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Article: Taking the heat: corporations, individuals must take responsibility for the environment. (Environmental Systems Co.'s plan to build a hazardous waste plant in Arizona) (column)
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- Arkansas Business
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- July 16, 1990
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Taking The Heat
Arizona is hotter than hell and for sure, a lot hotter than July in Arkansas. Environmental Systems Company, a Little Rock-based company, learned how hot Arizona can be. In fact, Ensco may have gotten burned in Arizona.
Ensco planned a multi-million dollar hazardous waste disposal plant in Arizona. The company has already invested about $50 million in research and planning for the disposal plant. Ensco planned to construct the plant about 35 miles south of Phoenix along the Maricopa Mountains. In truth, the hazardous waste disposal plant wouldn't be near anything. The nearest groundwater was about 700 feet down.
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