[CPEO-BIF] Housing and solar at Foote Mineral site, East Whiteland, Pennsylvania

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Cleanup of Foote Mineral site nears completion
Even though it was declared a federal Superfund site in 1992, cleanup of 
contaminated ground didn't begin until 2005


By ANNE PICKERING
Daily Local (PA)
September 18, 2010

EAST WHITELAND - It took five years but the cleanup of the Foote Mineral 
federal Superfund site on East Swedesford Road is nearing completion.

The Cyprus Foote Mineral Co. processed lithium and other mineral ores 
from 1946 to 1991 at the site, dumping waste into pits and on the ground 
which subsequently contaminated the site and groundwater.

Declared a federal Superfund site in 1992, the cleanup didn't begin 
until 2005 when the purchasers of the land, Frazer Exton Development, 
wanted to build a senior living facility on a portion of the property.

On Friday, workmen were on the site located between Valley Creek Parkway 
and South Bacton Hill Road spreading a geosynthetic liner over the 
10-acre site before covering it with clean dirt and seeding it.


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For the entire article, see
http://dailylocal.com/articles/2010/09/18/news/srv0000009419343.txt

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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



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