NCD980602163_19790104_Warren County PCB Landfill_SERB C_PCB Questions-OCR

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James B. Hunt, Jr., Governor
Memorandum
To: Bill Strickland
Jerry Perkins
Dr. Martin Hines
Dr. John Freeman
Bob Adams
January 4, 1979
From: David E. Kelly~(._ tL-
Herbert L. Hyde, Secretary
Attached you will find a list of 20 questions which will probably be asked
tonight. Please write in answers to the questions that relate to your area
of expertise and hand this information to Secretary Hyde.
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P.O. Box 27687 · 512 N. Salisbury Street · Raleigh.NC. 27611 · (919)7332126
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PCB QUESTIONS
What health problem other than cancer, nerve damage, still birth,
birth defects, and skin irritations are caused by PCB?
Can PCB be absorbed into the air?
Can you sell tobacco which has absorbed -w+th-PCB?
Can you sell hogs which have absorbed PCB?
How long does PCB last?OHow long will the State monitor the dump?
What will the State do when it starts to leak?
Since PCB last practically fovever, and since it is impossible to
keep any soil completely dry, isn't it true that this dump will
leak, even if it is at a slow rate?
How deep will the PCB be buried and how high has the ground water
ever come on the proposed dump site?
Can PCB move uphill even in a stream or in the ground water? For
example: could it ever get into Vance County?
How close is the dump site to the nearest creek?
?,.oot> ~ -;-10. · Is the State asking the Environmental Protection Agency to waive
any_o~afety requirements as it did in Chatham County where
fivt:~ were requested?
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Most dump trucks spill a little of whatever they carry. Will the
State use special trucks to keep PCB from being spilled all over
Warren County? The State says there will be 4,000 to 8,000 truck
loads?
Since there are only three PCB dumps in the whole nation, and since
the State is buying many times more land than is needed for North
Caro r ina PCB spills, can you assure us that the Federal or State
Governments will never dump more PCB or other lethal chemicals in
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13.Jtl~hy not send it to one of the already established PCB dumps?
14. Since PCB will migrate unless it is kept complete 1y dry . shouldn't i?A it be buried in the desert. And since this was a interstate crime,
! 'shouldn't the Federal Government help pay to dispose of the PCB in
the safest, possible way or place?
15. Why didn't the State carry through with its threats of emin ent
iluLll domain in Chatham County ("December 5, 1978 letter from J. K.
/JZ r Sherron, State Property Office"?)
16 ffA How dangerous is it to leave PCB where it is?
Is is true the State is using the proposed PCB dump to attract an
Alabama chemical industry to Warren County.
What will happen if there were an earthquate/, plane crash, or other
disaster at the site?
19,YrA How is PCB stored in Alabama and in New York, and what has been the
effect on land value there?
20. Since the Governor is so keen on keeping PCB in the State, why don't
you bury it at the Governor's Mansion in Raleigh?
WARREN COUNTY CITIZENS CONCERNED ABOUT PCB