1919, except inclosed electrical systems. In other action Tuesday, the House approved and sent to the Senate meas ures allowing local schools to establish meal programs fcr senior citizens and permuting communities to use part of their share of the motor fuel tax for off-street parking and street lighting. PCB, formally known as polychlori nated biphenyl, nas been usedsince 1929 javme^ of indmtnal processes such coverings, vanashes. as hydraulic and heat transfer fluids. anddheT *"*" insolation, adhesives, laminates, textile The chemical has --mlalrd m dangerous levels m the Great L^a - Particularly Lake Michigan. Jan. L 1939, no Sen csatoinnig more than ISO parts per million of Pc nndd be used ia MsSigan ad if the Department of Nabwal Resources de terminedthat evenasmaiiquantitywas harmftil, the chemical could bo i>--