[CPEO-BIF] "Former plant in Camdenton [MO] still registering high levels of TCE contaminant"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Former plant in Camdenton still registering high levels of TCE contaminant

By CODY MROCZKA 
Lake News Online (MO)
October 4, 2017

The TCE concentrations detected in soil vapor at the greatest concentrations along the sewer line, according to the report, are east of the facility where 1,270,000 ug/m3 was registered and near the Bent Tree manhole where 726,000 ug/m3 was registered.

Soil vapor sample results collected in 2015 and 2016 on the north and east sides of a former manufacturing plant in Camdenton show trichloroethylene (TCE) concentrations ranging from 5.84 micrograms per cubic meter of air (ug/m3) to 1,270,000 ug/m3.

The Missouri Department of Natural Resources (MDNR) is currently reviewing the Phase 1 Sitewide Soil Vapor Investigation Report submitted in August 2017 by CH2M Hill Engineers, Inc. of St. Louis, who were contracted by Modine Manufacturing.

Modine Manufacturing purchased the plant in 1990 and conducted manufacturing operations until its closure in 2012. “TCE has not been used or disposed of at the Sunset Drive facility since Modine took ownership of the facility,” according to Modine documents.

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For the entire article, se
http://www.lakenewsonline.com/news/20171004/former-plant-in-camdenton-still-registering-high-levels-of-tce-contaminant

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
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Voice/Fax: 650/961-8918 
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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