[CPEO-BIF] "Monitoring of cleanup at former CTS Superfund site in Asheville [North Carolina] continues this week"

[Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org>]

Monitoring of cleanup at former CTS Superfund site in Asheville continues this week

BY JENNIFER EMERT 
WLOS MY40 TV (Asheville, NC)
JANUARY 13, 2022

ASHEVILLE, N.C. - You may notice activity on the former CTS Superfund site along Mills Gap Road over the next week.

A team from Wood, a contractor working with the EPA on site cleanup, is testing the ground water in 15 wells scattered across 1.9 acres. The group will be drawing up water from 25 feet below the surface for testing to ensure the remediation process is continuing to work.

This is the fourth test of the In-Situ Chemical Oxidation or ISCO process to rid the site of TCE. TCE is a cancer-causing solvent and fuel oil that's contaminated ground water on the site and neighboring properties. According to the remedial site manager, the process is gradually reducing the levels of the harmful chemical.

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For the entire story, see
https://my40.tv/news/local/monitoring-of-cleanup-at-former-cts-superfund-site-in-asheville-continues-this-week-mills-gap-road

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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
Author: DISTURBING THE WAR: The Inside Story of the Movement to Get Stanford University out of Southeast Asia - 1965–1975 (See http://a3mreunion.org)

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