[CPEO-BIF] TCE at former Cemex plant, Fairborn, Ohio

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Contaminant find almost doomed Calamityville site
Two consulting firms differ on cost of cleanup for site

By Christopher Magan
Dayton Daily News
May 17, 2009

The discovery of trichloroethene, an organic industrial solvent known to 
damage the kidneys and central nervous system, nearly doomed plans to 
build a disaster response training center at a former cement plant.
"We found the TCE at the 11th hour, and that changed the whole dynamic 
of the numbers," said Deborah McDonnell, Fairborn city manager. "There 
was a panicked reaction."

Environment consultants Burgess and Niple found the chemical in late 
2008 and, combined with other factors, caused Wright State University 
officials to signal they were pulling out of two years worth of 
discussions to locate "Calamityville" on the former Cemex cement 
production site at 506 E. Xenia Drive.

Estimates to clean up the 70-acre site of hazardous substances, 
including TCE and asbestos, were close to $4.4 million, according to 
plans submitted to the city by Burgess and Niple.


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For the entire article, see
http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/dayton-news/contaminant-find-almost-doomed-calamityville-site-123181.html

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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
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