[CPEO-BIF] "Chattanooga city [Tennsss to begin strategic cleanup of asbestos-ridden R.L. Stowe Mill site"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Chattanooga city to begin strategic cleanup of asbestos-ridden R.L. Stowe Mill site

by Shannen Sharpe
News channel 9 (Chattanooga, TN)
March 15, 2019

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. - The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) confirmed asbestos at the site of the old R.L. Stowe yarn mill in Lupton City. The property has long been an eyesore and a major complaint for people living in that part of Chattanooga for years.

The former yarn mill was once at the center of a flourishing community. What's left behind now is deemed a brownfield because of contaminants in the soil. Lupton City, LLC. owned the property until it lapsed on its property taxes. The company then abandoned it without finishing removal.

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For the entire article, see
https://newschannel9.com/news/local/chattanooga-city-to-begin-strategic-cleanup-of-asbestos-ridden-rl-stowe-mill-site

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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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