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- Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque)
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- April 4, 2008
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Arkansas accepting some FEMA trailers
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - Arkansas will accept Federal Emergency
Management Agency mobile homes for tornado victims but has put a
limit on their formaldehyde levels, Gov. Mike Beebe said Thursday.
The state will not take mobile homes with formaldehyde levels
higher than 40 parts per billion, Beebe said. Anything below that
level is typical for most housing, he said.
FEMA has been criticized for its response to concerns about much
higher levels of formaldehyde in mobile homes used by victims of the
2005 Gulf Coast hurricanes. About 34,000 remain occupied, but FEMA
has stepped up efforts to move residents.
Officials campaign against media shield bill
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