[CPEO-MEF] MUNITIONS, VOCs: Delfasco Forge(TX) bankrupt

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Delfasco Forge files for Chapter 11

Dallas Business Journal (TX)
August 4, 2008

Delfasco Forge, a subsidiary of Delfasco Inc., has filed for Chapter 11 
bankruptcy protection.

The Hurst-based manufacturer of practice bombs for the U.S. military 
filed for bankruptcy after the Environmental Protection Agency issued an 
order asking the company to consent to an 84-page remediation plan on 
how to contain areas near the company’s Grand Prairie location that are 
contaminated with the chemical trichloroethylene.

In a bankruptcy filing, Delfasco Forge says it purchased the Grand 
Prairie location back in 1980 before the EPA’s standards were developed. 
In 2002, the company attempted to sell the Grand Prairie location, but 
during the sales process, a ground water testing procedure showed levels 
of trichloroethylene contamination in the ground water. 
Trichloroethylene is known as a contaminate that in excessive doses can 
cause damage to the nervous system.

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For the entire article, see
http://dallas.bizjournals.com/dallas/stories/2008/08/04/daily2.html

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
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