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MW'SrtE, HICK. NEWMOVOCAIE D. 6000 MAfl 9 1976 "state close to reaching PCB ban By JAMES V. HIGGINS praiaa from anvironman- nents ranging In sice from LANSING (UPI) -- State taflata. Soma business in tiny capacitors in televisions lawmakers now art only terests, defeated in attempt! atep away from approving a to soften tha bills effects, farraaching ban on PCB, the said they could "live with" toxic induatrlel chamical tha measure. uaad In aoma form by nearly tt outlaws tala, manufac vary Michigan resident ana ture and uaa of any Itam con found in harmful Nvela in taining mora than 100 parts Graat Lakaa fish. par million of PCB by Jan. 1, > On a 32-0 vote with no do* 1978. Tha Department of ' bata Monday night, tha So Natural Resources could ex nata approvad a bill outlaw tend tha ban if It ware deter* ing moat uaaa of tha cheml- mined that tvan those small ' cal In Michigan and roturnod quantities are tnvironnwv and fluorescent lighting to tana of thousands of large capacitors each containing i gallons of PCB used in large-scale electrical generating equipment. The DNR la allowed to eet up a timetable for gradually phasing out such uaaa whan substitutes become avails- ble. Attempts by utility com panies to sxempt all currant : scaled uses of PCB for the : tha measure to tha Houaa, tally harmful. life of the component were t whara quick action la ax* Industry widely uaaa the defeated In committee. pactad on minor Sonata flama-reslstant chamical In Although costs to bud- ( amandmanta. hydraulic machinery and nssa In replacing PCB- i . Laglalattva action on tha htat transfer fluids, and it (a containing items ware Hated bill brought about an un- contained In palnta, var In mllllona of dollars. DNR uaual truca batwaan buti- nishes and a wide variety of Director Howard Tanner said naaa and anvlronmantai in oorteumer Kama. the presence of the chemical ' taraata. apurrad by warnings Those uaaa -- described In virtually all Great Lakes Hh , from atata health and wtldilfa as tha most environmentally tasted has devastated com officials that a "vary raal" threatening by DNR mercial and sport fishing on , throat to human health la biologists--would fall under tha lakaa. formerly a multi- , found in growing environ the 1978 ban. In most casts, mental concentrations of officials said, substitutes era PCB. available. ' Tha strong form of tna bill PCBs also art widely weed, approvad by tha Senate draw In sealed electrical compo million dollar business. PCB has bean linked to j deeths of fish end enimeis that eet them. A DNR report t Issued list week said soma . Lake Superior Lake Trout 1 contain potentially harmful > levels of toxic materials. In cluding mercury, DOT and PCB. following tha report, state health director Maurice Relien advised Lake Superior shoreline residents against using lake trout as s major diet source. DNR biologist John Hesse said that. If all Great Lakes state* ban uaa of PCB, cur rently harmful teveli woulds begin to subside within five years. So far, Indiana has ap proved such a ban. ^ HONS 037146