[CPEO-BIF] Missouri legislation and ORBCO, a Moberly manufacturer

[Lenny Siegel]

Missouri bill would dilute hazardous waste rules

by Allison Kite
Fulton Sun (MO)
March 5, 2022

A GOP lawmaker is once again working to reel in what he sees as overly aggressive enforcement of hazardous waste laws by Missouri regulators he contends are "terrifying" small businesses in his district.

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After he filed an initial version of his bill, Burlison said he started hearing from other businesses, including one that had been in a standoff with the state over TCE -- and that critics believed to be the driving force behind the idea: ORBCO, a Moberly manufacturing facility that's part of Orscheln Industries.

The company is owned by the family of Barry Orscheln, a member of the Missouri Conservation Committee and Gov. Mike Parson's conservationist of the year. But his family's Moberly manufacturing site, ORBCO, has been under scrutiny by DNR for underground TCE that has vaporized and made its way into the air, potentially putting employees at risk.

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For the entire article, see
https://www.fultonsun.com/news/2022/mar/05/missouri-bill-would-dilute-hazardous-waste-rules/

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
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Author: DISTURBING THE WAR: The Inside Story of the Movement to Get Stanford University out of Southeast Asia - 1965–1975 (See http://a3mreunion.org)