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Oxy Claims (Continued From Page A-1) conclusions drawn by Occidental on their• Plan of Study due to litigation pending by the state against the firm. The state has filed a $45 million pollution suit against the company about a year ago. The Environmental Protection Agency in San Francisco stated that their• copy of the r•epor•t would be sent to their• headquarters in Washington, D.C. According to Rice the study comprised of over• 50,000 separate analyses performed by three independent laboratories on more than 500 samples of domestic well water•, 200 sam- ples of monitoring (test) well water• and 125 samples of soil cor•ings. During the study domestic and monitoring wells were also tested for• inorganic chemicals, such as chloride and radioactive materials. Rice reported that relatively small amounts of radioactive materials were found in the vicinity of the Lathrop plant, with no iden- tit;'iable concentration patterns a round the site. He cited technical consultants, who r•epor•tedly studied the radiation issue, as believing that a significant portion of the radioactive material detected in the groundwater• came from natural sources unrelated to Occidental's operations due to location and groundwater• movement in the area, which was found to travel north and northwest. According to these experts, stated Rice, the radioactive materials detected did not represent a health hazard to consumers of water•. The Plan of Study is the first of three phases planned by Oc- cidental, informed Rice. The next phase of the investigation will include the continuation of the groundwater• monitoring program and evaluation of proposed remedial measures aimed at reducing or eliminating any potential effects of chemical residues found in the soil or - groundwater. The final phase will establish a