[CPEO-BIF] Mentor Marsh, Ohio former salt landfill near

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Report reveals what was dumped in former salt landfill near Mentor Marsh

By Betsy Scott

News-Herald (OH)
September 2, 2011

Area officials now have a better idea just what was dumped in a  
former salt landfill near the Mentor Marsh State Nature Preserve and  
how much surrounding property was impacted.



Soil and water sampling conducted in October revealed no public  
health risk, but a risk nonetheless, according to an environmental  
assessment report by the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency.



The report is based on dozens of soil borings at and around the  
landfill property northwest of Lake Shore Boulevard and Route 44, as  
part of a targeted brownfield assessment. The investigation shows  
that the landfill boundaries extend into residential properties  
located on the east side of Deer Ridge Road.



"We always knew there were large quantities of salt, lime kiln dust  
and fly ash buried at the site," Ohio EPA spokesman Mike Settles  
said. "We did not know if there were other materials, such as  
hazardous wastes, buried there. The assessment did not find evidence  
of hazardous waste, so that's good news. Results showed some elevated  
levels of metals, but nothing that would pose a human health issue  
for the community. Therefore, our concern remains with the salt  
leaching into Mentor Marsh and the adverse impact it is having on the  
ecological condition of the marsh."


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For the entire article, see
http://news-herald.com/articles/2011/09/02/news/ 
doc4e60dcac70396014510435.txt

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Lenny Siegel
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