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DATE: SATURDAY, June 25, 1994                   TAG: 9406290071
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: C-3   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: Associated Press
DATELINE: RICHMOND                                LENGTH: Short

VA. 13TH WORST INTOXIC RELEASE

Virginia ranked 13th worst in the United States in the amount of toxic chemicals discharged into waterways in 1992, an environmental group says.

Virginia companies reported releasing 1.9 million pounds of toxic chemicals into state waters, the Washington-based U.S. Public Interest Research Group said Thursday.

At a news conference in front of the main gate at DuPont Co.'s Spruance Fibers plant in Chesterfield County, representatives of the group urged Congress to strengthen the Clean Water Act to help reduce toxic releases nationwide.

by CNB