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Lane County, Ore., Residents Seek Damages from Recreational Vehicle Factories.
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News, April, 2001
By Christian Wihtol, The Register-Guard, Eugene, Ore. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Apr. 30--Recreational vehicle factories have become some of the biggest toxic air polluters in Lane County.
The boxy, warehouse-style plants don't fit the traditional image of industrial polluter.
Yet, the county's RV industry has grown to the point where it vents into the air close to 250 tons a year of invisible toxic fumes from painting, fiberglass manufacturing and wood lacquering. These emissions are mostly toluene, styrene and xylenes -- all declared hazardous air pollutants by Congress in 1990.
Homeowners in a Coburg subdivision next to Monaco Coach Corp.'s RV paint spraying booths earlier this year sued the company in U.S. District...
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