[CPEO-BIF] "Whirlpool Cleanup Update On Tap For Fort Smith [Arkansas] Board"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Whirlpool Cleanup Update On Tap For Fort Smith Board

By Chad Hunter 
Fort Smith Times Record (AR)
October 12, 2015 

Fort Smith leaders expect to hear from a Whirlpool Corp. representative Tuesday about ongoing efforts to address contamination at the company’s former plant on Jenny Lind Road.

The quarterly report from Whirlpool spokesman Jeff Noel will take place during a Fort Smith Board of Directors study session.

A portion of Whirlpool’s sprawling 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. The toxic chemical was later discovered underneath a nearby neighborhood.

Whirlpool, which closed the Fort Smith plant in 2012, is in the midst of a state-approved cleanup plan that began in March 2014 with the treatment of contaminated groundwater with a chemical oxidant. Cleanup strategies also included the removal of toxic soil.

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For the entire article, see
http://swtimes.com/news/whirlpool-cleanup-update-tap-fort-smith-board

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
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LSiegel@cpeo.org
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