[CPEO-BIF] Cleanup agreement at Missouri Metals, Elmwood Park, Missouri

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

EPA: Deal in place for Elmwood Park cleanup

BY JEFFREY TOMICH
St. Louis Post-Dispatch (MO)
October 18, 2012

The company that owns a north St. Louis County industrial site has  
agreed to clean up groundwater contamination that reaches into an  
adjacent neighborhood and is the source of chemical vapors seeping  
into the basements of some homes.

The Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday announced the  
agreement with Waltham, Mass.-based PerkinElmer Inc., the owner of  
the former Missouri Metals plant site at 9970 Page Avenue near Overland.

Chris Whitley, an EPA spokesman in Kansas City, said the agreement is  
meant to obtain more data to better identify a plume of contaminated  
groundwater extending from the plant site as well as any areas that  
need to be immediately cleaned up. Data will also be used to develop  
alternatives for a broader cleanup of the site and surrounding area.


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For the entire article, see
http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/metro/epa-deal-in-place-for- 
elmwood-park-cleanup/article_cf325813-1a2b-5388-a915-0e4f555ac2dc.html

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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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