[CPEO-BIF] "CTS Superfund cleanup plans set, " Buncombe County, North Carolina

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

CTS Superfund cleanup plans set

by Tonya Maxwell
Asheville Citizen-Times (NC)
February 11, 2016


Three acres left polluted by a carcinogenic chemical for decades will be cleaned up using two methods, according a decision issued Thursday by federal environmental officials.

Once implemented, the $9 million cleanup near a south Asheville neighborhood is expected to address the source of trichloroethylene, better known as TCE, which is leeching from the CTS of Asheville site on Mills Gap Road.

The record of decision issued by the Environmental Protection Agency called for a 1.2-acre area to be cleaned up using a method known as electrical resistance heating, which involves electrifying rods drilled in the soil to heat and evaporate TCE.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.citizen-times.com/story/news/2016/02/11/cts-superfund-cleanup-plans-set/80251910/

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
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