From: | Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org> |
Date: | Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:38:23 -0700 (PDT) |
Reply: | cpeo-brownfields |
Subject: | [CPEO-BIF] Manufactured gas plant at McCabe Scrap Iron, Galesburg, Illinois |
Ameren plans huge downtown site cleanupUtility plans to excavate 100,000 tons of contaminated soil at site of former scrap firm, gas facility By JOHN R. PULLIAM Galesburg Register-Mail June 27, 2009 GALESBURG -AmerenIP hopes to begin a massive environmental clean-up at the former site of McCabe Scrap Iron & Materials Co. at 151 W. Ferris St. by September or October. Galesburg Gas Light & Coke Co. produced gas beginning in 1861 at the 3-acre site, with coal tar as a waste product. Brett Carney of Environmental Resources Management of Springfield, which was hired by Ameren to determine the extent of the pollution at the site, has completed his work, including soil testing and checking for groundwater contamination. He said the first three feet of contamination consisted of metals and fuel oil from the scrap iron operation. Carney said there are fuel residuals at the site, from the manufactured gas plant, which he described as an "oily mixture." "Up to 30 feet of sand that is contaminated there will have to be remediated," Carney said. Ameren will excavate as deep as 45 feet in order to remove the contaminated soil. ... For the entire article, see http://www.galesburg.com/news/x1885873048/Ameren-plans-huge-downtown-site-cleanup -- 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 _______________________________________________ Brownfields mailing list Brownfields@lists.cpeo.org http://lists.cpeo.org/listinfo.cgi/brownfields-cpeo.org | |
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