Byline: Laurie Anderson Staff writer
A explosion at the Rensselaer County Sewage Treatment Plan last month has triggered an investigation by the Civil Service Employees Union to determine whether the facility is capable of safely processing all of the hazardous materials that pass through its pipes.
The CSEA believes that the explosion, which occurred about 11 p.m. on May 3 and blew out six control room windows, may have been caused by the compression of dangerous chemicals in a pipe in the plant, said Daniel Campbell, union spokesman.
The plant, which was built in 1976, may be attempting to process much higher concentrations of hazardous chemicals …
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