[CPEO-BIF] CTS Asheville (NC) - The contamination runneth over

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

[This brief news video is worth watching. - LS]

Contaminated Well Leaks Into Neighborhood

By Courtney Brennan
WLOS News 13 TV (Asheville, NC)
April 26 (?), 2009

Residents near the old CTS plant got a scare after a contaminated well 
flowed into a neighborhood off Mills Gap Road.

The Environmental Protection Agency has said that the chemical, 
trichloroethylene, is in nearby wells. A neighborhood action team has 
been trying to get CTS to clean up its old property for years.

...

For the entire story, see
http://www.wlos.com/shared/newsroom/top_stories/wlos_vid_2512.shtml



North Carolina regulators are proposing a voluntary cleanup agreement 
with the original polluter, but this is a site that should be on the 
Superfund National Priorities List.

See my report at 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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