Asbestos Removal Costs Kentucky Taxpayers $400,000

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(Free-Press-Release.com) September 24, 2009 -- Chase Environmental removed asbestos contaminated material from Deena Products. The work was done to prevent further contamination. Thousands of tons of additional non-contaminated debris and a dilapidated building which remain at the site in Carlisle Count are the responsibility of the property owner, according to Shawn Cecil of Kentucky’s Superfund Branch.

Deena operated an electroplating factory at the site and manufactured lamp fixtures until 1987. The plant, which opened in 1949, employed more than 300 people at one time but closed when owners refused to invest money to prevent pollution in a nearby creek.

According to a state news release, the contamination was discovered when portions of the buildings were being torn down. The asbestos removal, paid by the Kentucky Hazardous Waste Management Fund, was expensive but still only half of the estimated cost of about $800,000.

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