Jeffersonville, Indiana had a dry
cleaning shop at one time and it has apparently left the gift that keeps on
giving…tetrachloroethylene. This time a neighboring bank discovered the
contamination as it was checking underground while preparing a property
transaction.
This however, is not a case of absentee
owners who are eluding their responsibility in the matter. According to the son
of the octogenarian who used to own the dry cleaners from 1963 to 1986, his
father was extremely conscientious about how he handled the chemical solvents
used in the dry cleaning process. There were few laws related to the chemicals
in those days and his father even bought a system that recirculated the
solvents instead of consuming them.
From 1987 until 2009 the owners rented
the property as a dry cleaning business and it was only used as a drop off
location since 1997. The owners of the property and their insurance companies
are handling the remediation plan and the ongoing test drilling.
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