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MONDOVI, wis. H,ER^?0HEWS JUN l 91975 fyuL. Pollution Levelt Reduced on River' 1 Nl Lmli of polyelUorlnatod bl* phonyla In tteMUStsstpprPIVtr areabowliig a definitedrop, ac- oordtog to tho Minnesota Wleooaaia Boundary Area com- . mission. WU1U Mittltoo of Mtonanats pollution control ( agntey said May 16 taata re- 1 fleeted vary low imla botwoon the Twin CSttoa and Wabaaba. ' Lowar levels will not reduce I the danoer of eating oontaml- 1 noted rat, Mattlaon warned. Earlier teau of Lake Pepto flab 1 lndteated PCB levels far to ' asceea of a federal limit reach* , lag flee parti per million. .. 1 No aouroa for the cbemleal boa bean Identified Suepeetad offenders. Inoludlng a Red Wing tannery and a reflecting tap? f oiaipdinnirlng plant at Cottage . Grove, have been ahaabed and el added. - Barbara Prang of LaCreeaa aald PCB levels to the LaCroaao area have been maaaured aa high aa 12.2 parta per million to normal monthly monitoring. That figure wouldnot pose harm tailsaa It emdiaued ever long periods. Mattlaon aald part of tho dwmleal coneantratlon in tho Mississippi rtoor might be treeed to an oU laak as ater ml- dal at Savage, Mton., to 1902. About a million gallons of PCB rich oil were loot. Jamas Har rison, ezeotaive director of tba hountory commission, aald come of the problem might be doming from Owned materials. PCB will net break down until e temperature of 1,000 degrees to reaobed. than Kaahandarfer of Poua* tala City said Increasing sodl* toaat to tba .area of Merrick fchte park was creating navi* gttloQ problama for email nonta used by fishermen and tomtom. Tba commission a* for aids ebannal dary oommlaalon indorsed a potltlan ter 01.- MGNS 03119a