[CPEO-BIF] Gravel Plant, Westport, Massachusetts

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Report finds contaminated soil at Westport site

By Grant Welker
Fall River Herald News (MA)
December 30, 2009

Westport — Contaminated soil could delay a proposed subdivision at a 
gravel plant in the Head of Westport — or block it altogether — based on 
environmental reports that say contamination remains despite the removal 
of tons of soil.

A recent environmental review said harmful materials still exist more 
than a decade after a 20,000-gallon underground diesel tank was removed 
and contaminated soil was found at the Westport Stone & Sand Corporation 
on Old County Road.

"There is a potential for a risk to human health depending upon future 
property use and the pending site remediation activities," said the review.


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For the entire article, see
http://www.heraldnews.com/business/x1671991400/Report-finds-contaminated-soil-at-Westport-site

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