[CPEO-BIF] "CTS saga at significant turning point, " Asheville area, North Carolina

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Our view: CTS saga at significant turning point

Editorial
Asheville Citiaen-Times (NC)
November 20, 2015


Many long-simmering issues in Asheville, from the pace of development to the future of the I-26 Connector, are at a turning point. You can add the direction of the cleanup of the CTS site to the list.

As with other issues, such as Duke Energy’s plans for a 45-mile transmission line from Lake Julian into South Carolina, public input could have a large impact on the final decision.

Duke dropped its power line plan, saying it was swayed by more than 9,000 comments from the public.

The Environmental Protection Agency is receiving public comment through Nov. 29 on how to best proceed with cleanup of trichloroethylene, better known as TCE, in the groundwater table of a South Asheville neighborhood. TCE, a metal degreasing chemical, is a carcinogen associated with cancer of the kidneys and other organs. It has bubbled to the surface through springs and spread in an underground plume estimated by the EPA to be the size of 90 football fields.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.citizen-times.com/story/opinion/editorials/2015/11/20/view-cts-saga-significant-turning-point/76101192/

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
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Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650-961-8918 or 650-969-1545
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