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ry UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY WASHINGTON, D.C. 20460 OCT 17 1975 OFFICE OF ENFORCEMENT Monsanto Industrial Chemicals Company 800 N. Lindbergh Boulevard St. Louis Missouri 63166 Gentlemen: -*rT -i V : w ' Recent governmental sampling data indicate the presence of Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) and comparable chemical substances In the air, in water bodies, and in fish in several areas of the country. In order to determine the nature and extent of the possible adverse effects resulting from the presence of PCB compounds In the environment, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), in cooperation with other federal and State agencies, is attempting to determine the sources and amounts of PCBs entering the environment. It is Important chat this effort be carried out without delay. It is our understanding that your company handles PCB compounds . or mixtures or comparable chemical substances in its operations. I am therefore requesting, pursuant to the authority provided by Section 308 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended, 33 U.S.C. 1318, and Section 114 of the Clean Air Act, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 1857c-9, that your company furnish EPA with information pertaining to your use and handling of PCBs and comparable chemical substances. In addition to a general description, which should include information as to sources, quantities, uses, and ultimate disposition, you should respond in detail to the enclosed questions. If any question Is not applicable to your company or oparation. t please so indicate by responding "not applicable." The information requested herein must be provided notwithstanding its possible charscterlzatlon as confidential Information or trade secrete. Should you so request, however, any information (other than affluent or emission data) which tha Administrator of this Agancy d conatltuta mathoda or procaaaaa entitled to protection a ts will be maintained aa confidential, pursuant to P (pacified in 40 CFR Fart 2 MONS 094549 2 Within 14 days of receipt of this letter, your company must provlda all Information concerning your current status and activities and covering the twelve month period immediately preceding receipt of this letter. Within 30 days following receipt of this letter, your company must provide all information for all of the prior years indicated. The information required herein should be sent directly to the qdd^ggs^ndicatadjgjglggf If you have any questTon^^ou may call tBepersotnS3Tcate^below or Mr. Blake A. Biles of our office at (202) 755-8731. We appreciate your prompt cooperation in this matter. Sincere Enclosure Stlrfley W^Legro Assistant Administrator for Enforcement Regional Contact: Mr. Earl J. Stephenson Director, Enforcement Division Environmental Protection Agency 1735 Baltimore Kansas City, Missouri 64108 Telephone: (816) 374-2576