CLEANUP UNDERWAY AT KENTUCKY WOOD PRESERVING SITE IN WINCHESTER, KY.

The Environmental Protection Agency Region 4 office issued the following news release:

The EPA Superfund removal action at the Kentucky Wood Preserving Site in Winchester, Clark County, Ky. began this week. The removal action at the site is a short-term cleanup intended to stabilize the site and remove any hazards it may pose to human health and the environment.

The Kentucky Wood Preserving Site is located at 200 Magnolia Street in Winchester. The company used Copper Chromated Arsenate (CCA) wood preservatives in its operations, which reportedly ceased in October 2006. At the time the business ceased operation, the treatment system was full of CCA solution that needed …