[CPEO-BIF] Dickson County (Tennessee) landfill lawsuit

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Landfill cleanup could cost $1 billion

Plaintiff's experts say contamination widespread

By D. Frank Smith
Dickson Herald (TN)
August 26, 2010

The scope of the multi-million dollar landfill lawsuit just broadened 
with four expert testimonies that conclude the spread of contaminants 
could be much wider than previously estimated.

The lawsuit, filed by the Natural Resources Defense Council on behalf of 
members of the Holt family, who live on Eno Road, is set to go to trial 
in March. But expert witnesses have been hired by the plaintiffs to back 
up claims that the chemicals dumped in the landfill over decades have 
contaminated groundwater in a larger region than previously believed. 
The Herald obtained copies of some of these reports.

Among four experts in environmental science hired by the plaintiffs, all 
agree that trichloroethylene (TCE) and perchloroethylene (PCE) have 
contaminated the groundwater around the landfill for decades. The 
opinions paint a grim picture for the current understanding of the 
spread of the contamination, and some suggest additional steps be taken 
immediately to contain it.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.tennessean.com/article/20100826/DICKSON01/100826018/Landfill-cleanup-could-cost-1-billion

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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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