Kaiser allots $16M more for Trentwood cleanup

Feb 02, 2012 | 11:00 AM | Suzy Waite

Tags  Kaiser Aluminum, Bud Leber, aerospace, aluminum, Suzy Waite

NEW YORK — Kaiser Aluminum Corp. will invest an additional $16 million to clean up contaminated soil and ground water at its Trentwood, Wash., facility, a company executive told AMM.

The Foothill Ranch, Calif.-based downstream aluminum company has already invested some $12 million in remedial investigations performed by third-party environmental engineering firm Hart Crowser Inc., among several others, over a six-year period. Kaiser estimates the remaining cleanup will cost a further $16 million over 30 years, according to Bud Leber, Kaiser’s environmental manager at Trentwood.....





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