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Jjelp Sought For Lake Pepin ByTEIUKYSUKT and reraltiag fa awe financial els," te mad. "stepping out where a^fas fear save something beantiM," ted dfificnlties far tte area. to trend." fa loa thro three Mrs. ffitt. "Pepin is a depeaeed nee 1 are trying to find weeks tte group has pamed out Rmaett Aldrich fa La Ckesm, We don't need a llyea and toe people there ent a tot of ova 2,909 Qyen and sent fatten a member fa the MRRPC eneca- Lly fee find out what Lake Pe fiti," said Mrs. Annette Kan of Late Pepfa h canting from. He to several Ui sermon, conpin is tannngfato, it's tuninPgepin, a member of Mrs. mi's said tint testing is going on and into a cerrpool,'' said Mw. Doro poop. "Maybe e faouid give Uat by September some iniwui poeed that a fireman committee thy Itifi fa Pepin, cochainwaa of our bodies to science." should be available. "We have Tte organgation feels that tte te set up to me the MRRPCs tte Oteni for tte PHJCivation Norman E. Kirschbaum, ad- offidab and agencies, both fa clout to befaa takinc bnmedfate of Lake Pepin ministntor of the foods and sure that tooth are free of adul Wisconsin and Minnesota, are action to help solve Lake Pepin's Mrs. Hili and a snail defcp- standards dhrisioo of toe Wiscon terants," be said. probtenn, taon fipon tte viQafe of Pepin at sin Department of Agricuttme, Joha Moaevto of Chicago, Ctanrafagboase review oonfad* tended Wednesday's Meeting of said not to tdame bis department chairman of tte water quality enttem approved by fae tte Mississippi Rim Regional for tiie Late Pepin fiab being work group of tte Great River The aims of the group are to MRRPC are Planting Commmkm (MRRPQ taken off tte conmoteal mar Environmental Action Team pt Lake Pepin cleaned up and Devetopment fa aptotic ate at tte Cerise Club fa La Crosse. ket (GREAT) mid fas organisation kept dean, do away with tte recreation area fa the vfllage fa Tte ddeptes wed their The fact is that tte PCBs got wants to wok with*otter groups Ellsworth fa Pterce County at an view* and arited for help to solve there through no fault of tte fifai to took at tte PCB problem fa estimated coat fa 116,680 with tte inilirfr1 u*hni of Late or the fishermen, bat ttraigi Late Pepis. "We pant a dean and to invvtigfae tte sUttog of 69.966 fa it canting from toefa Pepin and tte incidence of poty- people who manufacture the river for boaters, ffibermen and tte lake. tendteg. . cWortoatod tophenyb (PCBfa that have closed nwrfa of tte Mrs. Hill said ter group is trying to find out if people caa still be heard over tte govern ment bureaucracy and asked tte help of the fane-county MRRPC fa that end. , We need tte help of tte county boards and a lot of tittle people Jo do something abort ctenticab. But (he Department tenters." . of Apiculture most enfgrce.tte He said that the various groups working on the problem Kinchbaam said that PCBa should cogptement enefa otter's are mao-made cheraicab used3 efforts. *We doo't know why we by industry fa the manufacture don't have a PCB problem in of plastics, adbefavea, printing otter areas of tte river," he inks aod brtkfing suppbes. He said. Mosesoo favitod tte public said that it is oot a pesticide as to call on GREAT tor help. such, but has tte characteristics Tte meeting brought ep tte of a pesticide. It is a very stable point that Monsanto of St Louis, product and has a longer fife Mo., b tte only domestic manu ' She said fast email rittagm and individuals have to meet one standard of waste dfaposal white areas such as tte Twin Cities, with its big industrial complex, gets away with polluting the riv- Tbe objectives of tte group are: To have PCBa banned; Pressure St. Paul and Min neapolis to update their sewage Pubfic water and sewer sys tems tor fae village fa Warrens in Memos Cooky. Tte cost hr tte projects, currently undo contraction, is 9732,791 Farm Home Afawinhtratioo {FmHAj pants and knot amount to 6391,909 of the total fimdk; De partment fa Natural Resources (DNR) 9100J69; local boofo and revenues. 62S9J35. our beautiful late," she said. than tte pestidde DDT, he sfad. facturer of the chemical, al disposal plant and prohibit their Viroqua's homing authori This (PCS) problem has taken "Some illnesses and deaths in though some may be imported peering of raw wastes into tte ty's application to tte FmHA tor. the joy oat of everything. We Japan fa the late 1960a were from foreign firms. And white Mriinrippi River at all times; construction fa a SOmtit apart* think tourism is rained tor this traced to PCB, aod it causes liv PCBs have not bean banned, Encourage tte seining of ment building tor tte etteriy at t year ad you don't see fishermen er damage and birth defects their ate has been cut beck by rough fab fa Lake Pepin fa an an estimated cost fa 6909,ON. . trying much anymore." when faven to laboratory rats" the Monsanto firm. effort to preearve tte spawning Projects for tte rlranmg tif PCB is a tonic fadnstrial te said. areas tor game fish: debris fa both the Kickapoo aod chemical that was fonnd to a Kinchbaum said bis deport witting to gve out information as Make certain tour beats are Onppewi riven to alleviate . ceed tte mailmom standards of ment a concerned as to what to wham it setts tte product to, checked tor proper botdfag tanka footing. A coat has not been de* five parts pa million fa some will happen if PCBa are con thus mfah* the bunt lor the and that they are pumped before Lake Pepin commerrial fifa. sumed as part of a penoo'a food mirce of tte pottrtant all tte entering the lake; be obtained from the UJ. Corps Tte interstate sale fa Lake Pe supply. Hh depotment is sampl more dtfficutt. Pah tor more watersheds to of Fagjnrrri- . pin carp wan banned tins spring ing food products aod trying to "We can't understand why we curb siltfag; Plans tor tom toilets and by the US. Food d Dng Ad- detention if a fish's sae has any weren't told short Ibis problem Keep tte public informed oa tom hand pump wfafci hr me by miaistrotiou. thus patting an es thing to do with its PCB level sooner," said Mm HilL "We tte problems and prapen made recrmtioitieta on tte Efioy Oper timated 40 Lake Pepin commer "Fifai with higher fat contents must te full of PCBs." in afavtog pollution fa the lake. U tote and token trail at an erti- cial futenwea out of bmfaea seem to have higher PCB lev She sfad tint ter group is "1 hope we can aay we tried to matod coat fa 9S9.N0 8 MONS lewisbiirg, w. va. DAILY NEWS B.S.OQO 031011