[CPEO-BIF] CTS Asheville (North Carolina) proposed for "Superfund"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

[I've been following this site for a whie. See http://www.cpeo.org/ 
pubs/CTSCritique.pdf. - LS]

EPA proposes CTS Superfund site near Asheville for priorities list


Nanci Bompey
Asheville Citizen-Times (NC)
March 8, 2011


SKYLAND - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced Tuesday  
that it has proposed including the former CTS of Asheville plant on  
its list of the nation's most environmentally contaminated properties.

Placement on the National Priorities List could speed cleanup of the  
site off Mills Gap Road, where officials have found ground and well  
water contaminated with an industrial solvent and suspected carcinogens.

The EPA has 40,000 sites on its Superfund list. Of those, there are  
1,290 on the priorities list, including 35 in North Carolina and six  
in Western North Carolina.

Residents near the plant for years have pushed government agencies to  
pay closer attention to threats from the former plant site. Some said  
Tuesday they were skeptical the latest step would bring action.


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For the entire article, see
http://www.citizen-times.com/article/20110309/NEWS/303090035/EPA- 
proposes-CTS-site-priorities-list?odyssey=tab%7Ctopnews%7Ctext% 
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Lenny Siegel
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