The Environmental Protection Agency released a report on the cleanup of an Asheville Superfund. In it, the agency states:
“Progress has been made since January 2012 in investigating and cleaning up the CTS of Asheville Superfund site. EPA Region 4 set a schedule for cleanup, and met communication requirements. However, improvements could be made to accelerate the pace of investigations and cleanup. Some site monitoring activities conducted since 2012 did not meet all requirements. In particular:
Vapor intrusion work plans did not include prior sampling to define a completed exposure pathway, the change in TCE toxicity, and the reassessment of prior results against the new standards.
Monitoring was too limited to characterize TCE around the vapor removal system perimeter fence.”
For the full report visit, scribd.com/document/322659540/CTS-report
The EPA lists almost 50 Superfund sites in North Carolina; three of them are in Buncombe County (CTS, Blue Ridge Plating, and Chemtronics: https://www.epa.gov/superfund/search-superfund-sites-where-you-live). Mountain Xpress first reported on CTS site in the 2007 report “Fail Safe?” by Rebecca Bowe. For additional stories and updates about the CTS site, visit mountainx.com/tag/cts and mountainx.com/tag/ctsofasheville.