Union Pacific Corp. ( Part of Warren Buffett Holdings) says a federal proposal to clean up lead contamination in eastern Omaha is misguided because it focuses on past industrial sources of lead and not lead-based house paint.
On Thursday, the Omaha-based railroad submitted hundreds of pages of comments on the Environmental Protection Agency's proposal. The EPA and Union Pacific have been trying for years to settle who should pay to clean up 5,600 contaminated properties.
Union Pacific has said it shouldn't be held responsible for the lead contamination, because it only leased property to a smelting company, Asarco, and that ended in 1946 when Asarco bought the land and continued operating a smelter there until its closure in 1997.
On Thursday, the Omaha-based railroad submitted hundreds of pages of comments on the Environmental Protection Agency's proposal. The EPA and Union Pacific have been trying for years to settle who should pay to clean up 5,600 contaminated properties.
Union Pacific has said it shouldn't be held responsible for the lead contamination, because it only leased property to a smelting company, Asarco, and that ended in 1946 when Asarco bought the land and continued operating a smelter there until its closure in 1997.
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