[CPEO-BIF] "Allen Harim cleanup plan heads to DNREC secretary's desk, " Dagsboro, Delaware

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Allen Harim cleanup plan heads to DNREC secretary's desk

By Sarah Lake Rayne
Sussex Countian (DE)
December 20, 2013


The public had one last chance Dec. 17 to comment on a proposed  
environmental assessment and cleanup plan for the former Vlasic  
Pickle plant in Dagsboro.

The state Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control  
held a public hearing in Millsboro to gather input on a proposed plan  
of remedial action for the site, which is slated for conversion to a  
poultry processing facility by Allen M. Harim Foods.

The poultry giant has not finalized the purchase of the property from  
Vlasic owner Pinnacle Foods, but has entered into a brownfields  
development agreement with DNREC to address environmental  
contaminants left behind by Vlasic, which operated on the site from  
the 1970s until 2011.

The site was certified as a brownfield in July and an investigation  
was conducted in August and September, revealing elevated levels of  
the chemicals perchloroethylene, trichloroethylene and lead in the  
groundwater. DNREC officials said the high levels of PCE and TCE were  
only detected in one well, which is located centrally within the site.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.sussexcountian.com/article/20131220/NEWS/131229986

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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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