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9/1/78 FYI: J. Ortiz FROM: S. M. Taylor (MIC PR) CHICAGO SUN-TIMES CHICAGO, IU. 0 581.533 SUN. 682,043 AUG 11 1978 Firm sued on PCB runoff By DolorM McCtM A mlt KCIUIBI Outboard Marina Corp. at aukaiaa ot rllowiuj runoff* of harmful chamicala IMa Laka hBcblpan Wankaiaa Harbor >a IIM Thuretey by DUaoU AtQr. Gen. Wllttam J. Scott la tka ault (IM la U.S. DUtrict Court Scott Champa tka company allowed ctmtinued OlKhargea at tarya euautltlM at P<e Into tka lake and karbor and tributary of tka karbor called tka Noctk Ditch. SCOTT SAID tka company atoppad arias PCS la 1P73 after a tadaral report called the chemical daasarooa to flak aad to lmmaiit However, the chemical haa coathmad la bn Stacharpad late tka harbor, Scott aaU. becauaa drataa|a from company land carriad PCS. The H*h necamaladoe ot PCB oa eom- paaylaad aad la tka 11 drriaasa oattata . , . .Mama torn tka eompaay'a aw of PCS riaca 1 the 1950*. Scott asked the court to Impose IImi under federal and state antl-poUatiou leva Federal law would Impose a 110,000 flee tar the violation, aod a I10,000e-day flee tar each day of continued violation. State taw would Impose a 110,000 fine tar the vtoto tiou and a tl.000 a tine for each day of continued vtotation. ' scon ALSO asked for a court-supervised study, to be paid by Outboard Maine, of techniques to remove PCBs that have accu mulated on company property and Is the harbor. He also asked for the court to order the company to remove the amtmutation and dispose of It safely. Scott said PCB levels In Lake MtaMpn have been so Mth that trout salmon and other 0sh to the lake have been made unfit for human consumption. -people lave a fundamental human tight to eat uacoetandnatod fish," Scott said. HONS 001864