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New York Times articleCTS Corporation, of Elkhart, Indiana, purchases the Mills Gap Rd. facility from IRC in a joint manufacture agreement 2 in Electronics Pact: Resistance Co., Chicago Phone Supply Slate Mutual Aid.”
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PHASE II REMEDIAL INVESTIGATION WORK PLAN CTS of Asheville registers as a generator of hazardous waste with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), after listing that the company disposes of 44,440 pounds of sludge and 8,307 pounds of waste solvent annually.
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CTS is denied permission to treat or dispose of hazardous waste by the North Carolina Division of Health Services. Denial of Waste (PDF)
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Phase I Site Assessment PlanCTS Corporation ceases all operations at the facility.
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Law EnvironmentalOn behalf of CTS, Law Environmental, Inc., assesses the site and claims that “the potential for ground-water contaminants at the site appears to be minimal.”
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Phase I Site AssessmentCTS sells its property (53.54 acres) to Mills Gap Road Associates (MGRA).
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North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources (NCDENR) documents a call from resident Dave Ogren, reporting a “chemical pond” on the property, sparking state involvement. Ogren argues this call was actually made in Spring, 1987. Pat DeRosa at NCDENR PDF
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NUS Corporation, under contract from the EPA, completes the second phase of the screening site inspection, listing many dangerous chemicals yet recommends “no further remedial action” be taken on the site. Phase II Screening Site Inspection PDF
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Inactive Hazardous Sites InventoryNorth Carolina Division of Waste Management (DWM) places the site on its Inactive Hazardous Sites (IHS) inventory.
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NC Department of Waste Management Letter to MGRANC DWM refuses a request from MGRA to remove the site from the IHS inventory.
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Buncombe County Board of Adjustment approves sale of 45 acres of the CTS property to developer Richard Green of The Biltmore Group, LLC, not including a 9-acre fenced facility area. See page 6.
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CTS Letter 4NCDENR orders MGRA to record inactive hazardous substances on their property.
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Law firm Powell & Deutsch prepares a plat of property for development by The Biltmore Group, though this plat fails to list main contaminants on the property. Plat PDF CTS - Powell 1 PDF
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De Rosa letter, 1999NC Division of Water Quality (DWQ) tests the drinking wells of the Rice family, neighbors of the CTS property, and finds trichloroethylene (TCE) at 21,000 ppb, 4,200 times the EPA’s legal limit of 5 ppb. The family is put on municipal water (see attached letter from DENR’s Pat DeRosa).
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Tetra Tech reportEPA contractor Tetra Tech releases report indicating soil and sediment samples containing high levels of chemicals including TCE, chromium, arsenic and mercury.
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Lockheed Martin identifies TCE in the soilEPA contractor Lockheed Martin identifies TCE in the soil beneath the plant at 830,000 ppb, prompting action from the EPA.
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NCDWM recommends “No Further Remedial Action” status in their Expanded Site Inspection.
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2002 Action MemorandumEPA Region 4 releases an Action Memorandum approving an immediate, full-scale cleanup of the site, claiming “an immediate threat to the health and safety of nearby residents.”
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Administrative Order on Consent for Removal ActionEPA Region 4 issues an Administrative Order on Consent for Removal Action (AOC) for the site, providing means by which a “removal action” can take place (Hitchcock). The AOC is an agreement between EPA, CTS and MGRA.
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Cited in Wallace letter of April 30, 2007. April 30, 2007 PDF
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This document was received via email. UNCA CTS Study PDF
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