2010 CPEO Brownfields List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>
Date: Sat, 2 Jan 2010 01:12:50 -0800 (PST)
Reply: cpeo-brownfields
Subject: [CPEO-BIF] Gravel Plant, Westport, Massachusetts
 
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
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