[CPEO-BIF] Sporlan Valve Plant, Washington, Missouri

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

EPA to Host Meeting On Sporlan Plant Site - Degreaser, Solvent Leaked

By Gregg Jones
Missourian 
May 31, 2018
 
	
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 7 will host a Public Availability Session to provide a site update and propose next steps regarding the Sporlan Valve Plant 1 Superfund Site.

In October 2016, the EPA began testing for trichloroethylene (TCE) at the former Sporlan Valve site on Seventh Street.

The site is located at 611 E. Seventh Street, Washington. It was first developed as a refrigeration valve manufacturing facility in 1939. TCE was used at the facility as a degreaser and industrial solvent.

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A series of actions have been taken to mitigate the threat of vapor intrusion (VI), due to the presence of TCE in shallow groundwater under residential properties adjacent to the site. These actions have included sampling for TCE in homes, installing, and requiring the potentially responsible party to install vapor mitigation systems.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.emissourian.com/local_news/washington/epa-to-host-meeting-on-sporlan-plant-site--/article_282ec677-b0dc-5bd6-b3c2-3081e3ef5c2b.html

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
P.O. Box 998, Mountain View, CA 94042
Voice/Fax: 650/961-8918 
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
http://www.cpeo.org

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