[CPEO-BIF] CTS neighbors, Buncombe County, North Carolina

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

CTS neighbors deliver demands to county, state and federal agencies

by Susan Andrew
Mountain Xpress (NC)
December 22, 2010


Tate MacQueen says he can now pronounce a long list of hazardous 
chemicals - such as trichloroethylene, vinyl chloride and other 
polyaromatic hydrocarbons, not to mention the more familiar cyanide, 
chromium and cadmium - owing to his work investigating pollution by the 
Elkhart, Ind.-based CTS Corp., which owned and operated the now-vacant 
former electroplating facility on Mills Gap Road in south Asheville.

There are other choice words he also doesn't hesitate to use in 
describing the tragedy surrounding the contamination released into the 
environment at the facility, and state and federal agencies' failure to 
respond effectively to the hazard: "Incompetence." "Malfeasance." 
"Homicide."

In a public meeting at the Skyland Fire Department Monday, Dec. 21, the 
CTS Citizens Monitoring Council, led by MacQueen, delivered a report 
listing actions it says local, state and federal agencies need to take 
to halt the spread of the contamination plume and protect at-risk 
residents from additional vapor intrusion and contact with affected 
ground water. David Gantt, who chairs the Buncombe County Board of 
Commissioners, was in attendance along with other local officials.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.mountainx.com/news/2010/cts_neighbors_deliver_demands_to_county_state_and_federal_agencies

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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