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"Freedom Industries Cleanup Advances" [1]

"CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Cleanup crews at Freedom Industries are still several weeks away from emptying all of the site's chemical storage tanks, and still don't have a clear idea of how much of which materials could have contaminated soil at the site."



"The West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection is overseeing the cleanup, which is being carried out by Freedom Industries and contractors for the chemical company.

Mike Dorsey, director of emergency response and homeland security for the DEP, said he hopes remediation of the facility might be completed by late spring. However, state and federal government officials remain unsure of the extent of contamination in a key part of the site."

Ken Ward Jr. reports for the Charleston Gazette February 15, 2014. [2]

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Source: Charleston Gazette [2], 02/17/2014
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[1] https://www.sej.org/headlines/freedom-industries-cleanup-advances [2] http://www.wvgazette.com/News/201402150065 [3] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/chemicals/toxics [4] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/disaster [5] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/pollution [6] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/mid-atlantic [7] https://www.sej.org/taxonomy/term/81