[CPEO-BIF] "Feds to take over monitoring" of Clinton Engines Museum site, Maquoketa, Iowa

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Feds to take over monitoring of Maquoketa contamination

Associated Press
March 9, 2020 

MAQUOKETA, Iowa — A federal agency intends to assume the monitoring of contamination from a carcinogenic chemical that's spread from a factory site in the eastern Iowa city of Maquoketa.

The Telegraph Herald reported that the Environmental Protection Agency is developing a plan for testing at the Clinton Engines Museum site and the surrounding area for potential groundwater and vapor contamination. Previous testing revealed groundwater contamination from trichloroethene.

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For the entire article, see
https://www.sfchronicle.com/news/article/Feds-to-take-over-monitoring-of-Maquoketa-15116354.php

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





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