[CPEO-MEF] Portland (OR) Harbor perchlorate site

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Feds take over Superfund plan for site
As the EPA and former company negotiate, toxins pour into the Willamette

BY JULIE SULLIVAN AND ALEX PULASKI
The Oregonian
October 13, 2006

Over various stretches of six decades, a manufacturer now known as 
Arkema Inc. dumped, piped and leaked poisonous DDT, rocket propellant, 
ammonia, hydrochloric acid and other chemicals onto its North Portland 
grounds.

The chemical stew, pushing its way through groundwater into the 
Willamette River, has created the most contaminated site that federal 
officials see in a Superfund cleanup along a six-mile stretch of the river.

Frustrated by the progress of Arkema and its agents on their piece of 
the cleanup, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency this week 
announced it would take the unusual measure of taking over planning the 
site's initial work.


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For the entire article, see
http://www.oregonlive.com/business/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/business/116071170767870.xml&coll=7
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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>
http://www.cpeo.org


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