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Underground dioxane plume clean up site at former GM plant in Lansing

Nick King
Lansing State Journal
Dave Favero, deputy cleanup manager for the RACER sites, left, talks about the proposed 1,4 dioxane clean up on Thursday, April 11, 2019, at the RACER Lansing Plant 2. At right, is Arcadis environmental specialist Daniel Stockard. The underground plume ofÊchemical pollution is creeping toward wells that supply some of the Lansing region'sÊdrinking water.
Dave Favero, deputy cleanup manager for the RACER sites, left, talks about the proposed 1,4 dioxane clean up on Thursday, April 11, 2019, at the RACER Lansing Plant 2. At right, is Arcadis environmental specialist Daniel Stockard. The underground plume ofÊchemical pollution is creeping toward wells that supply some of the Lansing region'sÊdrinking water.
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Dave Favero, deputy cleanup manager for the RACER sites points to an explanation of the propane biosparge system while talking about the proposed 1,4 dioxane clean up on Thursday, April 11, 2019, at the RACER Lansing Plant 2. The underground plume ofÊchemical pollution is creeping toward wells that supply some of the Lansing region'sÊdrinking water.
Dave Favero, deputy cleanup manager for the RACER sites points to an explanation of the propane biosparge system while talking about the proposed 1,4 dioxane clean up on Thursday, April 11, 2019, at the RACER Lansing Plant 2. The underground plume ofÊchemical pollution is creeping toward wells that supply some of the Lansing region'sÊdrinking water.
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The building holding the pilot propane biosparge system used to clean up 1,2 dioxane from underground photographed on Thursday, April 11, 2019, at the RACER Lansing Plant 2.
The building holding the pilot propane biosparge system used to clean up 1,2 dioxane from underground photographed on Thursday, April 11, 2019, at the RACER Lansing Plant 2.
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An inside look of the pilot propane biosparge system used to clean up an underground 1,4 dioxane plume on Thursday, April 11, 2019, at the RACER Lansing Plant 2. TheÊchemical pollution is creeping toward wells that supply some of the Lansing region'sÊdrinking water.
An inside look of the pilot propane biosparge system used to clean up an underground 1,4 dioxane plume on Thursday, April 11, 2019, at the RACER Lansing Plant 2. TheÊchemical pollution is creeping toward wells that supply some of the Lansing region'sÊdrinking water.
Nick King/Lansing State Journal
A view of the Lansing Plant 2 RACER site where the use of a propane biosparge system is proposed to clean up 1,4 dioxane clean up on Thursday, April 11, 2019, in Lansing. The underground plume ofÊchemical pollution at the site of a former GM plant is creeping toward wells that supply some of the Lansing region'sÊdrinking water.
A view of the Lansing Plant 2 RACER site where the use of a propane biosparge system is proposed to clean up 1,4 dioxane clean up on Thursday, April 11, 2019, in Lansing. The underground plume ofÊchemical pollution at the site of a former GM plant is creeping toward wells that supply some of the Lansing region'sÊdrinking water.
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on Thursday, April 11, 2019, at the RACER Lansing Plant 2.
on Thursday, April 11, 2019, at the RACER Lansing Plant 2.
Nick King/Lansing State Journal
Dave Favero, deputy cleanup manager for the RACER sites, left, talks about the proposed 1,4 dioxane clean up on Thursday, April 11, 2019, at the RACER Lansing Plant 2. The underground plume ofÊchemical pollution is creeping toward wells that supply some of the Lansing region'sÊdrinking water.
Dave Favero, deputy cleanup manager for the RACER sites, left, talks about the proposed 1,4 dioxane clean up on Thursday, April 11, 2019, at the RACER Lansing Plant 2. The underground plume ofÊchemical pollution is creeping toward wells that supply some of the Lansing region'sÊdrinking water.
Nick King/Lansing State Journal
Empty containers that hold nontoxic fluids when crews need to use them while working are seen on Thursday, April 11, 2019, at the RACER Lansing Plant 2.
Empty containers that hold nontoxic fluids when crews need to use them while working are seen on Thursday, April 11, 2019, at the RACER Lansing Plant 2.
Nick King/Lansing State Journal
A view of the Lansing Plant 2 RACER site where the use of a propane biosparge system is proposed to clean up 1,4 dioxane clean up on Thursday, April 11, 2019, in Lansing. The underground plume ofÊchemical pollution at the site of a former GM plant is creeping toward wells that supply some of the Lansing region'sÊdrinking water.
A view of the Lansing Plant 2 RACER site where the use of a propane biosparge system is proposed to clean up 1,4 dioxane clean up on Thursday, April 11, 2019, in Lansing. The underground plume ofÊchemical pollution at the site of a former GM plant is creeping toward wells that supply some of the Lansing region'sÊdrinking water.
Nick King/Lansing State Journal
A vent pipe from the pilot propane biosparge system used to clean up an underground 1,4 dioxane plume photographed on Thursday, April 11, 2019, at the RACER Lansing Plant 2. TheÊchemical pollution is creeping toward wells that supply some of the Lansing region'sÊdrinking water.
A vent pipe from the pilot propane biosparge system used to clean up an underground 1,4 dioxane plume photographed on Thursday, April 11, 2019, at the RACER Lansing Plant 2. TheÊchemical pollution is creeping toward wells that supply some of the Lansing region'sÊdrinking water.
Nick King/Lansing State Journal
Dave Favero, deputy cleanup manager for the RACER sites, opens the front gate on Thursday, April 11, 2019, at the RACER Lansing Plant 2.
Dave Favero, deputy cleanup manager for the RACER sites, opens the front gate on Thursday, April 11, 2019, at the RACER Lansing Plant 2.
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Dave Favero, deputy cleanup manager for the RACER sites, stands at the front gate on Thursday, April 11, 2019, at the RACER Lansing Plant 2.
Dave Favero, deputy cleanup manager for the RACER sites, stands at the front gate on Thursday, April 11, 2019, at the RACER Lansing Plant 2.
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