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T\WES 0. 8.4*1 N.C. DEC 1376 Tf;*' `Imports, ;.,: M jof PCB f|;up sharply ! > By STAN .BENJAMIN Aaoeclated Pret* Writer ; J WASHINGTON <AP1 Vr i lUp.ta Aapln. D-Wi*.,aald Sondty tbit wtth U.S. prodacllon of Utt toxic chemlcel PCB to ad hi 1177, . '-Import* of the rabaUnco hare rlaeo aharply -- ap , paroatly la an alfort to i Uodar the new .Toxic Sub Banco Act, all an of PCB to 'the United State* mat ad Nr June 1, iflS;>bxt Aapla eald the cola U.8. manttfac tio* by October. 4*77.. f *> "Unlock Inowra are qotdt- * ly anded," Aaln aid hi it" Ctatomat teeued by hla . offlea "PCB'e will ontlaao to' thrala the avlramat - . ad at da acederatinf rate, Jadjkva from this year'* Im- ^Hhldild he wUI aak tbe E virohtneotal , Protection r to ha further PCB , before the IMS letal I ice the lacemtad Ion of Pceeldat- j elact Carter hae taka ofneeV A eked eboet Aapln'* etptement, an EPA epokceman aid the agency j ha no preeat Intantion 'of padding q> tie hah a PCB. ..Me aid Confrere allowed, the Mro-yar delay to giro Induilrlee time to ohtala, callable replacement* for PCB, and the agency aUU eonelderod that a valid approach to the problem. .PCBv * ra *f,--------- eaemlcale col tod 'Pdychlorhtotod blphenyU," J!?4 |B lnd*`rlal ad "dchanlcal. application*, tacledhts eao as a coolant .5"`*d htalde electric Ira-' former* and capocitore. often eocapee to toe a rarnsnl through Jrte dtehu-fes, accktoui raMt Ud tb Jnwh^yy yjpnwnt ooatakjiBf lt7 ' PCB hu aoibotn diroctly proven, to birn huniM mto Mrtom 1UDMS Is fc by tfco BPA ta nnyte . tj hama mother*' mllkThBcettiif that It la readMa v hhd. helnf absorbed by S *** tod Aula from toe ; U*. Cuetome Service ibow- r *1*5'theUnltdd'Stitaha! PorJ*<` Me,SOS peundj of PCB 1 *<&'>>> Uhl math. of tfto, far men than the "!U5*p*oBoUnrde rImwporte'dn<t-or- k. The cnatome figure* hiEjdlcato that madetectann fj'V *"^1#** <V ctocka to 1 J** PCB'* well after toppod,' -- : The EPA apokeeman iaid, however, that stoekpllod PCB could nothe need, to aar ** ISIS ha a farther a* takee *ffact Aapla eald all of the 1SN , Iraporta of PCB a tar hove come fnm Franco, atertaa LrA^.""*** "d HONS 050773