[CPEO-BIF] Fort Smith, Arkansas Whirlpool site redevelopment

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Whirlpool: Solvent Leak Won't Delay Redevelopment Of Vacant Plant

By Jeff Arnold
Fort Smith Times Record (AR)
October 8, 2013

Contamination cleanup at the Fort Smith Whirlpool site and lawsuits  
filed against the Michigan-based company won’t delay redevelopment of  
the 152-acre property, a Whirlpool representative said Monday.

A plume of trichloroethylene, or TCE, now a known carcinogen, leaked  
into groundwater at the plant, then later into a neighborhood to the  
north, affecting about two dozen homes.

The chemical compound was used at Whirlpool as a degreasing solvent  
between the late 1960s and early 1980s, according to the company. In  
2001, Whirlpool and the state came to an agreement for remediation  
efforts, according to the ADEQ.

The Fort Smith plant closed June 29, 2012.

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For the entire article, see
http://swtimes.com/news/whirlpool-solvent-leak-wont-delay- 
redevelopment-vacant-plant

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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
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