[CPEO-BIF] ODOT TCE site, Newark, Ohio

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Licking County carcinogen plume moving

ODOT buying two more houses to mitigate contamination


 
 
Bethany Bruner
Newark Advocate (OH)
April 10, 2013   

NEWARK - New test results released by the Ohio Department of Transportation appear to support the department's theory that a plume of chemicals from a former testing plant is moving underground to the south and east.

Deputy Director Joe Rutherford said the chemicals, mainly trichloroethylene, a carcinogen, seeped into groundwater under James and South Pine streets. The chemicals were used at the testing plant before people knew TCE was a carcinogen.

In September, eight homes were designated as being located over the plume and ODOT made plans to buy those properties from the homeowners and provide them with relocation costs. The number of properties has increased to 10, Rutherford said.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.newarkadvocate.com/article/20130409/NEWS01/304090028/Licking-County-carcinogen-plume-moving?nclick_check=1

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope Street
Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650-961-8918 or 650-969-1545
Fax: 650-961-8918
LSiegel@cpeo.org
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