2017 CPEO Brownfields List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>
Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2017 09:19:04 -0700 (PDT)
Reply: cpeo-brownfields
Subject: [CPEO-BIF] "EPA, Eaton announce off-site TCE remediation can end ..." Lenexa, Kansas
 
EPA, Eaton announce off-site TCE remediation can end; on-site efforts to reduce levels to continue

Kearney Hub (KS)
October 10, 2017 

LENEXA, Kan. - Water tests confirm that off-site trichloroethylene contamination levels linked to the Kearney Eaton Corporation plant no longer exceed the Environmental Protection Agency’s maximum contaminant level in drinking water.

The success of groundwater remediation efforts to reduce the off-site TCE levels was announced this afternoon in a press release from EPA’s Region 7 office and Eaton.

The release also says Eaton will continue groundwater remediation and monitoring for on-site TCE contamination. Although on-site levels also are significantly diminished and closer to the maximum contaminant level, concentrations remain above the allowed maximum.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.kearneyhub.com/news/local/epa-eaton-announce-off-site-tce-remediation-can-end-on/article_7b381976-ae07-11e7-a08d-ab8c6a1348ea.html

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
P.O. Box 998, Mountain View, CA 94042
Voice/Fax: 650/961-8918 
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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