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Branchfield is out of town this week and unavailable for comment.
"The argument has been made that some of the PCBs aren’t their
fault," Scully told members of the Community Advisory Group for the Consent
Decree at a meeting Monday night.
"We don’t think that’s a good reason to slow down at this
point," Scully said.
In the letter, the EPA advises that rather than slowing or
stopping, the company develop a sampling system that may be able to differentiate
between PCBs spread by Solutia and those spread by other means, Scully said.
The letter was sent late last week, and the EPA has not heard
a response, Scully said.
Melissa Hammonds, corporate community relations specialist
for Solutia, said she could not comment on the specifics of the EPA’s letter,
referring them to Branchfield.
The company has averaged about 20 residential cleanups per
month depending on weather, Hammonds said. They now are down to about 10
per month, she said.
"We are still sampling and we are still cleaning up properties,"
she said.
Some 109 homes still are identified for PCBs cleanup, Scully
said. At the rate Solutia has cleaned up, she said, those homes wouldn’t
be finished until at least November.
Scully reminded those at the meeting that the consent decree
still is in effect. "We will continue to monitor and enforce the consent decree,"
Scully said.
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