I authorize .atLorney 3t"qre.-Edles-tein .Lo ineludeas a pla

e in the Afton Cornmunity of WarrlnCounty, North Carolina"

The fact of the matter is that e:pertnental data and the teetimony of erpertaclearly prove that the EPArs sttlng regulatlons, the watvers shiah have beenbutlt j.nto these reguLatlons, th9 EPAts approval of the lfarnen County sita, andtho etatcrs declgion to ect on that approval were not based on scientificailyreliabLe cr{.teri-ae but on a faLso pneniseo Thls false prerd.sc ls that thecont'aiment prlnciples of an EPA-appr"oved landfill can keep-raste frrorn LeachLnglnto grourrdwater tablcs arrd eausing tdd.espread contanrinatlon, resuJ.ting inirreversible damage to the enviroment ard to pubS.ic healtho But the c6ntainmentprinci-,oles of FA-approved landfllls are failir€c For exarq>Ie, a rccent stu{y!f !9ter Moatague of Pr{.nceton, Universlty renealed that flur-EpA*apppovea li6dfl11sbullt ln New Jorsoy in the last five yerrs were leaching thetr coatLnts into theenvironnent" Parts of Nan Jersey ltere so devastatea Uy fru,-approved landfillE thatthee statc passed a law against the underground storage of hazardous wasteo ftwas thls New Jersey study alor€ rrith stntLar scientif,ic data that 1ed GovemorJim Huntts Task Force on Waste lfanagement to concLude in its repor.b of Februartrr,1981r

-that no. scientific assut€nees ean be given concerning thl safety of

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haza:rlous naste facilitles" The repor't states that additfonaf.resaarcta is neededin rpnttoring all kirds of waste treatrpnt facillties to ascertain the healthfulnessof persons uorklng nea^r or living adjacent to thern and that it corLd take tuentylrears befone the carcinogenlc anl rnutagen:Le cffects can be knonno The report *"rtrgthat land burl'aL should be avolded i.f a t all possib.Lc ard that the state systemof naste management that is deveJ-oped should be based on this principJ.e"

fnforrned citJzens and e:qrerts have testifledr anil oontinud to testffy, that theburd-al of harardouE waste is extremely dangencus because ofthe unre1labiiity oflandfill technoloryo tr'or cxalple, the chaLnran of the Governorrs Task Force onWaste lulanagenent, Bernarrtl Go Gneanberg, eoaeluded that ecLeutlflc lcno$lsdge isinadequatc to deternrine hor long a naste burlal ette would be secure fron seepageof lts eontents into the envlrroturpnt. Furthermors, EPA of,fictal Wl1ltam SanJoirlwho assi-sted in the for:nuLation of fogulatLons goverrring Landf:tlls, concluala iLtthene ls no sueh thlng ec a secure landfllI" A11 rmagilts leach" SanJounrscoaelusl,on was based on a 2o nd.llion dolrar study of 1andftllso

Turning to the War"ren County sitc ln particular, soi]. scLenu.st CharlegM" Mulehi has concluded on the basls of hii analysls of the stte that Lt l.snot safe for PCB d:iqposaL and canrot be made safl W landftll technoloryo Mulctrl.says that the base of, the Landfill rould be only seven feet fnom grounawatcr,that the soiLs at the sltc ere not aonducLns to pcB disposar, tna{ ths La,n4fillnilI insvltably leach and cause groudwater contend.natiln, .iA, fio*tlgr, thatrater nil1 have to be ptped Ln fron uncontaninated

"oorceio concern:-ng: ihs

|it"igatd-on, Warren County Vs The State of Norbh Carolina, tioso Dlstrtit coor"U JudgcEarl'd" BrLtt add.tt€d Ln tris deeiston agatnst'r{arrren Cointy that hs eouLd notguaranteo the succcgs of the pLan to bur:r pcBs Ln wamen county6-

The sttLng declsion was not based on scLenttftcall;y reUaLie crd.tertao ft rrasbased on polltical critanlao Warrcn County was chosen as a bud.al ground for pCB-contsnLnated mil because War"rcn County ls a smal1 county

"oosi"tftrg of appnotlnataqy

I'5r?i2,peoplc, the maJortty of rhon a* bl"rcko Arrt Warrei County ras chosen because,1! is tbe poorest county tn the statr in tenns of per capfta fn-core" In other rorts,warren county was chosen becaus€ it ranks Looth in the state tn per caplta lgcorc, and,nostl6r, because warren connty is a $naLL county with a trrgh ruinohty clunt

"ia , ilalt

YoE.^In-short, sar"ren county wag chosen becauie Lt is poittr"Jry power1essto defend itself fnorr LanAfill technologr known to bG of an erternrlirating chanacterardr hence, Lnfomed_by the logic of genocide" Other sltes ntth sotl. pnoierttesno:re coniluclve to PcB disposal anc with greater dLstances to gnounilnater lrcre

consldered by the stato but neJected. they rerc,rejected because thay are Loeatcdnear iatersheds wtrlch f,eed lnto urtan centers eonsisting of predorrd.natelywhite nlddle class citizens havtng the educatLon, econonic resourecs andvoting powel needed to keep tg:rd.c and hazardousrsett 1andftL1g out bf, thelrcon'nunltl93. '

The .0'fton PCB plan Ls an e:per{ment wtth the pcraons anil properties ofthe peoplc of lferren County. Because of the lack of sclentLfLcaity- r.elLablcsitlng cr{.terd.a and the krrorn frtl!* of EPA-approvcd lantfl11 telhnologri'carcLraogerrle and nrutagenLc effectc are. being antl.cLpated as a furegorm eiirclugLon"The Af'ton PCB plan is ttrerefore lcnonlngly ant wlLLfuny of an exterrntnatlnecharaeter and tnforued by the Loglc of-genoctdc. Ttre oLlc-ouc :i.ntentlon oitne p:an1" to gradually, but lnevltably, transform Warren County into a gacrl"fice ar"ifo"hazardous nasts. The eitLng declslon was not based on sclenU.fLc, but on polltlcalcr{-teria" The sitirqg decislon Has an unparrlonable act of dLscrl"nination aiaiastthe peopJ.e of Wa*en Countye

Other naaenr for the opposltion ofproposed Afton PGB plan are as foLlorsr

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.l'n al,tsenatlve to tho Afton PCB plan doee in fact erLeto TtrLg alternatlvais La-place dctod.*lcatLon of, the pcB-contad.nated soir by the gplrsMoblle fncineratlon Untt. Ttds alternrstlye ls safcrand lf 19 a1go morc cost-cffcctlmthan the Afton PCB planr Furbhemora, Ln-plaee deioxL*Lcation roufa preifu-ac

--"the neocssLty of tnrcldng the P0b-contandnatcd soll to the Wanren Golnty ettcand the cllctSogenlc r{.sks that would be posed to people if aceLdents were tooceur or if the PCtss seno to bacote aitborrc ard lnhq.led.

Onc ftr!8"L polntr lt te a kncm f,act that property neu arsr ktrd of to:d.cwastc or haaardous rastc landflll goca donr ln value" Alco, thc agcoclationof, a to:dc or hazar'dous uaste durysltc rrith agr{.eultural pioductc Ls cerbaLn tohavs an adncrsr econond.c sffcct.

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