2014 CPEO Brownfields List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>
Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2014 23:10:16 -0700 (PDT)
Reply: cpeo-brownfields
Subject: [CPEO-BIF] Vapor monitoring access issues in Fort Smith, Arkansas
 
Whirlpool notes troubles with installing pollution monitors near Fort Smith plant

by Ryan Saylor
Fort Smith City Wire (AR)
June 24, 2014

Whirlpool’s attempts to get vapor intrusion monitors installed in structures above the potentially cancer-causing plume of trichloroethylene (TCE) have not gone according to plan.

The company recently disclosed to the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality that it had not found a property owner who would allow the company to install the monitoring equipment. As a result, the company has been granted a 30-day extension to comply with a request of the city of Fort Smith.

The disclosures on Whirlpool's difficulties and a subsequent request for an extension were included in letters exchanged by the company and ADEQ.


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For the entire article, see
http://www.thecitywire.com/node/33589

See also http://swtimes.com/news/whirlpool-says-toxic-testing-hampered

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
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