[CPEO-BIF] "Cleanup plan set for Jackson Pit Brownfield in Lewes, " Delaware

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Cleanup plan set for Jackson Pit Brownfield in Lewes
Arbors of Cottagedale 2010 approvals contingent upon cleanup

By Maddy Lauria 
Cape Gazette (DE)
July 9, 2015

Lewes - A new cleanup plan for an old dump site in Lewes calls for removing decades' worth of debris to pave the way for new development.

The Jackson Pit site, a designated Brownfield behind the Lewes Home Depot and neighboring Eagle Point subdivision, contains decades' worth of household and lumber debris, which officials say will soon be excavated, making way for an apartment complex that has been in the works since 2008. The proposed complex – the Arbors of Cottagedale Apartments – was approved in 2010, pending cleanup of the Jackson Pit site.

Arbors developer CB Lewes LLC will pay for the cleanup, as part of the agreement with the state's Voluntary Cleanup Program, said Timothy Ratsep, administrator of the state environmental agency's Site Investigation and Restoration Section. Landowner Robert Campbell said it's unknown how much the cleanup will cost, and that specific details regarding how the waste will be removed and where it will be deposited have not yet been developed.

Starting in the 1960s, Jackson Pit was used as a borrow site, where people excavated dirt and sand for other uses, until a big hole was left behind. When the usable material was gone, the borrow pit became a place for dumping household debris, starting in the 1970s until 1982, a common practice at the time, Timothy Ratsep said.

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For the entire article, see
http://capegazette.villagesoup.com/p/cleanup-plan-set-for-jackson-pit-brownfield-in-lewes/1360532

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
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Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650-961-8918 or 650-969-1545
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