Long-delayed plan for Columbus Steel Drum to cost $1.35 million; public hearing this week
COLUMBUS — “The list of toxic, cancer-causing pollutants that foul the soil and water in and around Columbus Steel Drum in Gahanna is as long as it is old.
After 18 years of tests and legal battles, the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency and company officials say they finally have a plan to clean up the 38-acre plant and a nearby stream.
Both are polluted with dozens of toxic metals and compounds – including PCBs, vinyl chloride, arsenic and lead – that spilled and leaked at the plant, which opened in 1971…
Environmental advocates consider it a prime example of how a company can delay government orders for years.
‘It’s amazing,’ said Teresa Mills of the Buckeye Environmental Network. ‘That’s an extremely long time for that contamination to be underground.’”
— Spencer Hunt, Columbus Dispatch
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