[CPEO-BIF] Perc spill under West Medford, Massachusetts parking lot

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Hazardous chemical under West Medford parking lot causes problems to  
arise

The city of Medford has applied for two $200,000 grants to help pay  
for a $1.8 million, state-mandated project to extract a cancer- 
causing chemical called perchloroethylene from the West Medford  
parking lot.

By Nicholas Iovino
Medford Transcript (MA)
December 19, 2012

Medford - A cancer-causing chemical in the soil below a West Medford  
parking lot has caused costly problems for the city and three local  
businesses.

Earlier this month, Medford applied for two federal grants totaling  
$400,000 to help fund a $1.8-million project to dig up the parking  
lot at the former 448 High St. site and replace 15 feet of tainted soil.

"The city did not create the situation," said Mayor Michael J.  
McGlynn. "Because we now have ownership, the [state Department of  
Environmental Protection] is saying it’s our responsibility to clean  
it up."

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For the entire article, see
http://www.wickedlocal.com/medford/features/x1107423640/Hazardous- 
chemical-under-West-Medford-parking-lot-causes-problems-to-arise

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Lenny Siegel
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a project of the Pacific Studies Center
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