| From: | CPEO Moderator <cpeo@cpeo.org> |
| Date: | 10 Apr 2001 20:03:45 -0000 |
| Reply: | cpeo-brownfields |
| Subject: | [CPEO-BIF] "IDEM knew of toxic wastes" |
IDEM knew of toxic wastes Feud over ownership blamed for stalling Boonville cleanup By MARK WILSON, Courier & Press staff writer (812) 464-7417 or mwilson@evansville.net To read the complete article go to: http://www.courierpress.com/cgi-bin/view.cgi?/200104/10+idem041001_news.html +20010410+news State officials have known about a possible health threat to low-income residents living near Murphy Engineering in Boonville, Ind., for at least two years. An ownership dispute, however, apparently kept the city and state from cleaning up chemicals left behind by the company until a discovery by Boonville police prompted an emergency cleanup last month. Indiana Department of Environmental Management officials revisited the 809 E. Chestnut St. site Monday to determine if more testing or cleanup needs to be done. “The property is surrounded by low-income residential housing,” stated a 1999 record from IDEM’s Brownfields Program. “The potential impact of contamination may pose a threat to the health of nearby residents.” In addition, in March 1993 the now-defunct company was cited, and eventually fined, for improperly storing hazardous chromium and cyanide sludge from its aluminum coating operations. continued... http://www.courierpress.com/cgi-bin/view.cgi?/200104/10+idem041001_news.html +20010410+news ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To read CPEO's archived Brownfields messages visit http://www.cpeo.org/lists/brownfields If this email has been forwarded to you and you'd like to subscribe, please send a message to cpeo-brownfields-subscribe@igc.topica.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ==^================================================================ EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://igc.topica.com/u/?aVxieR.aVGyPL Or send an email To: cpeo-brownfields-unsubscribe@igc.topica.com This email was sent to: cpeo-brownfields@npweb.craigslist.org T O P I C A -- Learn More. Surf Less. Newsletters, Tips and Discussions on Topics You Choose. http://www.topica.com/partner/tag01 ==^================================================================ | |
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