[CPEO-MEF] VOCs, CONTRACTORS: "US Army to begin excavating up to 300 tons of contaminated soil at former [Tarheel] missile plant in Burlington, " NC

[Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org>]

US Army to begin excavating up to 300 tons of contaminated soil at former missile plant in Burlington

BY LISA SORG 
NC Newsline
FEBRUARY 8, 2024 

The U.S. Army Environmental Command this month is scheduled to begin excavating as much as 300 tons of contaminated soil at the Tarheel Army Missile Plant in Burlington, city officials announced this week. This is the first step in a renewed effort to cleanup extensive contamination at the abandoned 22-acre site at 204 N. Graham-Hopedale Road. The site is known locally as the Western Electric plant because it had a military contract to build Nike missile guidance systems there during the Cold War.

The Defense Department owned the plant until 2004. The federal government sold the facility under a program approved by Congress that allows the transfer of contaminated property to private owners. In Burlington, the U.S. Army Environmental Command remains liable for cleaning up hazards below ground; private owners, currently David Tsui of Chapel Hill, are responsible for removing contaminants in the buildings and redeveloping the property. Tunnel water, soil and groundwater at the TAMP contain high levels of chemicals associated with chlorinated solvents, which were commonly used at the facility. These include TCE, PCE, benzene and vinyl chloride, all of which have been linked to cancer.

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For the entire article, see
https://ncnewsline.com/2021/09/09/former-army-missile-plant-burlington-poses-public-health-risk-eng/

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Lenny Siegel
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Center for Public Environmental Oversight
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