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Ore. waste oil firm sues metal recycler over PCBs

The Columbian
Published: February 23, 2011, 12:00am

EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — The operator of a waste oil storage facility near Eugene has sued a metal recycling yard over toxic PCB contamination that has shut down the storage site for months.

The Register-Guard reports that Oil Re-Refining Co. of Portland is seeking $5 million plus cleanup costs from Pacific Recycling because of contamination by PCBs — polychlorinated biphenyls — a carcinogen and suspected neurotoxin widely used for decades as an insulator in machinery and electrical equipment.

A Pacific Recycling official denied his company had any liability for the allegations in the federal lawsuit.

Separately, Pacific Recycling has been fined by the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality for PCB contamination at its waste metal yard at another site in the Eugene area.

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Information from: The Register-Guard, http://www.registerguard.com

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