| From: | Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org> |
| Date: | Wed, 15 Oct 2014 11:35:02 -0700 (PDT) |
| Reply: | cpeo-brownfields |
| Subject: | [CPEO-BIF] "State Questions Plan To Remove Toxic Soil At Whirlpool, " Fort Smith, Arkansas |
State Questions Plan To Remove Toxic Soil At Whirlpool By Chad Hunter Southwest Times Record (AR) October 11, 2014 Whirlpool Corp. this week responded to criticism from the state that the amount of soil targeted for removal from a contamination hot spot at the company’s shuttered plant “seems inadequate.” A portion of Whirlpool’s property on Jenny Lind Road has been contaminated with trichloroethylene, or TCE, since at least 1989 when it was discovered at the site, according to Whirlpool’s environmental consulting firm, Environ. Whirlpool is in the midst of a state-approved cleanup plan that began in March with the treatment of contaminated groundwater with a chemical oxidant. … For the entire article, see http://swtimes.com/news/state-questions-plan-remove-toxic-soil-whirlpool -- Lenny Siegel Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight a project of the Pacific Studies Center 278-A Hope Street Mountain View, CA 94041 Voice: 650-961-8918 or 650-969-1545 Fax: 650-961-8918 LSiegel@cpeo.org http://www.cpeo.org _______________________________________________ Brownfields mailing list Brownfields@lists.cpeo.org http://lists.cpeo.org/listinfo.cgi/brownfields-cpeo.org | |
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