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Article: EPA: Dow to Clean Up Dioxin Hot Spot in the Saginaw River
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- U.S. Newswire
- Article date:
- November 15, 2007
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To: STATE EDITORS
Contact: Anne Rowan, +1-312-353-9391, rowan.anne@epa.gov, or Mick
Hans, +1-312-353-5050, hans.mick@epa.gov, both of EPA
CHICAGO, Nov. 15 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency Region 5 and Dow Chemical Co. of Midland, Mich.,
today signed a consent order to begin an emergency cleanup of a
previously unknown dioxin hot spot on the Saginaw River.
Under the order, Dow must dredge dioxin-contaminated sediments in
the Saginaw. Field work must begin immediately with the dredging to
be completed by Dec. 15.
The extremely high level of dioxin found in the Saginaw River and
its possible consequences warrant immediate action, said Regional
Administrator Mary ...