[CPEO-BIF] "Tidal surge may have had dioxin" (DeLisle, MS)

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Tidal surge may have had dioxin

By MIKE KELLER
Biloxi Sun Herald (MS)
December 3, 2005

"Based on over 40 samples I saw taken at the plant, contaminated areas
were clearly subject to flooding and added to the contamination coming
out of DeLisle. "

Some DuPont sampling results expected Monday

As Katrina's surge slammed the Coast, three ore and tank freight train
cars sitting atop a 25-foot-high railroad berm careened a fifth of a
mile inland. Speeding water laid Bay of St. Louis mud down in a thick
coat on Diamondhead, Pass Christian and the DuPont plant at DeLisle.

As the surge receded, so did the water from the DuPont plant, located
near the very edge of where land meets water.

Recently released FEMA surge inundation maps revealed a 25.1-foot
outdoor high-water mark recorded within the plant, beyond several
retention ponds known by a former DuPont employee to hold high levels of
dioxin, a chemical by-product that the U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency states is "one of the most toxic and environmentally stable"
compounds in its class.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.sunherald.com/mld/sunherald/13317843.htm?template=contentModules/printstory.jsp

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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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