[CPEO-BIF] School District property, Everett, Washington

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Tainted soil costly for Everett district

By Eric Stevick
Everett Herald (WA)
May 24, 2009

EVERETT -- The Everett School District likely will have to pay more than 
$450,000 to haul contaminated soil from land that could someday be home 
to a new administration building.

More than 300 truckloads of dirt from the site off Broadway and 41st 
Street SE are expected to be removed this summer.

"We plan to start as soon as we can," said Mike Gunn, the district's 
facilities director.

Records from the state Department of Ecology show soil and groundwater 
contamination from diesel and gasoline on the site. The district in 1986 
bought the property, which once housed gas stations and a fuel 
distribution company.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20090524/NEWS01/705249902&news01ad=1#Tainted.soil.costly.for.Everett.district.

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
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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