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4. -13~ ~- ~ TUESDAY, AUGUST 13, 1985 Noting that the Virginia Municipal League Annual Conference is scheduled for September 22-24, 1985, in Roanoke and that the Council's second meeting in September would be on the 24th, Council discussed the possibility of (a) cancelling the 24th meeting, (b) cancelling both the 10th and 24th meeting and scheduling one meeting for the month on the 17th, or (c) conducting the 10th meeting and deciding at that time whether to conduct another meeting later in the month. Upon motion by Councilman Oakes, seconded by Councilman Williams, and unanimously carried, Council agreed to cancel the September 24 meeting because of the VML meeting, conduct the meeting on September 10 and review at that time the possibility of another meeting later in the month. City Manager Brown presented a report concerning disposal of the City's hazardous waste (PCB). In 1982 the City contracted with R. W. Chapman Company, Inc., an agent for SED, Inc., who operated a warehouse in Greensboro, North Carolina, for processing PCB's with the fluid to be transported to a PCB incinerator for destruction. The City had its hazardous waste transported to Greensboro and thought that it had been - disposed of properly. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has inspected the facilities in Greensboro and discovered that the waste is still there, that it has not been processed in any way and that SED, Inc. no longer exists. The EPA has given the City and all other businesses and industries that sent their waste to this location two alternatives, (1) EPA will dispose of the waste and bill each one involved or (2) all