2011 CPEO Brownfields List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>
Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2011 15:49:36 -0800 (PST)
Reply: cpeo-brownfields
Subject: [CPEO-BIF] TRW capacitor plant TCE, McCook, Nebraska
 
Northrop Grumman: TCE levels are safe for neighboring residents


Bruce Baker
McCook Gazette (NE)
March 1, 2011

McCOOK, Nebraska -- The levels of man-made chemicals in the soil gas, related to the former TRW facility in McCook, do not represent a health hazard to residences located in the vicinity of the facility, a media relations director for Northrop Grumman told the Gazette Monday. The comment came as a recap of a soil sampling analysis the company had completed in December, as part of program enhancements to the groundwater cleanup program they are carrying out with the supervision and approval of the Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality (NDEQ).

TRW Inc. (now Northrop Grumman) manufactured capacitors at its McCook facility from the mid-1960s to 1984 and was located at the intersection of F Street and Airport Road. Trichloroethylene (TCE) was used as a solvent and a carrier for the epoxy coating on the capacitors, prior to TRW ceasing operations in 1984 and closing the facility in 1986.

Soil containing TCE was discovered when the City of McCook was searching for a new source of water, due to nitrate contamination of the existing sources. After extensive investigations, TRW began groundwater remediation activities in 1993 and still operates five active extraction wells and water treatment equipment at the treatment plant located on airport property.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.mccookgazette.com/story/1707158.html


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Lenny Siegel
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