[CPEO-BIF] Vapor monitoring access issues in Fort Smith, Arkansas

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

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
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
http://www.cpeo.org

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