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Groups want Spokane fish hatchery monitored for PCBS

By Associated Press
Published: January 21, 2016, 9:10am

SPOKANE — Environmental groups contend a state-owned hatchery on the Little Spokane River uses fish food containing PCBs. They say the hatchery’s wastewater should be monitored as a pollution source.

The Spokane Hatchery is one of the largest in the state, producing 2.2 million fish annually for stocking lakes and reservoirs in Eastern Washington.

The Spokesman-Review says PCBs were first identified in the hatchery’s commercial fish food in 2006.

Last week, environmental groups appealed the renewal of the hatchery’s discharge permit. They want the Department of Ecology to require hatchery officials to test for PCBs, and to take part in a regional taskforce aimed at reducing toxic compounds in the Spokane River.

PCBs, are long-lasting industrial compounds that accumulate in body fat. They’re found in commercial fish food that contains fish oils.

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