[CPEO-BIF] Public meeting on Dresser contamination, Alexandria, Louisiana

[Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org>]

At public meeting on Dresser contamination, residents have their say
'You're not answering any of our questions,' said one woman

By Melissa Gregory
Alexandria Town Talk (LA)
May 30, 2021

TIOGA — Despite two public meetings held about contamination to areas near the former Dresser plant, some residents don't believe they're getting enough information.

Thursday night during the latest public meeting held at Mary Goff Elementary School, people sat through presentations — marred by technical difficulties with microphones and projectors — that provided some new information about the efforts to clean the site and surrounding areas.

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Dresser began manufacturing pressure relief valves for the oil and gas industry at the Shreveport Highway site in 1961. It was bought in 2011 by General Electric Oil & Gas.

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For the entire article, see
https://www.thetowntalk.com/story/news/2021/05/30/residents-near-old-dresser-site-want-more-answers-contamination/7425821002/

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
A project of the Pacific Studies Center
LSiegel@cpeo.org
P.O. Box 998, Mountain View, CA 94042
Voice/Fax: 650-961-8918
http://www.cpeo.org
Author: DISTURBING THE WAR: The Inside Story of the Movement to Get Stanford University out of Southeast Asia - 1965–1975 (See http://a3mreunion.org)

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