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Re: pole pig needed PCB

I talked with the power company here and asked them what they do with the
oil from old power line pole transformers and if any of the old units have
PCB.  They said they don't know if the old units have PCB but its possible
that they do.  They have a oil burn pot that they put all the used oil in
and they set it on fire and burn it.  They don't worry about PCB they just
burn it.  The burn pot looks like a 24" piece of steel pipe about 12" tall
with a piece of 1/4" steel welded on one end.

Service stations will take used oil and not ask any questions.  I chance my
own oil on both trucks and the car and when I get a 5 gallon bucket of oil I
take it to a service station and get rid of it.  I just pour it into the
holding tank and once a month a truck comes and takes it back to the oil
refinery.

If you have used oil its not any trouble to get rid of it.

Gary Weaver

<<<< Even I have to mention something here...  If you knowingly dispose of
a toxic substance in an "improper" or "unsafe way" and get caught.  The
legal problems will far outweigh any reasons for not paying to have the
substance disposed of properly.  The fines and jail times are enormous...
A case in point.  If I refill a disposable gas cylinder with air to say
fill my car tires with air, the fine is $500,000 and five years.  I don't
think you want to mess with the biggest brother on this one.  You could
easily get squished! - Terry >>>> 




At 04:29 PM 2/7/99 -0700, you wrote:
>Original Poster: Brandywine <brandywine-at-writeme-dot-com> 
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>Mike,
>   Others on the list have expressed strong feelings about PCBs. In
>deference to
>those who have more experience with this issue, it looks like it's probably
>best
>to stay on the safe side of the things and recommend to beginners that they
>avoid
>PCB pigs, if for no other reason than to avoid any legal hassles.  The EPA
>is the
>SS like in their mercilessness.
>   The whole point is probably moot anyway. The serious Coilest
>("Coilest"?) will
>probably be willing to give T&R a call and shell out the cash. That's what
>I did.
>   Dave Hartwick
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>Tesla List wrote:
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>> Original Poster: Hollmike-at-aol-dot-com
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>> In a message dated 2/6/99 5:34:23 AM Mountain Standard Time,
>tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
>> writes:
>>
>> >    Seriously though, It's hard to imagine a coiler with PCB "awareness"
>> >  exposing
>> >  himself in a way that would result in  deleterious PCB effects.
>> >
>> >  Dave Hartwick
>> >  [I should note that I'm generally appalled by a country that's gone
>out-of-
>> > its
>> >  mind with safety consciousness. Environmentalists have succeeded in
>> >  producing in
>> >  the populace a "Chemical-Phobia". All chemicals are bad--Period.
>> >     Could we return to logic and reason?]
>> >
>> >
>> Dave,
>>    I will have to agree with you on this.   The reason PCB's are an
>> environmental problem is that they are so stable that the only way to
>> decompose them is in a high temperature reactor.  If they get spilled
>onto the
>> ground, they just stay there forever, making the ground unsuitable for
>plants
>> to grow.
>>    Those who used to work on transformers in the old days would probably
>> immerse their hands and arms in the oil and over about 20 years or so,
>develop
>> skin cancer.  That can happen with just about any organic chemical on
>> continuous or repeated exposure.  Gasoline is far worse than PCB's in that
>> regard.  It is just that the EPA created a stigma about PCB's.
>>     Nowday's just about every chemical seems to have a warning label on it
>> saying that it is known to the State of California to cause cancer.   I
>figure
>> I'll just stay away from there and I'll be ok :o)
>> Mike
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