2018 CPEO Brownfields List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>
Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2018 20:48:52 -0800 (PST)
Reply: cpeo-brownfields
Subject: [CPEO-BIF] TCE at Former Sporlan Plant, Washington, Missouri
 
Deadline Tuesday for Comments to EPA on Former Sporran Plant

Missourian (Columbus, MO)
November 11, 2018
	
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) public comment period ends Tuesday for the proposal to add the Sporlan Valve Plant No. 1 to the federal Superfund National Priorities List (NPL).

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In October 2016, the EPA began testing for trichloroethylene (TCE) at the former Sporlan Valve site. The site was first developed as a refrigeration valve manufacturing facility in 1939.

According to the EPA, the testing indicates a release of TCE into the ground, potentially over several decades, resulting in contaminated soil and groundwater beneath the facility. TCE has been detected in groundwater, soil gas, and indoor air surrounding the site.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.emissourian.com/local_news/business/deadline-tuesday-for-comments-to-epa-on-former-sporlan-plant/article_dbd08512-e45b-11e8-9a62-c78ac9991b00.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>
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