[CPEO-MEF] VOCs, CONTRACTOR: Western Electric/Tarheel Army Missile Plant (NC)

[Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org>]

U.S. Army bivouacs at Burlington rec center to brief residents on Western Electric cleanup

By TOMAS MURAWSKI
Alamance News (NC)
JUNE 28, 2024

The U.S. Army let down its guard for a few hours on Thursday to give area residents the lowdown on the ongoing cleanup of the former Western Electric facility in Burlington.

Officially known as the Tarheel Army Missile Plant, this 22-acre site off of Graham-Hopedale Road is bound up in the minds of many long-time residents with the military contractor Western Electric, which had operated the facility during its heyday a half century ago.

It was the Army, however, that actually owned the plant throughout its six-decade run, which ended shortly before the federal government decided to wash its hands of the property in 2004. Two years ago, the military resumed its connection with the facility due to the lingering presence of industrial contaminants that have prevented a succession of private owners from restoring the plant to productive use.

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For the entire article, see
https://alamancenews.com/u-s-army-bivouacs-at-burlington-rec-center-to-brief-residents-on-western-electric-cleanup/

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Lenny Siegel
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Center for Public Environmental Oversight
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