Homes for sale ; Mo. lead cleanup spurs unique offer.(Herculaneum, Missouri)(Brief Article)

From: Waste News | Date: April 15, 2002| Author: Geiselman, Bruce | Copyright information

The owner of a lead smelter south of St. Louis will offer to buy out 160 homeowners living near its operations because of concerns about lead contamination.

Doe Run Co., which operates a smelter in Herculaneum, Mo., agreed to make the buyout offers after meeting for six hours with representatives of the Missouri Department of Natural Resources and the state Department of Health.

The offers will be extended over the next two years to families with children und...

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