[CPEO-BIF] Koppers shutdown, Gainesville, Florida

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Koppers will close its plant in Gainesville
The move to shut down the plant could make it easier to clean up the 
contaminated site.

By Anthony Clark
Gainesville Sun (FL)
December 23, 2009

Koppers Inc. is closing its Gainesville wood treatment facility and 
selling it to Beazer East Inc., a move that could speed up cleanup of 
the toxic Superfund site.

Beazer East is a related company partly responsible for funding cleanup 
efforts. Both companies are based in Pittsburgh, Pa.

Koppers President and CEO Walt Turner said in a news release Tuesday 
that the economic downturn had a significant impact on Gainesville 
operations. He said Koppers will continue to supply Southeastern utility 
pole customers from its Florence, S.C., facility.

The Gainesville plant near Northwest 23rd Avenue and North Main Street 
treated and distributed utility poles, marine pilings and marine lumber.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.gainesville.com/article/20091223/ARTICLES/912231012/1002

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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>
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