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Students, faculty, and citizens may view recently issued government documents relating to polychlorinated biphenyls, or PCBs, at the Herman B Wells Library.

Again in the local news because of recent plan to clean up three PCB-contaminated sites in Monroe County, PCBs may cause cancer and other health problems.

The Consent Decree Amendment for PCB sites, Bloomington, Monroe County, Indiana, and Spencer, Owen County, Indiana, was issued Feb.19, 2008.  Public may comment  through March 27, 2008 per the Federal Register notice, Feb. 26, 2008. (v. 73, no. 38, p. 10286-7)

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The amendment may also be examined on the Department of Justice Web site.  Alternative remedial actions are proposed by the U.S. EPA for Neal's Landfill, Lemon Lane Landfill, and Bennett's Dump, three of the six PCB sites included in the original Consent Decree.

The decree and PCB repository collection are housed in the Government Information, Microforms and Statistical Services Department  (GIMSS), C264 in the Herman B Wells Library at 10^th Street and Jordan Avenue. 

The PCB repository collection, consists of  newspaper clippings, applications, decrees, and other publications related to the PCB issue.  

For information about hours and the collection, telephone GIMSS at 855-6924 or email: libgpd@indiana.edu