[CPEO-MEF] Proposed Paducah (KY) buy-out

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

U.S. may study buyout around Paducah plant
Chemicals tainted land's groundwater

By James R. Carroll
Louisville Courier-Journal (KY)
July 10, 2005

KEVIL, Ky. -- Ronald Lamb was outraged and demanded government 
compensation after discovering in 1994 that his water well had been 
tainted by pollution from the nearby Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant.

Now, Lamb said he's intrigued by a measure before Congress calling for 
the government to study buying the properties of families whose homes 
and farms sit on top of a plume of groundwater contaminated by 
degreasing solvents and radioactive chemicals.

"At one time I would not have sold, but if the price was right I would 
listen," said Lamb, a mechanic who unsuccessfully sued over the 
pollution. "I hope they don't think they will get it for nothing."

It's not clear how much Lamb and other owners of about 120 homes sitting 
above 10 billion gallons of contaminated groundwater might get, or how 
ongoing cleanup efforts would be affected.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.courier-journal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050710/NEWS0104/507100431/1008/NEWS01
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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
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