[CPEO-BIF] Lammers Barrel, Beavercreek, Ohio

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Report: Beavercreek site still hazardous
City officials are waiting on federal authorities to begin clean up of 
the former Lammers Barrel location.

By Christopher Magan
Dayton Daily News
October 1, 2009

BEAVERCREEK - The Ohio Department of Health has completed an assessment 
of a former barrel company by concluding the site continues to pose an 
"indeterminate public health hazard."

Lammers Barrel operated from 1953-69 at the corner of Patterson and 
Grange Hall roads, where the company bought, stored, reclaimed and sold 
flammable chemical solvents, according to the report. In 1969, a major 
fire exploded barrels as high as 100 feet in the air. The U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency later designated the property a 
Superfund site in need of clean up.

City officials are not involved in the process, said city Engineer Dave 
Beach. He hopes the EPA will have a remediation plan by 2010.



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For the entire article, see
http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/community/beavercreek/report-beavercreek-site-still-hazardous-325994.html?printArticle=y

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
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Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
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