[CPEO-BIF] Whirlpool cleanup update, Fort Smith, Arkansas

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

ADEQ Sets Deadline For Whirlpool’s 2016 Progress Report On Fort Smith Pollution

By Talk Business & Politics Staff
KUAR Public Radio (AR)
Jan 9, 2017

Whirlpool’s 2016 Annual Progress Report to the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality will be released on Feb. 15, according to ADEQ spokeswoman Kelly Robinson.

The report will detail Whirlpool’s progress on cleanup of trichloroethylene (TCE), a cancer-causing chemical that leaked into the groundwater under and adjacent to the former Whirlpool manufacturing facility in Fort Smith. The Benton Harbor, Mich.-based appliance manufacturer submitted its first report on Jan. 15, 2014 for the 2013 cleanup year, and provides updates on cleanup efforts through the WhirlpoolFortSmith.com website with the latest being the second quarter progress report for 2016.

In the document, the company provided analytical data from samples of 104 wells; soil vapor monitoring; and calculations for the estimation of TCE mass for the second quarter, noting “the combined estimated quantity of TCE currently adsorbed in unsaturated and saturated soil and the TCE dissolved in the three groundwater plumes is estimated to range from approximately 20 to 70 gallons based upon investigation and monitoring events at the Site,” with the groundwater portion being between 11 and 34 gallons.

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For the entire article, see
http://ualrpublicradio.org/post/adeq-sets-deadline-whirlpool-s-2016-progress-report-fort-smith-pollution#stream/0

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