From: | Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com> |
Date: | Mon, 2 Nov 2009 17:13:00 -0800 (PST) |
Reply: | cpeo-brownfields |
Subject: | [CPEO-BIF] Shipyard site, Bellingham, Washington |
Public invited to comment on cleanup plans for shipyard pollution on
Harris Avenue
HANNAH BOSTWICK BELLINGHAM HERALD November 2, 2009BELLINGHAM - The public has until Nov. 30 to comment on a draft agreement outlining the steps needed to manage old shipyard contamination on Harris Avenue, the state Department of Ecology said. The existing draft, agreed to in 2003 by the department and the Port of Bellingham, addressed contaminated sediment at the site, but a new plan was needed after recent sampling revealed contamination in the soil and groundwater, too, said Katie Skipper, department spokeswoman. Once a final agreement is reached, the port will have to conduct an in-depth environmental study of the site, analyze cleanup options, and develop a cleanup plan with department oversight, she said. The property at 201 Harris Ave. occupies most of the cleanup site. Since the early 1900s, various shipyard businesses that owned or leased the site polluted the area, Skipper said. ... For the entire article, see http://www.bellinghamherald.com/102/story/1137949.html -- 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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