Articles Tagged: C6-Zero

The company -- which had an explosion at its shingle-recycling plant in Marengo in 2022 -- had said it would dissolve but may be operating an office in Idaho, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

Its insurance company has already paid about $1.4 million, and further penalties are possible after an explosion in Marengo.

Oversight for C6-Zero’s clean up is completed after the manufacturing plant experienced an explosion and fire in December 2022.

Former employee alleges company bought a house from Marengo safety official

An officer-involved shooting in Cedar Rapids is determined to be justified by the Linn County Attorney and Iowa City police investigating attempted abduction

A second worker injured in a 2022 explosion at a Marengo plant is suing the company, C6-Zero, and other defendants, including a politically-connected consulting firm that vouched for the company with state regulators.

Iowa Department of Natural Resources Director Kayla Lyon told an appropriations subcommittee Monday the EPA and the DNR are “making progress” to cleaning up the C6-Zero site, where a Dec. 8, 2022, explosion and fire injured nine employees, caused an evacuation of nearby houses and polluted soil and water.

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The Iowa Department of Natural Resources has sued C6-Zero for $1.5 million the state paid toward environmental cleanup and equipment replacement after a Dec. 8 explosion and fire in Marengo.

The company C6-Zero would be fined $95,711 — which is nearly $35,000 less than originally proposed — for worker safety violations stemming from a Dec. 8 explosion and fire at an Iowa shingle recycling plant

The Gazette recently spoke with Tom Ulrich, chief of Linn County HAZMAT team, about what sorts of emergencies the team responds to and how prepared they are to respond to large-scale hazardous material emergencies.

The cleanup of Marengo is underway, as private contractors -- some paid for by taxpayers -- treat water and remove soil contaminated in a December explosion and fire at C6-Zero.

Iowa Homeland Security will pay more than $600,000 to replace firefighting clothing and equipment damaged in a Dec. 8 explosion and fire in Marengo after the company whose plant exploded refused to pay.

In the seven months before the explosion and fire that injured 15 people and left an environmental mess, Jeff Boeyink -- a partner at Des Moines-based public relations and lobbying firm LS2group and Branstad’s chief of staff from 2010 to 2013 -- wrote to DNR leaders and Marengo officials at least 10 times on behalf of C6-Zero to answer questions, allay concerns and invite officials to tour the site, according to emails obtained by The Gazette.

Besides petroleum products that have leaked from a Marengo explosion site, state regulators also are worried about toxic chemicals from foam used to fight the Dec. 8 blaze.