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1 ,ocal THE BATTALION Page 3A WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 21, 1981 l 's 85 degrees in the bubble <suevi i SoA1£ hbw Thomas Park Pool offers discount unions The new College Station city pool, located in Thomas Park behind city hall, had a bubble I ask erected in December to provide 85 degree namt recem The expres Photo by Greg Gammon inside air and 88 degree water in the winter. The pool is offering a special for Texas A&M students this week. f PA issues PCB complaint o firemen training field By BELINDA McCOY Battalion Staff fawhe Environmental Protection mcy has issued a formal com int with a possible $26,000 penal- fflUMagainst Texas A&M University’s Firemen Training Field for or etc lure to take proper precautions in rates! : use of an electrical transformer ; { 0 1 itaining PCB (polychlorinated 'ieny]). PCB is a carcinogen when taken emally, said Albert Stirling, man- irofthe field. Having PCB in an electrical trans- mer poses no immediate danger, rling said. “You have to take it emally — drink it or eat it — (for chemical to be dangerous),” he However, accidents in which imal feed was contaminated with IB eventually led to human con- uption of the chemical, Stirling PCB was popular several years ago use in the oil used to cool electric- transformers, Stirling said. Since in, manufacturing PCB has been tlawed. But, Stirling said, it cannot be own away. It has to be stored Wiling to EPA regulations. 11 Cho»i Tocli mkat ]ueU -Gb 1 lSi ' Dr. James Bradley, director of Texas Engineering Extension Ser vice, said that the complaint noted failure to mark a PCB transformer, failure to store a transformer proper ly, and failure to keep records of the transformer. Bradley said that he feels the com plaint is unfounded because the transformer does not actually func tion as an electrical transformer, but rather as a teaching aid for the fire men trainees. He defended TEES’ failure to maintain records of the PCB. “We don’t feel like we have to maintain records, because it’s just a teaching aid,” he said. “There are no such thing as regula tions for transformers used as a teaching aid, only regulations for transformers used as transformers,” Bradley said. “We think once we explain that, everything will be fine.” Bradley and Stirling both said that storing the PCB according to EPA regulations was impossible since the transformer was used regularly by the training school. Stirling said he was not sure how the training field got the transformer more than 10 years ago, but he said, “It was probably donated to us from some industry. It has been here for, years and years.” Stirling plans to represent TEES in an informal settlement conference with the EPA. If a settlement cannot be reached then, the case will go to formal hearing. Neither Bradley nor Stirling feel that Texas A&M will have to pay the $26,000 penalty. “I don’t know anyone who’s ever paid the penalty,” said Stirling. “We feel we haven’t violated any of the rules.” By CINDY GEE Battalion Staff Money doesn’t buy much these days, but this week Aggies have a chance to lose weight, lower their pulse rate and blood pressure and get in shape for 25 cents. College Station’s bubble- enclosed Thomas Park Pool is offer ing an Aggie Special. Students with an I.D. can swim Jan. 21 to Jan. 31, from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through Friday, and Saturday and Sunday from 11 a.m. to 6:45 p.m. for a quarter. Pool admission usually costs 75 cents. Unlike the recent 40-degree tem peratures, the air inside the bubble is kept around 85 degrees and the water at 88 degrees. The pool was built last spring and covered with a bubble in December. College Station Aquatics Director Charles Szabuniewicz said there are very few city-owned covered pools in Texas. “We used to have only 50 or 60 people a month who came out and swam in the heated pool in Bee Creek Park,” he said. “They bought the bubble to save money on heating costs and also to in crease. .. revenue. ” Nine hundred people have already used the pool this month, not including the swim team, Szabu niewicz said. Jack Lester, a local businessman, donated money to the city a few years ago to help build the pool. The L-shaped pool is 82 feet by 69 feet and can hold as many as 202 swimmers and four divers, said Mar cus Haptonstall, a Texas A&M Uni versity student who lifeguards and controls the temperatures in the bubble. He said there is a training area for children, a recreation and competitive swim area with five swimming lanes and a diving area. 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