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To: M.E. Klaus J. Ortiz P.A. Provorny J.C. Weber Frcu: Glynn Young 0. 184,576 MAR 2 01979 Qf*' t Traces of toxic PCBs found near'valley of the drums' :- The U.S. Environmental Protection environmental emergency by EPA Agency DM loud small quantities of Mnrch 2. Makeshift flllerlni and acrIba lasle chemical PCS at Uw bottom at atlon systems were set up to remove WUaoa Creek near the aortbera Bullitt chemicals from the water. The chemi- Ceunty dumping Me kaowa aa the "vat- call were nowln Into Wilson Creek, ley of the drama," The Courier-Journal from which water eventually empties reported today. Mo the Ohio River. ,,, John C wane, regional EPA admlats- Arthur L. Taylor, who died last July, tralor la Atlanta. said test results Ms ever s period of about three yean put agency has done has found small quan- thousands of drums of chemicals on Urn lilies of polychlortnaied biphenyls, but 13-acre plot of (round, he did aot knew the amount or the type. The stale Department for Natural Aa announcement of the finding: has Resources and Environmental Protecbeea scheduled for tomorrow morning tioa has scheduled a hearing neat Tuea- ul Frankfort. Ky. day against Taylor's widow. Nell, and It Is the flint time something as hen- Taylor's drum-cleaning business, clalmardous as PCBs has keen found al the lag violations of water-quality and solid- dump sMe. The chemical was not found waste disposal laws, la the water Itself. ' In February |g7S. EPA banned the discharge of PCBs tnlo rivers and streams. The only U. S. manufacturer of the chemical. Monsanto Chemical Corn., has agreed to step producing]!. The chemical Has been used In elec trical equipment such as transformers, bat between ISM and IS70. It had been used la a variety of manufacturing pro- It causes Nver diseases, skin rashes and birth defects la humans and cancer la laboratory animals. While would not discuss further EPA's test results, saying they would first be released to the Kentucky De partment for Natural Resources and Environmental Protection. The results were sent yesterday. . Most of Ike chemicals Identified la water samples taken from me dumping Me have been Identified as paint or grease solvents. Owe of the chemicals Is benieae. a cancercmusing agent Oil and the metals lead, cadmium and chromium have also been found. The dumping Me was declared an HONS 015270