[CPEO-BIF] Kaiser Aluminum, Trentwood, Washington

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Kaiser unveils $16 million cleanup plan
Trentwood site top priority for Department of Ecology

Becky Kramer
Spokane Spokesman-Review (WA)
January 25, 2012

Kaiser Trentwood’s plant along the Spokane River has a long,  
illustrative history.

Built to produce aluminum for military planes during World War II,  
the factory later became a steady source of blue-collar jobs for  
generations of Spokane-area residents.

But the site bears the scars of nearly 70 years of heavy industrial  
use. The soil and groundwater surrounding the plant are polluted with  
hydrocarbons, some dating back to the Bunker C fuel oil used at the  
factory during the 1940s.

PCBs - which were added to hydraulic oils as flame retardants - are  
also present in the groundwater.


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For the entire article, see
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2012/jan/25/kaiser-unveils-cleanup- 
plans/

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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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