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A/BL216/AP27/0926/0929/1/CH35O/QZQ EV JOHN STLOUIS APL 27/75 CDS-------- - CC WE GLENN STLOUIS FOLLOWING WELSH QUARRY PCB PRESS QUERY YOU HANDLED APRIL 12 - WE f,i) HAVE BEEN CONTACTED BY PETER PRINGLE OF SUNDAY TIMES INSIGHT V PROBE FEATURE TEAM. PRINGLE HAS MET WITH BRITISH PETROLEUM WHO HAVE ALSO DUMPED WASTE AT MAENDY QUARRY. HE IS DUE TO TALK TO - WASTE DISPOSAL CONTRACTORS PURLE TODAY AND WILL UNDOUBTEDLY B CONTACTING BRITISH DEPARTMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT WHICH CARRIEft-OUT INDEPENDENT ANALYSIS OF WASTE SAMPLES FROM QUARRY. JOHN MASON# PETER MARSH - NEWPORT PLANT MANAGER DEREK SHEARN HAVE WORKED .aq?SLY WITH ERNIE BRACKEN AND MYSELF ON THIS. WE HAVE ANSWERED ABOUT'TJ SPECIFIC QUESTIONS ON PC3S IN GENERAL AND QUANTITIES AND TYPE WASTE DUMPED AT MAENDY FROM NEWPORT PLANT. CLOSE CONTACT IS BETN5 KEPT WITH BRIT. PET. - PURLE AND DEPT. OF ENVIRONMENT. POSSIBII*Y PRINGLE STORY WILL APPEAR THIS SUNDAY BUT NOT DEFINITE. WE BELIEVE HIS STORY WILL TAKE THE LINE THAT CHEMICAL WASTE Oi ** DUMPING CONTROLS NEED TIGHTENING AND THAT NO SINGLE AUTHORITY 13 RESPONSIBLE FOR ENSURING SAFE DUMPING. MONSANTO WILL UNDOUBTEDLY FIGURE IN STORY BUT WE FEEL IT WILL BE MINOR ROLE. CONVERSATIONS WITH PRINGLE INDICATE HE IS NOT PLANNING GENERAL ARTICLE KNOCKING PCBS. DETAILS OF QUESTIONS/ANSWERS MAILED YOU TODAY. WILL KEEP YOU INFORMED. REGARDS PW WHIPPY BRUSSELS HONS 070234