Seattle waterfront park

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

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Polluted dirt makes way for park on Belltown waterfront 

Friday, June 25, 2004

By LISA STIFFLER
SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER REPORTER

The welcomed transformation of a petroleum-soaked vacant lot into an
outdoor sculpture park on Belltown's waterfront finally started this
week. 

About three years behind schedule, dump trucks full of clean dirt began
spilling their loads at the site, which for more than 70 years was home
to a Unocal fuel terminal. 

The Seattle Art Museum's $85 million Olympic Sculpture Park is now
pegged for completion in spring 2006.

To restore the heavily polluted land, thousands of tons of polluted soil
were excavated and hauled away, starting in 1989. Millions of gallons of
contaminated groundwater have been captured and treated. 

And now, almost enough dirt to fill Smith Tower is being spread across
the 8.5-acre property, burying the remaining contamination beneath a
thick layer of clean soil. The dirt is being "recycled" from a
construction project at the museum's downtown location. More soil will
be added in a later phase of the project, resulting in a clean cap up to
29 feet deep. 

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for the entire article, see
http://p-i.com/cgi-bin/pimail.asp?uid=24455&url=local/179474_sculpture25.html

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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
http://www.cpeo.org

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