[CPEO-BIF] CSX Train Depot site, Bath, West Virginia

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Bath applies for Brownfield clean up grant

by Holly Trainum
Morgan Messenger (WV)
December 2, 2015

The Town of Bath held two public meetings last month on plans to submit a brownfields cleanup grant application to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for the train depot lot which will serve as the future trailhead for the North Berkeley Rail Trail.

The application will request EPA funds to clean up a 2.6 acre parcel of land at 107 Williams Street and Washington Street.

The land, previously owned by CSX railroad company, must be cleaned due to subsurface contamination from underground petroleum tanks previously located at the property. Traces of arsenic from rail wood and railroad ties were also found in the soil there.

In order for the area to be approved for recreational purposes, it will undergo a “cap and cover” clean-up. The process will involve laying a barrier over the contaminated soil to mitigate its effect on human  health and the environment, and then covering the barrier with clean soil.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.morganmessenger.com/news/2015-12-02/News/Bath_applies_for_Brownfield_clean_up_grant.html

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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
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