[CPEO-BIF] W. R. Grace & Co. asbestos site, Easthampton, Massachusetts

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

EPA to assist with asbestos

By NANCY H. GONTER
Springfield Republican (MA)
August 13, 2009

EASTHAMPTON - The federal Environmental Protection Agency has told the 
city it will help out with the cleanup of soil contaminated by asbestos 
on land where the extension of the Manhan Rail Trail is planned.

Mayor Michael A. Tautznik said he believes this could allow the 
three-quarter mile long bike path extension as well as installation of a 
sewer line there to move forward. He signed an agreement with the agency 
last week.

"We were told that it's likely that funding will be available," Tautznik 
said.

There is no set time frame for the work, which will include an 
investigation of how much soil on the site off Wemelco Way was 
contaminated, Tautznik said. The property was once the site of a plant 
that manufactured Zonolite insulation for attics.

The factory was operated by W. R. Grace & Co., which is reported to have 
shipped 258,000 tons of vermiculite ore contaminated with asbestos from 
Montana to Easthampton over four decades. The plant closed 20 years ago.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.masslive.com/springfield/republican/index.ssf?/base/news-23/1250148037194020.xml&coll=1

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
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Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
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