[CPEO-BIF] Mine cleanup, Henry's Knob, South Carolina

[Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org>]

EPA to residents: Making progress on Henry’s Knob cleanup

By Jennifer Becknell
Herald (SC)
March 8, 2015 

	

CLOVER - More than a decade after the federal government began leading the cleanup of a mine at Henry’s Knob, it’s still trying to make sure residents have clean water.

Craig Zeller, the Environmental Protection Agency’s project manager for the Henry’s Knob site off S.C. 55 west of Clover, told about a dozen Clover-area residents last week that the agency is still working on a solution.

The EPA has identified 33 property owners around the site who have been offered wellhead water treatment systems to ensure they have safe water.

About half of those property owners have accepted and have wellhead treatment systems, valued at around $20,000, he said. He said the remaining property owners are considering their options or seeking legal advice.


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For the entire article, see
http://www.heraldonline.com/welcome_page/?shf=/2015/03/08/6867384_epa-to-residents-making-progress.html

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Lenny Siegel
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