FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                          AG
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1997                        (202) 514-2008
                                               TDD (202) 514-1888

             STATEMENT OF ATTORNEY GENERAL JANET RENO


     "CFC smugglers have created a black market that threatens
our environment and undermines producers and distributors of
legal refrigerants, and the Department of Justice is cracking
down on these smugglers wherever we find them," said Attorney
General Janet Reno.
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