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- Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2014 01:08:24 -0500 (EST)
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Eastman Chemical Faces Federal Suit Over Charleston Spill
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Eastman Chemical Faces Federal Suit Over Charleston Spill
By Linda Sandler
January 15, 2014 3:20 PM ET
Bloomberg
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-01-15/eastman-chemical-
faces-federal-suit-over-charleston-spill.html
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A shorter URL for the above link:
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http://tinyurl.com/kj6sk2d
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Eastman Chemical Co. (EMN), maker of the chemical that fouled the Elk
River after leaking from a Freedom Industries Inc. storage tank, was sued
by West Virginia businesses and residents who allege the company concealed
cancer-causing elements.
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Safety data sheets issued by Kingsport, Tennessee-based Eastman for the
coal-processing chemical hid scientific information on the risks of its
carcinogenic and toxic components, according to the filing Jan. 13 in
federal court in Charleston, West Virginia. The Jan. 9 spill forced local
businesses to shut down, sent people to hospitals and deprived nine
counties of tap water for several days.
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The foreseeable risks of harm posed by 4-MCHM could have been reduced or
avoided by reasonable instructions or warnings, the plaintiffs said in the
complaint, referring to the chemical. Their omission renders the product
not reasonably safe.
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Freedom Industries and West Virginia-American Water Co. also were named as
defendants. The state attorney generals office said it has started
investigating the leak, which made water undrinkable for more than 300,000
West Virginians. Attorney General Patrick Morrisey said residents need
answers on what happened so similar events dont occur in the future.
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Freedom Industries failed to meet its obligation to report the leak from
its storage tank, built using rivet construction in the 1930s, until more
than a week after residents noticed a licorice smell emanating from the
facility, according to the complaint.
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Risk Assessment
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West Virginia-American Water neglected to do a risk assessment of a
potential source of pollution upstream from its water intake on the Elk
River, the plaintiffs said.
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The water utility, like other companies that may be sued, has a rulebook
and may be liable if it can be proved that officials didnt follow their
own guidelines, said Daniel Becnel Jr., a Louisiana lawyer who sued BP Plc
on behalf of victims of a 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
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A complaint filed Jan. 10 by Scott Miller accuses Freedom and the water
utility of negligence and causing a public nuisance. The utility failed to
deal promptly with the emergency and had no procedures in place to prevent
chemicals from getting into the water system, Miller said.
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The complete article may be read at the URL above.
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