EPA Ends Cleanup Oversight At Iowa Recycling Facility

(Marengo, IA)  —  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has ended its oversight of a recycling facility in Marengo that exploded nearly two years ago.  Twenty employees of the C6-Zero plant were injured in the blast and part of Marengo was evacuated.  The company has been fined nearly 100-thousand dollars for 15 safety violations. The state has sued the company to fund the cleanup of contaminated water.