2009 CPEO Brownfields List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 2009 09:29:08 -0700 (PDT)
Reply: cpeo-brownfields
Subject: [CPEO-BIF] Emerson to remain responsible for Ithaca (NY) plume
 
Emerson still involved in cleanup

By Krisy Gashler
Ithaca Journal
August 13, 2009

Emerson will remain financially responsible for cleaning up the toxic pollution left by its predecessor, company and state officials confirmed Wednesday.

Emerson spokesman Dave Baldridge said that costs associated with cleaning up the pollution were not a factor in the company's decision to close the plant.

Borg Warner operated the Morse Chain factory until 1983. The company sold the plant to Emerson, which renamed it Emerson Power Transmission. Borg Warner built a new manufacturing facility in Lansing, which is still the county's largest for-profit employer. It makes components for the auto industry, and Emerson's plant serves industrial customers.

In 1987, Emerson discovered that trichloroethylene (TCE), a likely carcinogen, had leaked into the factory's fire water reservoir during Morse Chain's ownership of the site.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.theithacajournal.com/article/20090813/NEWS01/908130368/1126/Emerson+still+involved+in+cleanup

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