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RESOLUTION NO. 81- 49 INTRODUCED BY: Council as a Whole A RESOLUTION URGING THE CLEVELAND ELECTRIC ILLUMINATING COMPANY, CLEVELAND, OHIO, TO PROMPTLY IDENTIFY AND TO REMOVE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE ALL ELECTRICAL CAPACITORS NOW LOCATED IN HAYFIELD VILLAGE AND CONSTITUTING A HAZARD TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC. WHEREAS, it has been determined that the Cleveland Electric Illuminating Company has installed on its transmission facilities located in Mayfield Village certain electrical capacitors which contain polychlorinated biphenyls (P.C.B.); and WHEREAS, it has been determined~by the Environmental Protection Agency that P.C.B. constitutes a potential threat to the health and well-being of the public; and WHEREAS, it has been made known to the Council of Mayfield Village that certain electrical capacitors in other sections of Cuyahoga County have become defective, have leaked or exploded a.nd created a real and present danger to persons coming in contact with the P.C.B. contained therein; and WHEREAS, it has been determined by the Council of Mayfield Village that there are several.such electrical capacitors situated on the public ways of Mayfield Village and which constitute a real and present danger to the well-being of Mayfield Village, Ohio; now, therefore, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF HAYFIELD VILLAGE, OHIO, THAT: Section 1. That this entire Council and the administration of Payfield Village, Ohio, for and on behalf of the citizens of Mayfield Village,, strongly urge the Cleveland Electric Illuminating Company to take immediate steps to identify the location of all electrical capacitors containing P.C.B. located in Mayfield Village by marking the poles on which. said capacitors are situated with easily located and readily identifiable markings as required by U.S. E.P.A. approved instructions directing the public what to do in the event of a leak or accident; these instructions should be posted at eye level on all the poles containing P.C.B. capacitors, and further urging the Cleveland Electric Illuminating Company to remove the said hazardous electrical capacitors and replace the same as soon as it is reasonably possible to do so.