Bill would pay for moving residents out of contaminated Treece Kansas

November 17, 2007 - At first, Jim Powell, 74, opposed the idea of having Congress pay to move his trailer house from the small town of Treece, Kan.

But on Friday, he said he has lived on a hazardous waste site long enough. He's ready to move 10 miles north.

"This dust that's flying around, it's real hazardous," said Powell, a 12-year-resident of Treece, "I can wash my car and in two or three days it's all dusty and dirty again. We're breathing that....It's a helluva thing."

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