[CPEO-BIF] Neighbors sue CTS at Asheville, North Carolina

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Seeking relief: CTS neighbors file lawsuit

by Susan Andrew
Mountain Xpress (NC)
February 23, 2011
Residents who live near the contaminated former CTS facility on Mills  
Gap Road have waited for years for cleanup, and as the time draws  
closer for EPA’s review of the site for inclusion on the National  
Priorities List (which would place it among the most severely  
contaminated sites in the U.S.), residents have decided to wait no  
longer. A group of 16 individuals and families filed suit against the  
Elkhart, Ind.-based corporation yesterday in federal court.  
Complainants include Tate MacQueen, spokesperson with the advocacy  
group Citizen’s Monitoring Council, which has worked to get the issue  
noticed and addressed, and Lee Ann Smith, whose young sons were  
treated for cancer after they were exposed to high levels of  
contaminants in a stream flowing from the CTS property near their home.

The Citizens Monitoring Council says it has found evidence of an  
illegal dumping system constructed some years ago on CTS property —  
presumably used to funnel hazardous waste off the property. The  
system may have allowed contaminants such as trichloroethylene (TCE),  
benzene, and vinyl chloride to enter ground and surface water, as  
well as residential drinking-water supplies....



For the entire article, see
http://www.mountainx.com/news/2011/ 
seeking_relief_cts_neighbors_file_lawsuit

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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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