D34—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, April 14,1984 Septage conference (Continued from Page D 32) application for permit and the site. He also suggested some other alternatives for septage disposal such as mine land renovation and for establishing vegetative cover on landfills. Other treatment and disposal options were described b> Karen Mancl and Joe Bateman, Mancl, of Penn. State, showed slides of the storage-treatment lagoons and subsurface disposal at Acton, Mass. Acton, a town of 23,000 people, primarily served by septic tanks treats all of the septage at a central facility. Large, shallow paved lagoons store the wastes and discharge the liquid to sand filters. The sludge is mixed with sawdust and then stored in piles to compost for use on road rights of way. Farmland permit Bateman, Valley Forge Regional Treatment Plant Operator, distributed copies of a contract used with septage haulers. Valley EDB testing continues HARRISBURG - The Penn sylvania Department of Agriculture has released the results of ethylene dibromide (EDB) tests conducted by its Bureau of Foods and Chemistry on 70 grain-based foods March 30 - Aprils. Of the products analyzed, a total Technicians from the Depart of 14 showed detectable levels of ment’s Bureau of Foods and the compound. A sample of raw Chemistry will continue testing to cashew pieces collected in the ensure consumers that foods Pittsburgh area were found to marketed in Pennsylvania remain contain an EDB level of 910 parts safe to eat. Since mid-January, per billion, exceeding the tolerance chemists have tested 845 food, level of 30 ppb in ready-to-eat foods grain and water samples and found established by the Environmental detectable levels of EDB in 209. Protection Agency and adopted by Nine products tested in Penn the Pennsylvania Department of sylvania have exceeded any of the Agriculture. tolerance levels of 30 ppb in ready- Infinity Warehouse, Inc., the to-eat foods; 150 ppb in in product’s distributor, has been termediate foods or those notified and the product is being requiring additional preparation; recalled. The cashew pieces are and 900 parts per billion in raw not sold at the retail level, grain. All have been withdrawn Distribution of the product has from sale by their manufacturers. i/yr Red Rose buildings are designed •■C wMlw by licensed professional engineers CQIWC to provide you with maximum « useable space. 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He stated, a permit is needed to account for the disposal of wastes, to protect the soil and water, and to help avoid com munity conflict. Identification of soils, slope, location of the property, consent of the lan downer, and the preparation of the application by an engineer were all identified as part of the permit process. One of the roles of the municipalities is septage management was explained by John Murtha, Chief, Com- been strictly through food clubs and cooperatives. The Department is advising those organizations who have made recent purchases of the item through the distributor to return them. The Department is monitoring the withdrawal process. County Town piehensive Planning Unit, id DER. Murlha said an on-site Waste Water Management District is a tool that can be used to im prove the management of on-lot systems. The municipality assumes responsibility for management by ordinance or persuasion for regular inspection and maintenance of on-site systems. 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