[CPEO-BIF] Former Dawson Metal Products, Csmdenton, Missouri

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

New Superfund site recommended in Camdenton after TCE claims verified


By CODY MROCZKA 
Lake News Online (MO)
December 5, 2017
  	
MDNR found TCE in 14 of 23 soil samples, five of 14 sub-slab vapor samples and eight of 13 indoor air samples taken at the building from October 2-4 during a CERCLA Site Inspection.

A new Superfund site has been recommended in Camdenton by the Missouri Department of Natural Resources (MDNR) after claims by former manufacturer employees that trichloroethylene was dumped at a temporary operations facility were verified in sampling results.

MDNR launched a Pre-Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) Screening last August after receiving reports from former Dawson Metal Products employees that operations, including the disposal of the volatile organic compound used for degreasing metal parts, were temporarily moved in the early 1970s.

After contacting more former employees, MDNR was able to verify that a fire occurred in July of 1972 and that operations were moved from the manufacturing facility at 221 Sunset Drive — another separate Superfund site that closed in 2012 — to an otherwise unrelated building.


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For the entire article, see
http://www.lakenewsonline.com/news/20171205/new-superfund-site-recommended-in-camdenton-after-tce-claims-verified

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
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