"The chemicals that were found on that property, when there's a lot of heavy rain, the water floods from the AMPS site," said Donna Brown, who lives nearby. Brown and her neighbors fear hazardous chemicals from the abandoned plant have contaminated their property.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency began investigating the site in January. Pictures on the EPA website show chemicals like chromic acid, cyanide and sodium hydroxide in open, and in some cases leaking, containers.
"Before we can actually get in there with heavy equipment and workers we are here on the front end, this week, to do some housekeeping chores," said Dean Ullock, the on-scene coordinator for the EPA. Ullock says crews have spent the past five months securing the site, and this week they are transferring old plating solutions and liquids from their original containers into individual totes to be removed.
Ullock says they expect to start digging up soil next month.
The EPA is still working to determine who is responsible for the mess. In the meantime, the environmental agency is footing the $250,000 bill for the cleanup with hopes they'll recover their expenses later.


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I worked at AMPS about 10 years ago and an employee who was laid off called OSHA and reported the problem along with many others and nothingwas done. They had a “ chemical plant” behind the building that a guy with just a high school diploma was so called making it safe. Chemicals were pouring all over the ground and when walking through the grass the chemicals would burn your skin. A cat had a few kittens and 3 were deformed and the others died. That area is so contaminated.