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Wednesday, January 2, 2013
For the first time in years, neighbors in Sylacauga can drive with their windows down.
Even with the wind blowing, that noxious odor coming from the old Reef plant isn't detectable.
"It's great to be able to lay down in the bed at night and not smell it," Larry Lang says.
Lang has lived here for 40 years. This year, he's breathing fresh air.
"I'm glad they got it gone finally," he says. "The only thing that aggravates me is that it took nearly five years to get somebody to do something about it."
During the past month, EPA teams have brought in heavy equipment to pump hydrogen peroxide into containment pools filled with toxic liquid. But the work isn't done yet; the next step is to clean these ponds even more to be able to discharge the thousands of gallons into Shirtee Creek.
"They know what they can do as far as the limits," Lang says, "So I really don't care. Just get rid of it."
Everyone in the area gets their drinking water from the city of Sylacauga, so no one would be drinking the water from the creek anyway; nevertheless, water from Shirtee Creek does eventually make it into the Coosa River. EPA officials are confident the discharged liquid will be safe.
For now, neighbors are just happy to be able to step outside and breathe freely.
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