. . DISASTERS: CHEMICAL SPILLS : RIVERS : WATER : UNITED STATES: STATES: WEST VIRGINIA : WATER POLUTION : ENVIRONMENT: POLLUTION : ENERGY : HEALTH: ISSUES : BUSINESS: COMPANINES: NAMED COMPANIES: FREEDOM INDUSTRIES: Freedom Industries is Winding Down Operations . . Freedom Industries is Winding Down Operations February 22, 2014 @ 12:00 AM Jonathan Mattise Herald Dispatch http://www.herald-dispatch.com/news/x32207500/ Freedom-Industries-is-winding-down-operations . A shorter URL for the above link: . http://tinyurl.com/p7c3x7m . .CHARLESTON -- The company at the center of West Virginia's chemical spill that contaminated drinking water for 300,000 people is selling the rest of its chemicals, helping its 51 employees find new jobs and winding down operations.
.Saying the company's problems exceed its small size, attorney Mark Freedlander announced Freedom Industries' plans in federal bankruptcy court Friday. Time is running out before the company's March 15 deadline to remove all chemicals from the Charleston spill site and start dismantling the tanks there, per state orders.
.The company no longer plans to use up to $3 million in credit, with the possibility of tapping an extra $1 million, which the court had permitted Freedom Industries to borrow to keep running.
."Freedom Industries, plain and simple, can't bear the weight," Freedlander said.
.Environmental cleanup costs are expected to be well into the millions of dollars for the company, and legal fees continue to rack up.
.In court last month, Freedom Industries President Gary Southern estimated $800,000 in cleanup costs for the first week after the Jan. 9 spill. It expects to pay $1.7 million in various environmental costs in the next month, and the court approved hiring more environmental consultants Friday, according to documents.
.The court also cleared the company to hire additional lawyers, adding to $150,000 in legal counsel costs since bankruptcy began, according to court documents.
.To keep paying for costly environmental work, Freedom Industries expects to make $990,000 selling off its chemicals and $3.7 million collecting payments in the next month.
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