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Also see:
http://www.freep.com/news/locway/lead12_20030612.htm
U.S. EPA REGION 5 NEWS RELEASE
June 12, 2003; Mick
Hans, (312) 353-5050; Dave Novak, (312) 886-7478
No. 03-OPA087
Master Metals - Detroit Update: Second Phase of Krainzwood Lead
Contamination Sampling Complete; Smelter Property Cleanup Continues
CHICAGO (June 11, 2003) - U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region
5 has completed the second phase of lead contamination testing in
Detroit's Krainzwood neighborhood.
Since March, EPA has collected 370 soil samples from 109 residential
properties and another 187 samples from Atkinson Elementary School, a
park next to the school and the Sojourner Truth housing complex.
Residential properties with lead levels above 400 parts per million
will receive letters from EPA explaining the results and EPA's plans
for removing the contaminated soil. Preliminary data suggests more
than half of the residential properties and two areas in the
Sojourner Truth complex have lead levels above 400 ppm. EPA will
announce official laboratory
analysis results soon. The school and park properties did not contain
any samples above 400 parts per million.
On a separate track from the residential work, cleanup at the former
Master Metals site at 4700 E. Nevada St. continues. Currently,
contaminated concrete pads are being demolished and prepared for
shipping, along with contaminated soil, to an approved waste facility.
EPA
expects to finish cleanup at the Master Metals property by late 2003.
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