[CPEO-BIF] "Former CTS site heating up, but one area proving harder to treat for TCE, " Asheville, North Carolina

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Former CTS site heating up, but one area proving harder to treat for TCE

by Jennifer Emert
WLOS TV-13 News (Asheville, NC)
November 15th 2018

ASHEVILLE, N.C. - Thousands of pounds of a dangerous chemical have been removed from a Buncombe County Superfund site, but one area of the former CTS property is proving harder to treat.

Just a few weeks ago, sampling showed the amount of TCE concentrations in the soil and groundwater have been reduced by 95 percent.

For months, a contractor has been heating the ground at the former CTS site to temperatures of more than 200 degrees Fahrenheit to turn the TCE into vapor and destroy it.

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For the entire story, see
https://wlos.com/news/local/former-cts-site-heating-up-but-one-area-proving-harder-to-treat-for-tce

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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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