Toxic spills waiting to happen
Five years after a Pulaski County crude oil spill, spill reports to the state rose from 900 in 1980 to 1,373 in 1984, with 10 to 20 percent monthly growth. EPA officials urge stronger laws, better chemical inventories, and public warning plans as a major disaster remains possible and industry resists full disclosure. The Emergency Response Unit coordinates state agency actions to contain, dispose of, and clean spills, with over 100 staff in Marion and other offices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheri Callahan
Springfield
Pulaski County
Kelly
EPA
U. S. Coast Guard
Ees
Marion
FEMA Spends 90000 on Controversial Emergency Treatment Course
The disaster relief agency bought 200 slide sets 400 instructors guides and 3700 student manuals for a radiological emergency treatment course despite federal health warnings that the material could be life threatening to accident victims. FEMA delayed use keeping the package in storage as officials cited lack of consensus and no current plans to deploy it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Federal Emergency Management Agency
FEMA
Joseph LaFleur
LaFleur
Emergency Management Institute
House
Virginia
Bradford Communications Corp
Greenbelt
Bradford
Frank Sidella
Federal Radiological Preparedness Coordinating Committee
Jeannine Lewis
Food and Drug Administration
Subcommittee
West Chicago faces costly cleanup of Kerr-McGee thorium waste
A long running dispute over cleanup of radioactive thorium mill tailings in West Chicago pits Kerr McGee, the state, and federal agencies against each other. The 43 acre factory site holds five million cubic feet of waste with areas in a park, creek, and homes sending readings above safe limits. Residents fear health impacts while lawsuits seek to define liability, with federal preemption and state authority contesting over disposal sites and groundwater. Kerr McGee has spent millions on containment and cleanup planning while negotiations span NRC, EPA, and Illinois authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Chicago
Federal Environmental Protection Agency
West
Kerr-McGee Chemical Corp
Larry Jensen
EPA
Eugene Rennels
Anne Rapkin
Illinois
Kerr-McGee
Kerr McGee
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
McGee Corp
Kerr- McGee
Environmental Protection Agency
Stephen H. Lewis
Commission
Lindsay Dight
West Chicago
Donald F. Earley
NRC
Scott C. Munson
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Richard Carlson
Jim Kelty
Kelty
Bhopal
John Thompson
Central States Education Center
Chemical Companies
Ixtoc
Gulf of
Mexico
Tobago
Amoco
Cadiz
French Coast
English Coast
Tanker
Sea Star
Urquiola
Northern
Pacific
Lindsay Light and Chemical Co
Atomic Energy Research
American Potash and Chemical Co
Lindsay
Defense Department
American Potash
James L. Rainey
Kerr-McGee Chemical
Kerr
Linda Hartigan
Joliet Street
Hartigans
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