2017 CPEO Brownfields List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>
Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2017 22:41:29 -0700 (PDT)
Reply: cpeo-brownfields
Subject: [CPEO-BIF] "PG&E continues environmental cleanup at former gas plant, " Red Bluff, California
 
PG&E continues environmental cleanup at former gas plant


By Heather Hoelscher
Red Bluff Daily News (CA
March 23, 2017


Red Bluff - The Pacific Gas and Electric Company’s cleanup project near the Sacramento River was delayed slightly due to the wet winter, but the project has started back up with crews removing the contaminated soil left behind by the former manufactured gas plant in the early 1900s.

The cleanup at 600 Rio St. is expected to continue through the fall, said Paul Moreno, PG&E media representative. 

Work at the site is progressing, Moreno said. Crews have excavated a portion of the property, primarily along the north side of the lot, and have taken out some trees and shrubs in the area. 

Cleanup of the site, which is owned by PG&E, will provide long-term protection of public health and the environment as some byproducts of the gas-making process were left buried at the site.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.redbluffdailynews.com/article/ND/20170323/NEWS/170329914

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
P.O. Box 998, Mountain View, CA 94042
Voice/Fax: 650/961-8918 
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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