[CPEO-BIF] The CTS Site in Skyland, North Carolina

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Flowing through the Cracks
The CTS Site in Skyland, North Carolina

Lenny Siegel
February 2009

The 57-acre CTS Asheville site on Mills Gap Road in Skyland, Buncombe 
County, North Carolina (just outside of Asheville), is a prime example 
of a hazardous waste site where the problem slipped through the cracks 
of the regulatory system. Large quantities of trichloroethylene (TCE) 
and other contaminants were released into the environment from the 1950s 
through the 1980s, and residents reported serious health consequences- 
that they believe are connected with toxic exposures - at least as early 
as 1990. In the early 2000s, new housing was built on a portion of the 
original property. However, no cleanup actions were taken until 2006. 
Since then, investigation has accelerated, but the response still 
appears fragmented and insufficient.




To download the 8-page, 2.3 MB PDF report, go to
http://www.cpeo.org/pubs/CTSAsheville.pdf

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
http://www.cpeo.org


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