[CPEO-MEF] Court sanctions voluntary rocket-fuel cleanup in Arkansas

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

8th Circuit: Rocket-fuel maker can recover clean-up costs from US

By JILL ZEMAN

LITTLE ROCK - A firm that voluntarily cleaned up toxic rocket fuel 
contamination at a southern Arkansas industrial park can try to recover 
part of its clean-up costs from the U.S. government, a federal panel 
ruled Friday.

The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals at St. Louis overturned a lower 
court decision that barred Atlantic Research Corp. from pursuing 
repayment for cleaning up its former facility in Camden. Atlantic - 
which has since been bought out by Aerojet - retrofitted rocket motors 
for the U.S. government from 1981 to 1986 at a Highland Industrial Park 
in Camden.

Workers used power-sprayers to remove rocket propellant. Once removed, 
the fuel was burned, and residue from the burnt rocket fuel contaminated 
the soil and groundwater. Rocket fuel contains perchlorate, which has 
been linked to thyroid disorders and birth defects.


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For the entire article, see
http://www.pbcommercial.com/articles/2006/08/11/ap-state-ar/d8jebm8o0.txt
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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
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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