[CPEO-BIF] "'Higher Levels' Of TCE Spark New Cleanup Strategy At Whirlpool, " Fort Smith, Arkansas

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

'Higher Levels' Of TCE Spark New Cleanup Strategy At Whirlpool

By Chad Hunter
Southwest Times Record (AR)
May 15, 2014

Discovery of the potential source location for underground  
contamination at the shuttered Whirlpool plant in Fort Smith may  
prompt the company to employ “strategic removal of highly impacted  
soil” near the former degreasing building.

In a statement sent to the Arkansas Department of Environmental  
Quality, Whirlpool said “an additional, limited area of soil with  
increased concentration of TCE on the Whirlpool property was verified  
following completion” of a state-approved cleanup plan called a Final  
Remedial Action Decision Document.

According to ADEQ, the area of impacted soil is “as deep as 25-30 feet.”

“We did find an area, called section one, on our property with higher  
levels of contamination,” Whirlpool spokesman Jeff Noel said  
Wednesday. “It’s contained. It’s underground. We think it could be  
the source or near the source.”

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For the entire article, see
http://swtimes.com/news/higher-levels-tce-spark-new-cleanup-strategy- 
whirlpool

For a related editorial, see
http://www.thecitywire.com/node/33165

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
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Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
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